As the old saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side.
But in the south-western city of Chengdu, China, there is an element of truth, because city officials have been painting the grassy verges a rich shade of green.
Some residents have found the dye –...
On March 3rd in Paris Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward
Nalbandian met with the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov,
Jacques Faure and Ian Kelly and the Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.
Issues relating to the...
While Istanbul police say common criminals carried out assaults, others suspect an ethnic motive.
By Aline Ozinian – Caucasus
CRS Issue 677,
22 Feb 13
A series of attacks on elderly Armenians in Istanbul has left human rights activists fearful of an upsurge of xenophobia...
Israel has been accused of promoting racial segregation by introducing ‘Palestinian-only buses’ from today after complaints were apparently made by settlers that mixed buses are a security risk.
The Transport Ministry said the two new bus lines, which will run...
Ilham Aliyev pledges to go after corrupt local government officials, though some see them as just the products of the system he heads.
By Kamal Ali – Caucasus
CRS Issue 677,
22 Feb 13
Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev has sacked the head of a district...
Having a spring clean around the house is one way to mark the changing of the seasons, but Japanese Buddhist monks have a more extreme way of cleansing to welcome the arrival of spring.
As part of the Hiwatari-matsuri ceremony, Buddhist monks dash barefoot through flames...
Roman Catholic cardinals filed into the Vatican on Monday for preliminary meetings to sketch an identikit for the next pope and ponder who among them might be best to lead a church beset by crises.
They arrived by private car, taxi and minibus at the gates of the Vatican...
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