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Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

August 25, 2025

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Russia

North Ossetia. "Village boys sent to the front as rural anger grows"

Russia

August 23, 2025

In North Ossetia, a Russian republic in the North Caucasus, protests over utility bills masked a deeper cause of public anger.

Armenia

Pashinyan-Pezeshkian meeting: what does Iran expect from opening transport routes in the Caucasus?

Armenia

August 22, 2025

Although Pashinyan is trying to convince Tehran that the so-called “Trump Route” could work to its advantage, analysts expect Iran will only soften its stance if concrete guarantees are provided

Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

Abkhazia fuel crisis: only Russian stations have gasoline

Abkhazia

August 21, 2025

The instability in Russia’s fuel market has hit the region hard

Poland ends simplified work permit rules for Georgians

Georgia

August 21, 2025

The new draft law removes Georgia from the list of countries whose citizens can start work in Poland under an easier procedure, citing the “political situation”

PACE MPs: “If Georgia does not change course, we will call for its expulsion from the Council of Europe”

Georgia - EU

August 20, 2025

The Georgian Prime Minister said that Georgia has already suspended its participation in PACE on its own initiative

China’s soft power in Georgia: harmless cultural exchange or political calculation?

Georgia

August 20, 2025

how cultural cooperation masks Beijing’s political interests

Iranian president: "Visit to Armenia is part of priority trips to neighbouring countries”

Armenia

August 19, 2025

Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Armenia amid concerns over a US company’s role in reopening regional roads near Iran’s border

“Amid tensions with Russia, Azerbaijan should step up support for Ukraine", experts in Baku say

Azerbaijan-Russia

August 18, 2025

The analyst says Russia continues to target Azerbaijan subtly, rather than directly

Cases of Georgian activists accused of drug possession: two freed, four await verdict

Georgia

August 18, 2025

What is the government trying to signal by issuing acquittals in some political cases?

‘Armenian-Iranian relations are not a bargaining chip’: Yerevan reassures Tehran

Armenia

August 15, 2025

Tensions have emerged in Iran over the Washington agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan. All the details of the situation, plus commentary from political analyst Robert Ghevondyan.

‘Victims of the global reshaping of the world’: opinion on the causes and outcomes of the 1992–93 Georgian-Abkhaz war

Abkhazia

August 15, 2025

The authors of the Telegram channel Abkhazia-Centre analyse what they see as the goals pursued by the parties to the conflict at the time

‘Georgia is moving towards authoritarianism’ – opinion from the US

Georgia

August 14, 2025

Former White House official Michael Carpenter told Independence Avenue Media that Georgia is going through dark times

Who is barred from entering Tbilisi

Georgia

August 14, 2025

Georgian authorities are taking a tough line against foreigners who dare join protest rallies, now fining and deporting not only activists from Russia

Ukraine’s foreign ministry issues statement over new Georgian Dream campaign video

Ukrainian foreign ministry: ‘Sad to see Georgian government obeying Moscow’

War in Ukraine

August 14, 2025

Ukraine’s foreign ministry issues statement over new Georgian Dream campaign video

Abkhazia drafts constitutional reform to curb president’s powers

Abkhazia

August 14, 2025

This is the fourth attempt in the past 20 years to amend Abkhazia’s constitution, which was adopted in 1994

“Armenia–US drills are more political than defensive,” says analyst

Armenia-USA

August 13, 2025

The joint Armenia–US military drills Eagle Partner 2025 have been taking place in Armenia since August 12. Commentary by political analyst Beniamin Poghosyan

U.S. State Department releases critical 2024 human rights report on Georgia

Georgia-USA

August 13, 2025

The report also mentions the Law on Family Values, which it says “criminalised certain forms of expression”

A Tbilisi perspective on the historic Aliyev–Pashinyan meeting

Karabakh conflict

August 13, 2025

What will a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan bring to Georgia? Economic losses, but also a chance to weaken Russia and strengthen the West, experts say