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Coronavirus live updates | Georgian government will begin to cover utility fees
Live updates with the latest news on the Coronavirus pandemic around the Caucasus.
Coronavirus live updates | Georgia’s curfew begins
Live updates with the latest news on the Coronavirus pandemic around the Caucasus.
Georgia introduces curfew
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has announced that the country is ‘practically’ going into a nationwide quarantine from Tuesday at 08:00.
Coronavirus live updates | Georgia introduces curfew
Live updates with the latest news on the Coronavirus pandemic around the Caucasus.
Azerbaijani students ‘beaten’ after complaining about quarantine conditions
A group of students who were evacuated from Turkey to Nakhchivan have complained of being held in dire conditions.
Coronavirus live updates | Chechnya on lockdown
Live updates with the latest news on the Coronavirus pandemic around the Caucasus.
Video | Company Town
This old industrial town in western Georgia is famous for its manganese mines. But the industry, the city’s lifeblood, is now literally undermining the homes of some of its residents. Meanwhile, the Georgian government sits back and does nothing.
South Ossetia goes into quarantine
The measures being enacted include closing shops and restaurants and banning foreign citizens from entering.
Coronavirus live updates | ‘Highly likely that there might be a precedent of domestic transmission’
Live updates with the latest news on the Coronavirus pandemic around the Caucasus.
Abkhazia to enter state of emergency from Saturday
A curfew has already been announced as part of the state of emergency but few other details have emerged.