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Armenia gets the bulk of its natural gas from Russia. But ties with Moscow are fraying and Yerevan will soon have more alternatives.

A new generation of ethnic Azerbaijani activists are trying to help people in their home villages improve their Georgian-language skills.

The arrests come as tension between Baku and Tehran has been reaching a peak.

Tens of thousands gathered the day before the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia were meeting to work on a peace agreement that many Armenians oppose.

Money transfers to Georgia have hit a record this year. Though they are lifeline for many Georgian families, the economy is developing an unhealthy dependence.

The legendary semi-sweet Khvanchkara is an international brand – and used to be an easy target for counterfeiters. Now the police are stepping in.

The mega project was canceled in 2020 amid political acrimony and geopolitical speculation. Now, a shift in regional transport routes may be breathing new life into it.

Despite being strategic partners with Israel, Azerbaijan doesn’t have an embassy in the country. Have the geopolitical conditions changed enough to make that possible?

He had been regularly critical of the government of Nikol Pashinyan. After news broke of his persona non grata status, another Russian critic, Margarita Simonyan, said she also had been banned.

A new $100 million project run by members of both presidents’ families highlights the tight relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan.

Kyiv’s moves against the family of Georgia’s informal leader are just the latest exacerbation of what has become a bitter rivalry between strategic partners.

“I was born here, I spent the best days of my life here. I don’t want to leave, but I’m afraid that the situation will just keep getting worse.”

The inauguration of a new airport in Zangilan, bordering Armenia, comes as Azerbaijan is pushing ever harder for its “Zangezur corridor.”

Before the war, many in Russia didn’t think much about who they were. Now they are asking more questions.

Tehran appears alarmed both by Azerbaijan’s saber-rattling against Armenia and by a new EU monitoring mission to Armenia’s border with Iran.

A jazzy kids’ song is the latest salvo in Baku’s ongoing offensive against the French leader.

Kakha Kaladze had been the most popular politician in the country. Now he is under attack after a girl was killed as a result of what many suspect is corruption or negligence.

The accusation comes as a new EU monitoring mission prepares to deploy to the border, and as bellicose rhetoric from Baku is again on the rise.

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Young men seeking to avoid getting sent to Ukraine are little aware of the tensions in the Caucasus.

While the decision isn’t likely to have a practical effect on people’s freedom to travel, it does signal a potential shift in Brussels’s approach to Georgia’s breakaway territories.

More than a military alliance analogous to NATO, the bloc is a political entity. But analysts have never agreed on its exact purpose.

The temporary camps are to accommodate those Jews who are seeking to emigrate from Russia amid the Ukraine war. But Baku is staying quiet on it.

Russians keep flocking to their wary southern neighbor, and the newest arrivals are the most controversial.

The official statistics agency has begun reporting median, not just average, salary data. Economists say the new picture is truer, and less rosy.