Travel divides people. Of course, it separates them physically (and also brings them closer together) but what I’m talking about here is the way people either love travel, or hate travel. And, as with anything in life, it all depends on what you make of it. A train journey can be an inconvenient waste of […]
How Playing Sports Keeps You Healthy
Exercise is often touted as the best way for people to stay healthy and prevent serious diseases. However, it can sometimes feel as if exercise is not having a positive impact on your body if you are unable to enjoy it. When thinking of the best ways to exercise, sport allows you to stay healthy […]
Caledonian Road Underground Station – the case for extra investment instead of temporary closure
Caledonian Road Station, a popular tube stop on London’s Piccadilly Line, one along from King’s Cross, is to be closed for eight months from January 4th 2016, because Transport for London (TfL) claims that there is no alternative. The station has two ageing, thirty-year-old lifts (elevators) and they cannot be replaced separately while the […]
Cross-LoC trade to be strengthened
Salamabad, June 04 (Scoop News)-Describing cross-LoC travel as one of the most significant CBMs between India and Pakistan, Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, today said the people-to-people contacts need to go beyond divided families. For this, he urged upon the Central Government to consider greater and hassle-free to-and-fro movement of cultural troupes, students, pilgrims and […]
Azerbaijan Restricts Visits from Blacklisted Foreign Nationals
Foreigners who slip across from Armenia told they are unwelcome in Azerbaijan. By Magerram Zeynalov – Caucasus CRS Issue 697, 14 Aug 13 Azerbaijan has placed hundreds of foreign nationals on a blacklist because they have visited Nagorny Karabakh. The list of 335 people banned from entering Azerbaijan includes journalists, politicians, and Spanish opera singer […]
Extremist Books in Azerbaijan
IWPR’s country director had book confiscated just because it was published in Armenia. By Shahin Rzayev – Caucasus CRS Issue 691, 12 Jun 13 The frontier guard sounded almost exultant when he discovered the book in my luggage. “You’re importing extremist literature,” he said, holding the offending item under my nose. It […]