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Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

April 29, 2025

Daily morning roundup: top stories in local media, commentary, trending photos and videos

South Ossetia

Head of customs attacked in South Ossetia — suspects linked to president’s brother

South Ossetia

April 28, 2025

The three men who attacked the head of customs in South Ossetia have not yet been detained, although their names are known.

Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide: 'International recognition is not among government’s priorities'

Armenia-Turkey

April 24, 2025

A significant part of society sees the government's shift on this issue as unacceptable. Here's what has changed in the authorities’ approach — and what experts have to say.

Peace policy is dead. Beware the peace, Georgia! Blog by Medea Turashvili

Georgia

April 23, 2025

Conflict and peace researcher Medea Turashvili's blog looks at the current state of peace policy in Georgia

Persecution in Georgia: Azerbaijani activist says he is in danger

Azerbaijan

April 18, 2025

Rising pressure on civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan — including arrests and threats — is affecting not only domestic activists but also those in exile.

Attack, execution, and display: how tragedy in Chechnya turned into political message

Russia

April 15, 2025

“This is a pretext for repression and a reflection of the alarming practice of collective punishment that has become part of Chechnya’s political reality.”

60 deaths in three months: alarming road accident statistics discussed in Armenian parliament

Armenia

April 09, 2025

“It turns out that over a 10-year period, more than 3,600 people have died and 70,000 have been injured in the country,” calculated Civil Contract MP Armen Khachatryan.

Georgian clinic failed to pay surrogate mothers and housed them in rundown hostel – Radio Liberty

Georgia

April 04, 2025

The police launched an investigation only after public outcry.

Opinion: Why did Russian official call Georgian combatants of the Abkhazian war ‘neo-Nazis’?

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

April 03, 2025

A new term has emerged in Russian political vocabulary regarding the conflicts of the 1990s—Georgian "neo-Nazis." Why does Moscow need this?

Resident of Abkhazia arrested in Russia for praising Shamil Basayev

Abkhazia-Russia

March 30, 2025

For Russia, Chechen Shamil Basayev is a terrorist, while for Abkhazia, he is a national hero

Azerbaijan: crime without punishment. Whose hands hold fate of 13-year-old girl?

Azerbaijan

March 28, 2025

"The state must address the problem, not just punish the perpetrator. The victim's family should be deprived of parental rights, and the girl and her child should be placed under state care"

'Repression on outsourcing': why is Russia declaring Abkhazian journalists 'foreign agents'? Opinion

Abkhazia-Russia

March 23, 2025

Lawyer Said Gezerdava believes that this persecution was initiated by the authorities of Abkhazia

'Azerbaijani authorities will resort to violence' – activists comment on criminal cases against exiled bloggers

Opposition in Azerbaijan

March 22, 2025

Journalist Afghan Mukhtarli and lawyer Samad Ragimli consider the statement by the MP that "bloggers will soon be brought to Azerbaijan from the countries where they currently live" as a sign of danger

Nowruz in Azerbaijan: Ancient traditions of the arrival of spring. Video

Travel Azerbaijan

March 22, 2025

Dances, masks, fire. Nowruz symbolizes the arrival of spring, the awakening of nature, and the beginning of the New Year

Russia declares two more Abkhaz journalists 'foreign agents'

Abkhazia-Russia

March 22, 2025

They are Izida Chania, editor of "Nuzhnaya Gazeta," and Nizfa Arshba, author of the Telegram channel "AIAHSARA." Earlier, Moscow declared Inal Khashig, editor of "Chegemskaya Pravda," a foreign agent