Robin Fabbro

1 month ago | oc-media.org | Aytan Farhadova |Robin Fabbro |Yousef Bardouka |Nate Ostiller

Amidst the current global turmoil, small news outlets like ours could be the first to close. Help us get off grants and become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and keep telling the stories that matter. Become a memberThe Baku municipal government has announced that according to a new general plan for the city, apartments considered too old and dilapidated are now subject to demolition.

1 month ago | oc-media.org | Robin Fabbro |Nate Ostiller |Aytan Farhadova |Elizaveta Chukharova

Press Freedom has continued to improve in Armenia as it has continued to plummet in Georgia, according to the latest press freedom index from Reporters Without Borders. In its 2025 report, Georgia continued its slide, falling 11 places to 114th in the world after plummeting 26 places the previous year and 29 places the year before. In contrast, Armenia continued to climb, reaching 34th place in the world, the highest of any country in the Caucasus since the index began.

1 month ago | oc-media.org | Xandie Kuenning |Aytan Farhadova |Robin Fabbro |Elizaveta Chukharova

Amidst the current global turmoil, small news outlets like ours could be the first to close. Help us get off grants and become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and keep telling the stories that matter. Become a memberGeorgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili has met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku during his first foreign trip since his inauguration in December 2024.

2 months ago | oc-media.org | Aytan Farhadova |Xandie Kuenning |Arshaluys Barseghyan |Robin Fabbro

Amidst the current global turmoil, small news outlets like ours could be the first to close. Help us get off grants and become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and keep telling the stories that matter. Become a memberMultiple prisoners in Azerbaijan have gone on hunger strike over the last two weeks.

2 months ago | oc-media.org | Arshaluys Barseghyan |Aytan Farhadova |Robin Fabbro |Nate Ostiller

Amidst the current global turmoil, small news outlets like ours could be the first to close. Help us get off grants and become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and keep telling the stories that matter. Become a memberRFE/RL has reported that the board of directors of the US government-owned Export-import bank (EXIM) ‘has approved a $339 million loan to the Azerbaijani airline Silk Way to purchase Boeing aircraft’.