Dec 2, 2024 · Government subsidies have supported most of the estimated 105,000 Armenians who fled Karabakh after Azerbaijan reconquered the entire region in September 2023. (Photo: armradio.am) The Armenian government has announced it is scaling back a program that provides housing subsidies to refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, casting the decision as a move to promote self-sufficiency and stimulate the ...

Mar 6, 2024 · Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris in late February. (Photo: primeminister.am) French President Emmanuel Macron recently caused a kerfuffle over Ukraine, dropping a bombshell suggestion that NATO troops could be deployed in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Over in the South Caucasus, garnering far less attention in the West, French actions ...

Mar 29, 2023 · As negotiations with Armenia continue to advance fitfully toward a potential peace agreement, Azerbaijan has introduced a new condition: that the Azerbaijanis who used to live in Armenia be treated on an equal basis with the Armenians living in Karabakh.

Sep 5, 2024 · A rendering of the Ferghana Region BESS. (Image: CEEC) A green-energy project in Uzbekistan to stabilize the country’s electricity distribution system has taken a major step toward launching before the end of 2024. The Podrobno.uz news outlet reports that the installation of a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a capacity of 150 MW/300 MWh has been completed in the Ferghana Region ...

May 3, 2024 · A Russian citizen at a Kazakh border control checkpoint. Since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a stream of Russians have fled to Central Asia and the Caucasus. (Photo: gov.kz) A Eurasianet partner post from the Caspian Policy Center. Russia is an anomaly when it comes to migration. The typical pattern for migrants is to leave their home country is search of a wealthier landing ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev’s surprise rhetorical attack on Armenia is raising doubts that a peace deal between Baku and Yerevan can be reached anytime soon. Both sides in recent months had given indications that the peace process was making progress and a settlement could be close at hand ...

Oct 23, 2024 · Baku hit by widespread flooding Two deaths and significant property damage. Oct 23, 2024Two deaths and widespread property damage.

News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia

Feb 2, 2024 · Tajikistan-watchers have been waiting for years for a presidential succession that never comes. The president's son, Rustam Emomali, is increasingly the country's face on the international stage, but does that mean anything?

Dec 27, 2024 · Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze meets with about 100 business leaders on December 23 to discuss the government’s “vision for the future.” (Photo: gov.ge) The Georgian Dream government is feeling the heat from the country’s business community, and initial efforts to quell concerns about the economic fallout of ongoing political unrest appear to have fallen short. Meanwhile, Georgian ...