RFE/RL CAUCASUS REPORT
14.06.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the South Caucasus and Russia's North Caucasus region.For more stories on the Caucasus, please visit and bookmark our Caucasus page . |
 Displaced Azerbaijanis Threaten To Disrupt Polls Former residents of a collapsing building in the Azerbaijani village of Agalig have been living in tents since December while waiting for relocation assistance. If help doesn't come through by autumn, they say they'll occupy the local polling station to block voting in the October presidential election. (RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service) More  Carbon-Fiber Tape Takes Elevators To New Heights A Finnish firm says it has developed a new, lightweight technology that will allow elevators to carry passengers to a height of up to one kilometer in a single run -- twice the distance currently feasible. More  EU Slams Baku Over Detention The European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for the immediate release of opposition politician Ilgar Mammadov, who has been detained since February. More  The Political Rise Of Azerbaijan's First Lady Azerbaijan's first lady, Mehriban Aliyeva, has never taken a back seat to her powerful husband. But could she replace him as president? More  Daghestani Police Thwart 'Anti-Azerbaijani' Protest Police have intervened to prevent a protest by Derbent residents against the renaming of a street in honor of deceased Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev, even though the municipal authorities had raised no objection to holding the demonstration. More  Azerbaijani Scholar Recounts Detention In Iran Azerbaijani scholar Khalida Khalid spent nearly three weeks in Iranian custody after she and her driver were detained in May at the home of an ethnic Azeri activist. More  Burjanadze Joins Georgian Presidential Race Former Georgian parliament speaker Nino Burjanadze says she will run for the country's presidency in October. More  Armenian Teen Demands 'Right To A Good Life' To mark the UN-sponsored International Day Against Child Labor, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service spoke to one impoverished working child who is determined to change his situation. More  Azeri Journalist Given Community Service A district court in the district of Binaqadi in the Azerbaijani capital has sentenced investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova to 220 hours of community service after she refused to pay a fine after being picked up at an antigovernment demonstration. More |
