Explainers

Advisor to US Secretary of State: Nika Gvaramia's arrest could create problems for Georgia

Georgia

May 21, 2022

Nika Gvaramia's arrest will make it difficult for Georgia to achieve its Euro-Atlantic goals, advisor to the US Secretary of State, Derek Shoal, said

Op-ed: 'Armenia and Azerbaijan maneuver between Russia and the West'

Azerbaijan-Armenia

May 20, 2022

Cancellation of the meeting of the commission on delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border was assessed differently by the parties to the conflict. Baku accused Yerevan of opting out, while Yerevan refuted it

Armenian pensioners to receive cashback for using cards

Armenia

May 20, 2022

In Armenia, pensioners and socially disadvantaged families receiving benefits will receive a monthly cashback for non-cash transactions. Thus, the government aims to promote the use of non-cash payements

Opinion from Baku: What do Georgian representatives’ visits to Shusha mean?

Azerbaijan-Georgia

May 19, 2022

In April 2022, cultural representatives from Georgia visited Shusha, and today Georgian religious figures arrived in Azerbaijan, who will also visit this city. What do such frequent visits imply?

5 hours of Russian propaganda in Georgia every day - Alt-Info's shows in Kvemo Kartli

Georgia

May 19, 2022

Alt-Info shows on Kvemo Kartli's TV-4 channel spark outrage. The pro-Russian Alt-Info channel has been given 5 hours of air time by Kvemo Kartli's TV-4 channel, which received hundreds of thousands from the state budget

Armenian MPs may lose mandates for protesting, skipping sessions

Politics in Armenia

May 19, 2022

Will Armenian opposition MPs loose their mandates? Ruling party and opposition MPs, as well as legal expert discuss the legality of stripping opposition deputies of mandates for missing sessions amid protests

"We fight for Mtavari" - hundreds of journalists gather in Tbilisi to support opposition TV channel

Georgia

May 19, 2022

Journalists rally in support of Mtavari TV channel in Tbilisi. Hundreds of people gathered to support the arrested director of the opposition Mtavari TV channel

Opinion from Baku: 'Situation in Ukraine is going according to plan … but not Putin's’

Azerbaijan-Russia

May 18, 2022

According to political scientist Shahin Jafarli, in the geopolitical sense, perhaps everything is going according to plan, but Putin is not the author of this plan

'We don’t have any rights’ - how people with disabilities struggle in Armenia

Armenia

May 18, 2022

Rights of people with disabilities in Armenia: personal stories of people who face discrimination from the government and in every day life

Georgian PM, NATO head end up meeting in Brussels, discuss Russia's aggression against Ukraine

Georgia

May 18, 2022

PM Garibashvili and NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg met in Brussels, despite previous reports of the cancellation of the meeting

Russia lifts travel restrictions on land border with Georgia

Georgia

May 18, 2022

Russia lifts restrictions on travel to Georgia, as well as self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics via land

Georgian PM meets European Union-Council presidents in Brussels

Georgia

May 18, 2022

Georgian Prime Minister met Presidents of EU, European Council in Brussels and discussed Georgia's "historic choice to join the EU family"

Georgian PM meeting with NATO head сanceled hours before its start

Georgia

May 18, 2022

Today's meeting between NATO head Stoltenberg and PM Gharibashvili was canceled for unknown reasons. Earlier today, Stoltenberg accepted Finland and Sweden's NATO membership applications

Polish MP demands ex-president Saakashvili's transfer to Poland for treatment

Mikheil Saakashvili

May 18, 2022

“Georgian government is blatantly lying” - Polish MP demands Saakashvili be transferred to Poland for treatment, amid deteriorating health of Georgia's detained ex-president

Amnesty International: Nika Gvaramia's sentence is politically motivated

Georgia

May 18, 2022

Gvaramia's verdict is politically motivated and lacked sufficient evidence", Marie Struthers, Amnesty International's Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia said

Georgian opposition media's appeal to the West: "Don't let this oligarch kill democracy"

Georgia

May 17, 2022

Georgian media's appeal to the West amid the arrest of the director of the opposition Mtavari Arkhi TV channel calls on the 'Western friends' not to allow the 'Dream' regime to kill the democracy

Azerbaijan demands ‘retraction and apology’ from UK embassy over Baku police violence comments

Azerbaijan

May 17, 2022

Azerbaijani Interior Ministry called on the British Embassy in Baku to admit its mistake and refute its recent statement. British Embassy in Azerbaijan condemned incidents of police violence during May 14 rally

CSTO military bloc celebrates 30th anniversary: how leaders view the alliance

Armenia-Russia

May 17, 2022

During the meeting of the CSTO member-states' leaders in Moscow, President Putin praised the bloc's 'growth' while PM Pashinyan criticised it for inaction despite Armenia's appeals for help

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