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Stories under this heading cover the South Caucasus – a region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as the unrecognised entities of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Vahan Hovhannisian - a rare type of Armenian politician who combined political astuteness and resolve, with great personal charm and wit.
Vahan Hovhannisian - a rare type of Armenian politician who combined political astuteness and resolve, with great personal charm and wit.

Vahan Hovhannisian - a rare type of Armenian politician who combined political astuteness and resolve, with great personal charm and wit.

Vahan Hovhannisian was a rare type of Armenian politician who combined political astuteness and resolve, with great personal charm and wit.
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Arms race in the Caucasus reaches alarming proportions. Armenia is placed 3rd and Azerbaijan 10th in study on global militarisation for 2014.
Arms race in the Caucasus reaches alarming proportions. Armenia is placed 3rd and Azerbaijan 10th in study on global militarisation for 2014.

Arms race in the Caucasus reaches alarming proportions. Armenia is placed 3rd and Azerbaijan 10th in study on global militarisation for 2014.

In a report by a Bonn based institute Armenia is placed third and Azerbaijan tenth in the study on global militarisation for 2014.
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South Ossetian leader calls for full integration with Russia.
South Ossetian leader calls for full integration with Russia.

South Ossetian leader calls for full integration with Russia.

The South Ossetians want unity with Russia, and they want it now. Even Mr Putin may not be ready for that. Joseph Alexander Smith reports from Tbilisi on the latest from the leadership of the self-declared republic.
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Azerbaijan wants strategic relationship with EU.
Azerbaijan wants strategic relationship with EU.

Azerbaijan wants strategic relationship with EU.

At a meeting with the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that Azerbaijan already had a strategic relationship with a number of EU countries and hoped this could be established with the EU itself also.
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Armenia buries its dead pilots as the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan prepare to meet in Switzerland next week.
Armenia buries its dead pilots as the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan prepare to meet in Switzerland next week.

Armenia buries its dead pilots as the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan prepare to meet in Switzerland next week.

Efforts continue to try to stop an escalation of the violence as the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan prepare to meet in Switzerland next week.