Substantial arms purchases mostly made in other ex-Soviet states.
Abkhazian president Alexander Ankvab has come out firmly against a plan to build a second land route to key ally and neighbour Russia, even though others argue the highway would open up new economic horizons.
With no clear front-runner in sight yet, any successor to the late President Bagapsh faces task of promoting Abkhazian interests in close but unequal relationship with Moscow.
Shortage of burial plots in Yerevan encourages sell-off of existing space. Yerevan is running out of burial sites, according to the authorities in the Armenian capital, who say they lack the money they need to open new cemeteries.
Azeris angry about the arrival of illegal workers at a time when they are struggling to find jobs By Sabuhi Mammadli Azeri workers complain that illegal Chinese immigrants are taking their jobs, and officials are failing to halt the influx. "The number ...
Continued closure of Russian-Georgian border crossing leaves Armenia cut off from its most important market. The Armenian economy, already reeling from the global financial crisis, has suffered a new blow from Georgia’s refusal to re-open a frontier crossing ...
The following is an article by freelance journalist Sabuhi Mammadli reporting from Igdir, Turkey. A plan to reopen the frontier between Armenia and Turkey wins few friends in towns and villages on the Turkish side. Talk of the possible reopening ...