As travelers fled Ajara during hostilities with Russia, this Black Sea tourist mecca learned the cost of war.

An unprecedented mingling of sport and diplomacy could make victors of both Turkey and Armenia.

Western Europeans are no longer so skeptical when Easterners fret about Russia.

The Russia-Georgia conflict, and the U.S. vice president's visit, step up the pressure on Azerbaijan to take sides. From EurasiaNet.

Residents of the war zone emerge from their hiding places and start to rebuild.

For many refugees of the Caucasus war, homelessness is an all-too-familiar story.

A former Hague tribunal official accuses Washington and other powers of complicity in the Srebrenica massacre.

A handful of countries are leading the way in giving Roma a greater stake in government.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky is only the most famous Russian prisoner to be shown no mercy.

The Caucasus region was once seen as a transit hub for Caspian and Central Asian fuel supplies. That may change.

The case of a Serbian university student shows that his country and the West still don't speak the same language.

Western powers must show more conviction if they want to keep Moldova and Ukraine from being the next Georgia.

Women can, and should, play a bigger role in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. If only we could discuss it.

A religious dispute fuels oppression in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria region. From Forum 18.

In the latest broadcast broadsides, the Russian and Georgian leaders address the independence decree for Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Macedonia is about to launch an ambitious program aimed at slowing migration and encouraging larger families.

The time for analysis and excuses is over. The EU needs to get serious about hard power.

Hope vies with unease as Kosovo embarks on a sweeping local-autonomy plan.

For investors, Georgia was the brightest star in the Caucasus firmament. That may no longer be true.

Nations must take a harder line in combating crimes against ethnic and sexual minorities.