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Of the eight arrested individuals, six were journalists affiliated with Meydan TV. (Photo: Meydan TV)

Azerbaijan: Authorities target Meydan TV in latest chapter of crackdown

Seven independent journalists and one politician receive four months of pre-trial detention.

Dec 10, 2024

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Armenia evacuates embassy in Syria, promises to help its citizens and ethnic Armenians

Rapid downfall of Assad regime leaves Yerevan struggling to find solutions.

Ani Avetisyan Dec 10, 2024

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Survey: Young students in the Caucasus and Central Asia have low problem-solving skills

Study highlights an alarming educational trend

Dec 9, 2024

Pashinyan speaks at a parliamentary session in Yerevan on December 4. (Photo: parliament.am)

Armenian PM insists country has irrevocably broken with the Russia-led CSTO

Russia leaders will believe it when they see it.

Ani Avetisyan Dec 6, 2024

A European Union flag on the building housing the headquarters of TBC. Shares of Georgia’s two largest banks, TBC and the Bank of Georgia, remain down after the government’s November 28 announcement that Georgia would be halting EU accession talks. (Photo: newsgeorgia.ge)

Georgia: Authorities trying to downplay economic jitters amid protests

Reassuring words at odds with economic reality.

Brawley Benson Dec 5, 2024

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Uzbeks and Kazakhs heavy users of online educational services

Online learning can help labor migrants land better opportunities.

Dec 4, 2024

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Georgia: Government struggles to contain protests

Leadership facing dissent from within.

Dec 3, 2024

It has become an increasingly common practice for civilians to record encounters with law-enforcement officers to discourage shakedown attempts or other forms of harassment or abuse, but a new law may soon criminalize filming police. (Photo: gov.kg)

Kyrgyzstan: MPs seem willing to give police a free hand

Critics say the bill marks a step towards a police state.

Dec 3, 2024

Government subsidies have supported most of the estimated 105,000 Armenians who fled Karabakh after Azerbaijan reconquered the entire region in September 2023. (Photo: armradio.am)

Armenia to reduce housing aid for Nagorno-Karabakh refugees

Government wants to promote integration, but may end up stoking emigration.

Ani Avetisyan Dec 2, 2024

A hearing in Armenia’s parliament in November 2024. Women now hold 37 percent of parliamentary seats and a third of cabinet posts. (Photo: parliament.am)

Armenia: Pashinyan’s cabinet reshuffle promoting gender equity

A third of cabinet posts now held by women.

Ani Avetisyan Nov 25, 2024