Caucasus

Last month Georgia reached a new peak of Covid-19 infected and recorded the highest rate of deaths per 100,000 residents of any country. Behind the rising numbers is the issue of vaccine [...]

"The history of Pride in Georgia has proven to be indicative of the value-based divide that exists within contemporary Georgian society", by Rhiannon Segar.

Harold Chambers tells the tale of how Dagestan's most famous sportsman became ensnared in regional politics just after announcing his retirement.

Last year, on the edge of Europe, two countries went to war. Not terrorist insurgents, rebels, or “little green men”, but the full military strength of two nation-states pitted against each other [...]

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin is pushing a plan to unify some of the country’s federal subjects, a move that will have great impact on the North Caucasian region and the [...]

It is not a secret that children at a church-run orphanage in Georgia are being subjected to violence and sexual abuse, still there has been little to no reaction from Georgian authorites.

Katherine Leungs explores Jewish Eastern European and Caucasian cooking traditions in a review of Leah Koeing's The Jewish Cookbook.

Tensions are growing on the southern border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Renée Rippberger takes a closer look at the unfolding events.

Who will win this year's Eurovision Song Contest?

Elodie Phillips digs through the archives of past Eurovision winners in an entertaining review of this bizarre and beautiful non-political political competition.