In recent years, Armenia’s textile industry has become one of the country’s comparatively less developed economic sectors — a sharp contrast to the Soviet era, when it was a powerful industry with ...

On 4 March 2025, the one-party parliament of Georgian Dream passed a bill with an overwhelming majority (84 votes in favour, 0 against), introducing legislation similar to the U.S. Foreign Agents ...

Western Georgia has been brought to a standstill by unprecedented snowfall, blanketing subtropical regions unaccustomed to such extreme weather. In remote villages—home mostly to elderly and ...

The first Armenia–EU summit took place in Yerevan. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa travelled to the Armenian capital to attend. The day ...

Gagloev has led South Ossetia for four years, and criticism of his leadership is growing louder.

Electricity tariffs are rising in Georgia, with household consumers set to pay an additional 5 tetri (about $0.02) per kWh, while prices for the commercial sector will increase by an average of 4–6 ...

April 26 marked 40 years since the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant — the worst man-made disaster in the history of civilian nuclear energy. Those who took part in the cleanup and ...

The Audit Chamber of Azerbaijan’s report for the first six months of 2025 shows that structural problems in the use of public funds remain relevant. As a result of audit inspections, financial ...

In 2022, three victims of trafficking were identified in Armenia, two women and one child. This year two reports on trafficking were published in Armenia by the US Department of State and expert ...

According to official statistics, 93.4% of the population of Azerbaijan consider themselves Muslims. But it is not known how and by what method this total was calculated. The percentage of Sunnis and ...

“Since gaining independence, Azerbaijan’s cinema has been trying to find its path, but it hasn’t been very successful so far,” says film critic Haji Safarov about the current state of modern ...

“The EU has been facilitating or funding a considerable number of humanitarian programmes in Abkhazia over more than a decade. Despite disagreements on some core issues, there always was possible to ...