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North of Tehran
30.06.2009   [Arzu Geybullayeva]   In spite of the fact that there's a large Azeri minority in Iran – up to one fourth of the population – state-run media, as well as public officials in Azerbaijan, largely ignored the protests taking place across the border
Immagine: Aras river, Iran-Azerbaijan border (Tomallen/Flickr)

Mountains, seas and crisis
19.06.2009   [Tengiz Ablotia]   Georgia has great touristic potential with beaches, mountains, ancient cities, castles and churches, but political instability, conflicts and economic crisis have not made the country attractive to visitors from the West. The war and the global economic crisis have hit all sectors of the Georgian economy, but the tourism sector, which had begun to recover in the last 2 to 3 years, has taken the hardest fall
Immagine: Batumi (onbangladesh/flickr)

Local election, national politics
17.06.2009   [Onnik Krikorian]   Municipal elections took place in Yerevan on 31 May, "a local election driven by a national agenda". Amidst claims of widespread fraud and intimidation, opposition leader and former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan called for protests
Immagine: Post-election day opposition rally, photo by Onnik Krikorian

Armenia struggles to adapt to shifts in regional security
28.05.2009   [Richard Giragosian]   Yerevan and the NATO exercise in neighboring Georgia. The aftermath of the Russia-Georgia conflict on regional security and the challenges for Armenia

Eurovision opens new wounds in the Caucasus
22.05.2009   [Onnik Krikorian]   Already notorious more for its political block voting than even its kitsch and glitzy musical entries, nothing could have prepared anyone for the controversy surrounding the three countries of the South Caucasus in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest

Borders closed unless occupation is over
18.05.2009   [Arzu Geybullayeva]   The visit of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to Azerbaijan healed the wounds opened by the recent Turkish-Armenian rapprochement. Nagorno Karabakh and gas prices were the main issues discussed during the meetings

Caucasian Knot
14.05.2009   [Giorgio Comai]   Osservatorio met Grigory Shvedov, the editor-in-chief of 'Caucasian Knot,' the largest news outlet dealing with the region, to talk about freedom of the media, the role of international organisations in the Caucasus and his web portal

Celebrating Flower Day in Azerbaijan
12.05.2009   [Arzu Geybullayeva]   Young people were arrested while mourning for recently killed fellow students in a Baku university on 10 May, Flower Day in Azerbaijan, also remembered as the birthday of former president Heydar Aliyev
Immagine: 10 May 2009 - Arzu Geybullayeva

An online revolution in the making?
08.05.2009   [Onnik Krikorian]   Internet penetration remains low in regions such as the South Caucasus. However, as costs come down and connection speeds increase, there is no doubt that online and mobile communication will become important tools in the hands of civil society and political activists alike
Immagine: Photo by Onnik Krikorian

One nation, two states
05.05.2009   [Arzu Geybullayeva]   In Azerbaijan, Turkey has always been considered a brother country. In spite of this long-standing friendship, the Azerbaijani government openly expressed its distress about recent signs of rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia
Immagine: Tapestry. Photo: Rita Willaert

The road to Yerevan
23.04.2009   [Richard Giragosian]   The breakthrough in Armenian-Turkish relations and the new shifts in the regional landscape. Consequences of a possible reopening of the borders on the wider South Caucasian region
Immagine: Yerevan

No way out of the protests
14.04.2009   [Tengiz Ablotia]   On 9 April, the government opposition in Tbilisi, Georgia started a new wave of protests to demand the resignation of Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili. The protests have been peaceful but are rapidly heading into a stalemate

For the good of Russia
31.03.2009   [Giorgio Comai]   The organization “Russian Congress of Caucasian Peoples” was founded by members of different nationalities in the region that have united to guard their own interests, defend themselves from discrimination and for the good of Russia

Former president to run for Yerevan Mayor
25.03.2009   [Onnik Krikorian]   Levon Ter-Petrossian, the first president of independent Armenia, will participate in the municipal elections of the Armenian capital to be held on 31 May. Amid fears of election rigging, with both sides convinced of their own sweeping victory, the opposition hopes to weaken the legitimacy of president Sargsyan
Immagine: Levon Ter-Petrossian- Onnik Krikorian

The Armenian Dram collapses
16.03.2009   [Onnik Krikorian]   After years of economic growth that surprised many, the global financial crisis finally hit Armenia early last week forcing the Central Bank to devalue the local currency, the dram

Happiness is... multiple pipelines
06.03.2009   [Leila Alieva*]   The war in Georgia and the recent gas crisis with Ukraine have revived Europe's willingness to develop the Nabucco pipeline, an alternative transit route for gas imports from the Caspian Sea basin that would bypass Russia
Immagine: Oil wells at Baku - W. Simpson 1886

They Are Coming Back
20.02.2009   [Ilja Barabanov*]   Two important Chechen politicians in exile, Bukhari Baraev and Akhmed Zakaev, have announced, one right after the other, their intentions to return to Chechnya soon

In the name of the holy pipeline
23.01.2009   [Leila Alieva*]   In Azerbaijan the government has proposed a referendum to lift the two-term presidential restriction and introduce other changes that would undermine fundamental tenants of the country's Constitution. A ban on foreign broadcasting and the conviction of prominent journalists consolidate state control over media and free flow of information
Immagine: Fonte: Azeri Report

Grozny Dreaming
16.01.2009   [Roberta Bertoldi]   A multiethnic orchestra with artists from different parts of the Caucasus; their dreams of performing in the tormented region and of demonstrating the possibility of peaceful coexistence. Our interview.

2008 – Another Year of Conflict
13.01.2009   [Giorgio Comai]   A recently published report from Russian-language news web site, Kavkazskij Uzel, or Caucasian Knot, has summarized in numbers and statistics last year’s conflict in the North Caucasus. Review and commentary by Osservatorio Caucaso.
Immagine: Kavkazskij Uzel

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