Issues

Sick, corrupt general released from prison in Armenia – activists demand treatment and punishment

Corruption scandals in Armenia

January 16, 2020

A group of activists from Etchmiadzin, the hometown of Manvel Grigoryan, demands he receive treatment – and be punished.

European Court of Human Rights takes up case of Georgian transgender man

January 15, 2020

Should the ECHR side with Gviniashvili, the decision will be an unprecedented one for Georgia

Azerbaijani opposition protests high cost of election campaigning on TV – from $13/second on air

January 15, 2020

Many experts and candidates believe that the authorities are thus trying to interfere with the opposition’s election campaign.

Armenia to use tax payments of working students to cover tuition

January 15, 2020

The bill will only cover master’s and doctor’s students for the time being

Maternity hospitals to be closed en masse in regions of Armenia

January 14, 2020

Employees protest, but the ministry explains its decision by optimizing costs and increasing the level of medical care

Georgia throws out Hepatitis C medications worth $200 mln

January 12, 2020

The medication would have been enough to cure more than two thousand people of the virus

Armenia pushes tourism development – with cleaner toilets

January 09, 2020

The government seriously discussed the proposition of “closing and bankrupting” all restaurants and gas stations that do not have normal bathrooms

Ukrainian passenger plane crashes in Iran – 176 people killed

January 08, 2020

Iranian news agency ISNA says the plane crashed due to technical issues

Armenia introduces flat income tax – wealthy rejoice, experts concerned

January 08, 2020

The wealthiest group of tax payers in Armenia will now pay 13% less on their income

Georgian president causes stir by refusing to pardon priest convicted in Church 'cyanide case'

January 07, 2020

Zurabishvili says she cares 'for the authority of the church and the patriarch’, but the opposition says she is obeying the orders of the patriarch & country's unofficial leader Ivanishvili

Bodyguard of Abkhaz president arrested on suspicion of involvement in murder of 3

January 06, 2020

The murder took place in November 2019, when a restaurant was shelled and two "thieves-in-law" and a waitress were killed

Russian tourist dies in Gudauri ski resort

January 06, 2020

The tourist was swept up by an avalanche

New customs tariffs will leave Armenia facing less choice in consumption

January 04, 2020

The tariffs will affect goods not be imported from the Eurasian Economic Union, of which Armenia became a member five years ago

Russian news agency Sputnik closes Estonia operations after employees quit

January 02, 2020

The EU's sanctions against Russia are the reason. Many in the Estonian government and society see Sputnik as the Kremlin's mouthpiece for anti-Western propaganda

Yerevan airport serves record-high number of passengers in 2019

December 30, 2019

The transfer of Russian tourists through the Yerevan airport en route to Georgia due to the Russian flight ban may be partially responsible for the boost in numbers

Ukraine, conflict territories carry out ‘all for all’ prisoner exchange

December 29, 2019

The exchange agreement was reached during a recent meeting in Paris of the presidents of Ukraine, Russia, France and the German Chancellor

Op-ed: “Georgians have chance to rethink past, rebuild relations with Ossetians”

Georgian-Ossetian conflict

December 29, 2019

Political analyst Tornike Sharashenidze on the arrest and release of Georgian doctor Gaprindashvili in South Ossetia and the need to learn to admit to mistakes

She lost her eye at a rally in Tbilisi, but she will continue to protest. Why? Video

June 20 - Tbilisi protest

December 28, 2019

Mako Gomuri, 19, became a symbol of 2019’s Tbilisi protests after she lost her eye to a rubber bullet shot by the riot police during the break-up of an anti-government rally

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