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Opinion: The story of the two Mehmans
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Opinion: The story of the two Mehmans

27 August 2017
The arrest in Baku of the "Doyen" of South Caucasus journalists has fueled speculation about what is going on in Azerbaijan. In this op-ed for commonspace.eu Dennis Sammut discusses the recent arrest of veteran Azerbaijani journalist Mehman Alieyev.
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Georgia deploys army to fight forest fires
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Georgia deploys army to fight forest fires

24 August 2017
The fire fighting effort has seen a rare moment of regional co-operation. Apart from the soldiers, fire-fighters and civil defence personnel from Georgia, 95 firefighters from Azerbaijan, and 70 from Armenia have been assisting in the operation, bringing with them heavy equipment. Helicopters from Turkey, Azerbaijan and Belarus are also involved.
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Fire ravages in the Caucasus
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Fire ravages in the Caucasus

22 August 2017
Emergency services fought against forest fires in Armenia and Georgia, whilst in Russia's Rostov on Don thirty houses were destroyed when a gas cylinder exploded. There are no reports of any fatalities in the incidents.