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Realignment would put the EU on sounder economic footing, and reduce the possibility of Chinese economic bullying down the road.

Eurasianet is updating this page daily with the latest news and data on how the pandemic is upending life in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.

Charity or early electioneering?

Denialism and conspiracy theories about the disease appear to be in retreat as more and more people are infected.

The economy is set to contract sharply this year as a result of the crisis.

City authorities said they hoped the feast would cheer up frontline medical workers.

As diplomatic talks stall, Ilham Aliyev blames the negotiators for failing to push Armenia toward concessions.

Precautions against the spread of COVID-19 may only have been adopted on the eve of the WHO team’s deployment as a piece of theater.

Beijing wants its neighbors to believe it is not abandoning them.

It is clear from a welter of circumstantial evidence that official death figures are massive undercounts.

The government’s lack of capacity helps explain the about-face.

China is evidently the market on which the EAEU is pinning its hopes of export diversification.

The number of overall confirmed cases has risen to 42,500.

Georgia was one of a select few countries to be approved for travel to the EU in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But the Georgian authorities are taking a pass.