Why Azerbaijan’s Dynasty-Building Is a Bad Sign for Europe
By REBEKA FOLLEY, Research Analyst Freedom House The regime in Baku is corrupt, authoritarian, and in the middle of an economic crisis. It is also [more >>>]
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Georgians Wary of Turkey’s Rising Influence in Batumi
By JOSHUA KUCERA* EurasiaNet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave a speech last October in Rize, less than 100 miles from the Georgian border, to [more >>>]
Azerbaijan Moves To Arrest EU Lawmakers Over Karabakh Vote
By SARGIS HARUTYUNYAN Azatutyun.am (RFE/RL Armenia) Authorities in Azerbaijan have issued international arrest warrants for three pro-Armenian members of the European Parliament who visited [more >>>]
Question marks abound over EU-Azerbaijan gas tango
By ANNA ROGGENBUCK, EIB campaign coordinator CEE Bankwatch Network Ministers, ambassadors and envoys from at least 15 countries, including Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission’s Vice [more >>>]
Experts voice concern as Turkey’s media under siege
By FLORENCE PESCHKE, IPI Contributor International Press Institute (IPI) The Turkish government’s crackdown on independent media poses serious risks to democracy and stability, journalists from [more >>>]
HDP Goes to ECtHR for Its Co-Chairs Demirtaş, Yüksekdağ
BIA News Desk bianet Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has applied to the European Court of the Human Rights (ECtHR) for its arrested Co-Chairs Selahattin Demirtaş [more >>>]
Referendum to create ‘Republic of Artsakh’ on Europe’s fringe
By ANDREW RETTMAN EU Observer (STEPANAKERT, NAGORNO KARABAKH) Some 100,000 ethnic Armenians are voting on a new name for their territory and new powers for [more >>>]
‘Turkey is the biggest jail for journalists in the world’
By MARC PERELMAN France 24 Can Dündar is the former editor in chief of Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper. After being charged with espionage and surviving an [more >>>]
Polls open in constitutional referendum in Nagorno-Karabakh
By OC Media Polls have opened in a referendum to amend the constitution of the de facto Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. If approved, the changes [more >>>]
Prisoner of the Caucasus
By ALEXANDER CLAPP* The National Interest Nagorno-Karabakh: a clash of civilizations? TUCKED IN the borderland between Europe and Asia sits a nation-state recognized by seven [more >>>]