My reportage from Armenia and Azerbaijan - the frontline of Europe's forgotten war.
Despite a nominal 1994 ceasefire, exchanges of fire, downed helico [ ... ]
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VICE NEWS 'Even God Forgot This Place': Welcome to the Oilfields of Azerbaijan VICE News n the late 13th century, the explorer Marco Polo travelled to the region that comprises modern-day Azerbaijan and reported seeing gushing oi [ ... ] -
POLITICO: Live, From the Fifth Most Censored Country, It's the First Ever European Games My report from the curious spectacle of the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. Even from a pragmatic perspective, denying entry to journalists from m [ ... ] -
VICE NEWS: Azerbaijan Hosts Extravagant European Games Ceremony Amid Allegations of Censorship and Despotism Putin, Lady Gaga, a war on democracy and a giant floating pomegranate. All the fun of the European Games in Azerbaijan! Photos by Jacob Balzani Loov R [ ... ] -
POLITICO: The Memory That’s Crippling Armenia "It is a curious phenomenon to visit a country preparing to commemorate a massacre..." Read my report from Armenia on the 100th anniversary of the 191 [ ... ] -
INDEPENDENT: A century after the 'genocide', Armenians flee war and return to land of their ancestors April 14, 2015 In the run-up to the commemoration of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, I met the ancestors of survivors who had been forced fro [ ... ] -
AL JAZEERA: New fences worry Russia's neighbour Back to beautiful Georgia to investigate the fence being constructed by Russian and South Ossetian troops along the administrative line which was neve [ ... ] -
RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONAL: Farming communities worry about disputed South Ossetia fences Radio report from along the de-facto border between Georgia and the region of South Ossetia, scene of the 2008 conflict with Russia. We found villager [ ... ]