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Georgian in Abkhazia receives 9 years in prison for burning Abkhaz flag

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

December 09, 2020

Georgian Irakli Bebua says he burned the Abkhaz flag to show that Georgians and Abkhaz should live in one state

Azerbaijan reintroduces SMS permission to leave home

Azerbaijan

December 08, 2020

Tough quarantine measures are introduced in Azerbaijan from December 14, 2020 to January 18, 2021 in connection with the coronavirus pandemic

Armenian PM Pashinyan remains in office as opposition ultimatum expires

Politics in Armenia

December 08, 2020

16 opposition parties that have put forward this demand have launched defiance actions across the country, trying to paralyze the movement in Yerevan and in the regions

Azerbaijan publishes list of those killed in second Karabakh war

Azerbaijan

December 08, 2020

Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense has published a list of servicemen who died during the Second Karabakh war

Op-ed: What's next in Armenia – loss of sovereignty or global integration?

Azerbaijan-Armenia

December 08, 2020

Where the real borders will be; whether Russia will integrate Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia; will Armenians and Azerbaijanis be able to live together - analysis of the post-war situation

'Don't let us die of hunger' – transgender people ask Georgian government for help

Georgia

December 08, 2020

A group of transgender people in Georgia asks the government to help them survive and not die of hunger and cold during the quarantine period due to the coronavirus pandemic

Key points from meeting between Armenian, Russian foreign ministers

Karabakh conflict

December 08, 2020

According to Ara Ayvazyan, the meeting of the negotiators of the two countries will take place "after the situation in the conflict zone is stabilized"

Georgian priest who claimed pandemic was 'fake' dies of coronavirus

Coronavirus

December 07, 2020

A clergyman dies from coronavirus in Georgia, who declared a fake pandemic and urged people not to agree with quarantine

Monday round-up of headlines from the Caucasus

Week in the Caucasus

December 07, 2020

Briefly about the latest events in the Caucasus - in Armenia, protests against Prime Minister Pashinyan, Azerbaijan publishes the death toll in the war in Karabakh, political crisis in Georgia

Family of 28 y.o. man tortured and killed in police custody in S. Ossetia demands fair investigation

South Ossetia

December 06, 2020

Inal Dzhabiev's family protests in South Ossetia, claiming that he died from torture at the police station. The authorities presented an expert opinion on drug use

Unachievable compromise, death-toll and power outages - Week in the Caucasus

Week in the Caucasus

December 06, 2020

What happened in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in the week of November 30-December 5, 2020 - short video on developments in the South Caucasus

Armenian PM and ex-president accuse each other of 'diplomatic fiasco'

Nikol Pashinyan

December 05, 2020

Pashinyan is not going to resign, which is demanded by the opposition, and is responding to the accusations of ex-President Kocharian that he provoked the war in Karabakh, leaving Baku no other chance but to start it

Opposition sets ultimatum for Armenian PM – 'step down by noon on Dec. 8'

Nikol Pashinyan

December 05, 2020

If Pashinyan does not leave, the opposition will start actions of disobedience across the country. Opposition prime minister candidate has already announced what tasks the interim government intends to solve

French ambassador summoned to Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry

Azerbaijan

December 05, 2020

In response to the resolution adopted by the National Assembly of France, the Ambassador of this country was summoned to the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan and he was handed a note of protest

Op-ed: can the mistakes of the Georgian opposition be corrected?

2020 elections in Georgia

December 05, 2020

Tornike Sharashenidze on who is to blame for the confrontation between the opposition and the authorities in Georgia after the parliamentary elections and how to resolve the political crisis

Armenian opposition presents 2 candidates for PM, though Pashinyan has no plans to resign

Nikol Pashinyan

December 04, 2020

Most of the united 17 opposition parties propose a single candidate for the head of the transitional government, one of them does not support him and will nominate its leader for this post

Why Russia's security forces are persecuting school children

Russia

December 04, 2020

The number of "disclosed terrorist attacks" involving minors has grown sharply in Russia over the past two years

Georgian opposition party Girchi splinters after ‘internal disagreements’

Georgia

December 04, 2020

The party practically disintegrated after the scandalous statements of one of its leaders on the topic of child pornography

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