Eurasianet

Catch up on the biggest events we covered this year.

Amid pressures from climate change, hydropower dams are further disrupting cross-border water supplies. Part two in a series.

Water disputes helped escalate the conflict into all-out war. Left unaddressed, they pose the same risk again. The first in a three-part series.

Authorities send news outlets instructions on how to cover events large and small. We obtained a cache of the messages.

Police have been acting more forcefully following victory in last year’s war with Armenia.

The new media law would impose many new regulations on the country’s already heavily controlled media.

Last year Baku took the surprising step of announcing the prosecutions of four soldiers for crimes against Armenians. But there is no word on what happened since – and no reciprocation from Armenia, either.

It would be the most concrete step yet in restoring ties between the two sides, whose border has been closed for nearly three decades.

Eric Zemmour’s visit was largely unnoticed in Armenia, but French Armenians accused him of trying to use the country’s conflicts for his own Islamophobic purposes.

The Armenian government has come under fire for appearing to discredit as “deserters” the dozens of soldiers still in captivity.

The cash transfers risk pushing consumer prices up further.

The International Court of Justice declined, however, to order more concrete measures related to Armenian prisoners and maps of land mines in Azerbaijan.

Compared to its neighbors, anti-vaccine sentiment hasn’t really taken hold in Azerbaijan. Some are still trying, though.

The new proposal’s modest scope, and new diplomatic developments, could finally make the pipeline feasible.

Government critics immediately began speculating about a foreign plot, which authorities have ruled out.

Similar systems have been used around the world to encourage vaccinations. But under Georgia’s, you may be better off not being vaccinated at all.

In his first public appearance following his surprise return to the country, arrest, and hunger strike, the ex-president brushed off the charges against him and issued an expansive defense of his time in power.

The deal was presented by both Baku and Tehran as proof that their recent political crisis had been overcome.

There was much to discuss just over a year after the end of the war, including ongoing border tensions, plans to reopen borders and transportation, and the fate of Armenian prisoners.

More expensive electricity means global cryptominers are avoiding Georgia.

The unfinished structure was the result of a brief period of direct Roman control over Armenia in the second century CE.

Serzh Sargsyan’s lawyers said the timing of the charges was suspicious, coming amid a period of bad news on the border with Azerbaijan.

The announced deals could be significant, and come shortly after the two sides patched up a period of serious political tensions. But many details remain unclear.

The dispute over where the former Georgian president should be treated became sharper as he briefly lost consciousness as a result of his hunger strike.

The short-term crisis between the two neighbors has dissipated. But in the longer term, relations have gotten a lot more complicated.