Issues

Prenuptial medical exam in Azerbaijan: 135 diagnosed with HIV

December 13, 2019

297 others were diagnosed with syphilis, and 3,393 carried blood diseases.

Armenian draft evaders have until end of year to avoid criminal prosecution

December 12, 2019

The government intends to give a last chance to draft dodgers who left the country and avoided service to pay and return to their homeland – by the end of the year

107 people died under the wheels of cars in 2019 in Baku

December 11, 2019

Pedestrians accounted for more than half of all traffic accident victims

Yerevan mayor’s office under fire for budgeting record $700k for New Year's Eve

December 11, 2019

The opposition has criticised the decision of the city authorities and the government, while the Armenian PM considers the spending justified

Former Abkhaz presidential candidate suspected of kidnapping

December 10, 2019

This would not be the first illegality in his criminal past

Fire breaks out at construction materials market in Baku, three hospitalised

December 10, 2019

One of the store owners complains that the process of receiving and enforcing insurance claims has not been established at the market.

Georgian Patriarchate comes out against creation of cross-border zone with Azerbaijan near David Gareji complex

December 10, 2019

The Georgian Orthodox Church hopes that ‘Georgia and Azerbaijan will resolve the territorial issues without harming the two countries’ friendship’

One of three school children in Baku subject to bullying

December 09, 2019

The recent and perhaps preventable suicide of a 14-year-old girl in Baku has brought the topic of school bullying to the forefront on Azerbaijan

‘Washingtonian palms’ come to Abkhazia after former destruction by palm weevil

December 07, 2019

60 palms were brought from Italy and will be planted on the promenade in Sukhum, in place of the dozens of palms that died in 2019 from the invasion of the stink bug

Opposition protests across Georgia over failed electoral reform begin in Kutaisi

December 06, 2019

The opposition still plans to hold protests by the parliament in Tbilisi and by the buildings of other state institutions

Armenian PM’s wife invites Azerbaijani First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva to Karabakh – but with conditions

December 04, 2019

In doing so, Anna Hakobyan answered the words of Mehriban Aliyeva that she dreams of listening to mugam (folk music) in Karabakh

Son of Armenian nationalist party head dumps paint on Griboyedov monument in response to act of vandalism in Russia

December 03, 2019

In mid-November, an Armavir City Duma (Russian Federation) member doused a memorial board portraying Armenian national hero Garegin Nzhdeh with paint and demanded it be taken down

Price of essential food stuffs up 14% in Georgia in 2019

December 03, 2019

Annual inflation amounted to 7 percent

Armenian restaurant faces public ire, boycott after owner shoots dog in public

December 02, 2019

Facebook users are demanding the restaurant owner be punished to the full extent of a new law forbidding cruelty to animals

Will the Azerbaijani parliament be dismissed and snap elections held? Answer on 2 December

November 29, 2019

The Azerbaijani opposition has already started preparing for snap elections

Armenia to introduce controversial new ‘health’ tax

November 29, 2019

The Ministry of Health proposes that employed citizens give away 6% of their salaries, which will cover health-related expenses for the unemployed as well

More than 45 people poisoned by carbon monoxide in Azerbaijan in November, no fatalities

November 29, 2019

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergencies has warned the population to exercise caution when dealing with home heating system

Armenian telethon charity drive raises record low of $10 mln in wake of scandal

November 29, 2019

This is the 22nd annual telethon of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund

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