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A statement by the Foreign Ministry alluded to a potential confrontation with Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh and Russian border guards in Armenia.

Armenia sees the new EU mission as a force for peace and security, but there is no buy-in from Azerbaijan or Russia.

Brussels notes some "progress" toward addressing its conditions for membership candidate status. But no one knows how much will be enough.

Germany is deporting Azerbaijanis in large numbers, and the politically active ones are being imprisoned after they get home.

Amid rising local and international demand, Georgia seeks to start new energy projects and revive old ones. But will they survive the usual controversies?

Yerevan cut relations 10 years ago following Hungary’s extradition of an Azerbaijani soldier who murdered an Armenian counterpart. But the post-war reality has pushed Yerevan to reconsider.

Plans to increase trade depend on new transport routes skirting Russia.

A highly touted deal between Baku and Brussels was meant to wean Europe off Russian gas. But is Azerbaijan now importing Russian gas itself in order to meet its obligations to Europe?

The EU’s foreign policy chief is the latest high-level Western official to visit Central Asia.

The steel giant is on the hook for a multi-million dollar fine as officials ramp up grumbling about the company.

Kazakhstan is itching to get its lithium out of the ground.

Brussels says the Russian billionaire has supported people behind Putin’s war in Ukraine.

The EU demanded that Georgia “deoligarchize” as a condition of gaining formal candidate status. Parliament now is debating a law on how to get that done.

New energy projects linking the Caucasus with the EU are gaining momentum thanks to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The plan is to turn waters from the Caspian Sea into clean hydrogen for export.

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.

Women pay for the president’s conservative obsessions; Turkmenistan’s paranoia undermines its wish to be a transport hub; and the EU offers the methane polluter a chance to green its image. Our weekly briefing.

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.

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.

The new route could allow more Caspian gas to be exported to Europe, but can Azerbaijan produce enough to make a difference?

The move comes as tension along the border had reached unprecedented heights even as the two countries are moving toward signing a peace agreement.

Kazakhstan’s largest bank has also suspended use of a popular Russian payment card.

More than a fifth of Georgians have emigrated to seek work, a new study finds. That is furthering a labor shortage at home.

The EU wants Georgia’s government and opposition to cooperate on passing key reforms. But persistent polarization makes that an uncertain prospect.

An energy watcher recalls how Europe’s fixation with market powers drove it into the arms of a Russian monopolist.