A court in Yerevan ruled this week that former President Robert Kocharyan must remain behind bars during his trial, which started last week. What are the charges? We explain
A government reshuffle in Kazakhstan is raising questions about whether elite dynamics might be evolving since the resignation of long-time president Nursultan Nazarbayev
There have been 12 cases of violent unrest on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan so far this year. And there is no indication that anybody knows how to put a stop to the outbursts
The Uighur internet has been transformed from a space that fostered a cultural flourishing for Uighurs into a space that controls many aspects of their lives - from @ConversationUS
The top security official in Armenia has resigned unexpectedly -- and the prime minister's spokesman insinuated that the former government was behind it
When government officials in Kazakhstan squabble, they normally do it behind the scenes, making an ongoing row at the Education Ministry particularly unusual
The long-awaited trial of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan for his role in the violent breakup of protests in 2008 has begun, with both Kocharyan and relatives of the victims testifying in court
A second generating unit has begun working at Tajikistan's epic Roghun hydropower plant. But can the country afford to do much more work on the project?
Tajikistan now has its own mini-Paris. But behind the fun little park is a story of shady business practices and about how the impoverished Tajik taxpayer is being ripped off. Again
Georgia’s minimum wage now amounts to only $7 a month, by far the lowest in the region. And the country’s business-friendly political consensus is not interested in change
Two weeks ago Armenia's prime minister announced the country would go ahead with a controversial gold mine project. But now he's stepping back and calling for further study
After drones clashed over the disputed border this week, analysts say the tension between Georgia and breakaway South Ossetia are the highest they’ve been since the 2008 war with Russia
Protesters in Georgia have spent all summer demanding that the country's interior minister step down. Instead, he's now slated to be the country's next prime minister.
Azerbaijan’s government says an assassination attempt last year was a wide-ranging Islamist plot. Now, amid a series of trials, few seem to believe the official story
A hotly contested election campaign in Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region failed to produce a winner on August 25. The main challenger had to drop out after he was poisoned
Kazakhstan's former president may have retired, but he hasn't gone away. He has some harsh words for greedy mothers, but nothing about his daughter's $63 million Swiss castle
Pension reforms in the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union must still overcome the problem of the shadow economy, where about half of labor migrants earn their living
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