To fight coronavirus, Azerbaijan passes the hat Azerbaijan is supposed to be the richest country in the region. So why is it asking for donations to help it deal with the coronavirus outbreak? Joshua Kucera Mar 25, 2020
Azerbaijan's president suggests coronavirus may require a crackdown on opposition In his Nowruz address, Aliyev said that his political opponents were a “fifth column" trying to use the outbreak to “destroy Azerbaijan.” Joshua Kucera Mar 19, 2020
Caucasus unrecognized states remain coronavirus-free The isolation of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh have served them well as the disease spreads all around them. Joshua Kucera Mar 17, 2020
Caucasus shuts doors after coronavirus hits All three countries have now seen cases of the disease, most of which have come from Iran. Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 2, 2020
Following coronavirus outbreak in Iran, Armenia closes border and Azerbaijan keeps it open Armenia went farther than most of Iran’s neighbors, closing its border for two weeks. Azerbaijan, meanwhile, was the only country to have not closed its border with Iran at all. Joshua Kucera, Ani Mejlumyan Feb 24, 2020