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The increases have reversed a demographic decline that the territory has seen since the pandemic and war with Azerbaijan.

While the country continues easing other COVID-19 restrictions, why has it not begun to allow travelers to cross the border by land?

Sanctions on Russia quickly impact its allies in Central Asia.

The government said the system was useless against the Omicron variant, but critics accused them of pandering to anti-vaxxer sentiment.

None could miss Beijing’s big moment.

The country has belatedly introduced a COVID pass system to enter restaurants and bars as the vaccination rate remains at just 28 percent.

Xi Jinping said trade has grown 25-fold over the last two decades.

Tbilisi’s world-famous nightclubs were the country’s last businesses to reopen following the COVID lockdown. But it took a confrontation with the authorities to make it happen.

Similar systems have been used around the world to encourage vaccinations. But under Georgia’s, you may be better off not being vaccinated at all.

Most of the tourists came overland from neighboring Turkey and Russia.

Salaries were always horribly low but living costs have soared since the pandemic began.

Employers are now effectively required to demand proof of vaccinations from their workers. But the country’s health care system is now being pushed to the limit.

That sets them apart from Afghanistan’s other post-Soviet neighbor, Tajikistan.

The government hopes to boost vaccination rates, but a new anti-vaccine campaign is on the rise.

Two new papers find that Georgia and Azerbaijan would gain more from improving trade with their neighbors than pursing a place on the Belt and Road.