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- 31 August 2010
- A Tale of Two Bakus
A threatened old building and a striking new one symbolize the split personality of development in Azerbaijan’s booming capital.
- By Khanim Javadova
- 25 August 2010
- A Growing Gap in Pankisi Gorge
In a largely Muslim region of northeastern Georgia, sectarian rifts are widening along generational lines.
- By Eka Chitanava and Marika Kochiashvili
- 20 August 2010
- A Home in the Blogosphere
Minority communities can be well-nigh invisible in Georgia’s media, except in the work of some pioneering bloggers.
- By Khanim Javadova
- 17 August 2010
- From Dreadful to Difficult
Two years after being recognized by Russia, Abkhazia must decide what kind of nation it wants to be. From openDemocracy.
- By George Hewitt
- 16 August 2010
- Yerevan's Faustian Bargain
- Russia supplies firepower and troops, and Armenia holds its own in an unfriendly neighborhood.
- By Ismail Agazade
TOL PROMOTION
Minority Coverage in Focus
With the recent events in Kyrgyzstan, the need to improve coverage of ethnic and other minorities was again thrown into stark relief. Toward that end, TOL has launched a call for applications for a distance-learning course on the subject for media professionals and bloggers from Central Asia. Deadline: September 20th, 2010
For more information or to apply, click here.
NEWS FILTER
- A Desperate Homecoming for Deported Roma
- Der Spiegel
- Poland: Afghan Costs Crimping Force Modernization, Leader Says
- The New York Times
- Will Russia's Bloggers Survive Censorship Push?
- Der Spiegel
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Can This Union Be Saved?Thomas Geoghegan, a labor lawyer in Chicago, observed this today in the New York Times: Ireland was poor and helpless until the European Union came along like a fairy godmother. ..In EU Next in Line
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