Eurasianet

The embassy's chief of security was shot dead, and two other staff were wounded. The attack comes amid Azerbaijan's increasingly strained relations with Iran and blossoming friendship with Iran's archrival Israel.

This time, the two countries are rowing over the provision of arms and the possible resumption of air travel between Russia and Georgia.

The two countries hope improved ties will massively boost bilateral trade to $2 billion annually.

Already battling double-digit food inflation, a deep freeze threatens to destroy winter crops across Central Asia.

Moscow is driving forward its energy ambitions in Central Asia as it seeks new markets for gas that Europe now shuns.

Almost 17,500 government employees are being laid off.

Three years ago, Moscow's unilateral flight ban was intended to shock Georgia. Now many Georgians dread the resumption of air connections.

This latest winter energy crisis is undermining public confidence in the administration of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

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

Statistics show Georgia’s South Caucasus neighbors among its top trading partners. But how diverse is this trade?

Vakhtang (Buba) Kikabidze, a Georgian singer and actor universally loved across the former Soviet Union, has died at the age of 84, drawing the curtain on an era.

Meteorologists say Tashkent has not seen such cold in 50 years.

The changes make living long-term in Kazakhstan unviable for tens of thousands of Russian citizens who have fled the war.

It is so cold that Turkmenistan has suspending gas exports to Uzbekistan, Iran and even its most important customer, China. Our weekly briefing.

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