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Georgia added to EU-approved list of ‘safe countries of origin’

Georgia - EU

December 19, 2025

Citizens of countries on this list will face significantly greater difficulties in obtaining political asylum in the EU.

Top stories in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia from 15-19 December, 2025

Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

December 19, 2025

Daily morning roundup. Top stories in local media, commentary, trending photos and videos

Georgia emerges as key route for car supplies to Russia amid sanctions

Georgia-Russia

December 18, 2025

Russian agency data sharply contradicts Georgian official statistics

Pashinyan absent from Etchmiadzin protest calling for removal of Catholicos Karekin II

Armenia

December 18, 2025

At the same time as the protest by ten bishops demanding the Catholicos “step down,” a church service took place at the Cathedral, attended by opposition figures supporting Karekin II.

Abkhaz students in Russia face pressure to register for military service

Abkhazia-Russia

December 18, 2025

The Abkhaz government is developing legal mechanisms to prevent this.

Western scholars urge Georgia’s government to rethink education reform

Georgia

December 18, 2025

According to the authors of the letter, the reform would not solve existing problems but would only make them worse.

What Azerbaijan’s plan to place internal troops under presidential control could mean

Azerbaijan

December 18, 2025

The opposition argues that this represents a dangerous expansion of presidential powers and could be used to suppress protests by force.

Georgia has abolished the “Administration of the Former South Ossetian Autonomous Region”

Politics in Georgia

December 17, 2025

Georgian Dream: “We must return to the legal status quo established by Zviad Gamsakhurdia in 1990, when the autonomous region was fully abolished"

Council of Europe commissioner urges Georgia’s prosecutor general to investigate use of force against protesters

Georgia - EU

December 17, 2025

The letter cites Georgia’s ombudsman findings confirming ill-treatment of protesters, including reports of torture and threats of sexual violence against women.

Georgian government bans emigrants from voting abroad

Georgia

December 17, 2025

From now on, voting in parliamentary and municipal elections will only be possible within the country.

Georgian Dream PM: 'EU effectively admitted responsibility for crimes in Georgia'

Georgia - EU

December 17, 2025

Irakli Kobakhidze mocked the EU Council Presidency document calling for the repeal of repressive laws and the release of political prisoners

EU Enlargement Council urges Georgia’s authorities to end repression, carry out reforms

Georgia - EU

December 17, 2025

The conclusions say that “the actions of the Georgian authorities do not meet the EU’s expectations of a candidate country.”

Georgia joins convention setting up complaints commission on Ukraine

Georgia-Ukraine

December 16, 2025

The commission will examine claims for compensation for damage caused by Russia’s actions against Ukraine since 24 February 2022

Yerevan to secure $250m loan to provide housing for Karabakh Armenians

Armenia

December 16, 2025

The government plans to use the Asian Development Bank loan to provide a long-term housing solution for 109,000 ethnic Armenian refugees.

Georgian priest backing protests suspended from ministry

Georgia

December 16, 2025

The case of Archimandrite Dorote Kurashvili: how the church becomes a political tool

Stalin in Ossetia: elders erect new monuments, youth tear them down

Traveling the Caucasus

December 16, 2025

“Stalin’s popularity is linked to people’s despair over the appalling level of corruption. They imagine him as a figure of justice who would not let anyone evade responsibility.”

Georgia’s neutrality: how new pro-Russian political project is taking shape

Georgia-Russia

December 16, 2025

The new party calls for abandoning EU and Nato membership, echoing Kremlin talking points

Opinion: 'Russia has far more leverage over Armenia than over Moldova'

Armenia-EU

December 15, 2025

“Armenia has requested the same support to counter foreign interference that we provided to Moldova,” says EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas — Armenian political analyst comments

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