Politics

May 06, 2021

The main result of the visit of the Russian Foreign Minister was the signing of a memorandum on biological safety. Lavrov spoke about the need to sign it back in November 2019.

Politics in Georgia

Amnesty bill for political prisoners postponed for two weeks

Politics in Georgia

May 05, 2021

The Georgian parliament unexpectedly went on vacation instead of discussing the amnesty law. The adoption of the law is stipulated by an agreement between the authorities and the opposition

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Azerbaijan-Armenia

Three more prisoners of war returned to Armenia from Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan-Armenia

May 05, 2021

After the end of the second Karabakh war, 63 prisoners of war returned to Armenia, now only 66

strongholds of the Russian base in Syunik

Armenia

Two reinforced Russian military points created in southern Armenia

Armenia

May 03, 2021

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that this is an additional guarantee to ensure the security of not only the southern region, but the entire country.

Swiss bank sues Georgian 'shadow ruler' Ivanishvili

Bidzina Ivanishvili

May 03, 2021

Swiss bank sues Bidzina Ivanishvili, Credit Suisse accuses Georgia's shadow ruler of illegally publishing a confidential document

What’s on the agenda of the Russian FM’s visit to Caucasus? Commentary from Baku, Yerevan

Azerbaijan-Armenia

May 01, 2021

Russian peacekeepers, Azerbaijan's entry into the EAEU, prisoners of war, large-scale opening of roads through the region - why is Lavrov going to Yerevan and Baku?

Political Crisis in Moldova: President dissolves parliament, calls snap election

Eastern Europe

April 29, 2021

Moldovan President dissolved parliament after pro-Russian opposition majority tried to declare a state of emergency in the country

Georgian civil activists oppose introduction of tougher punishments for hooliganism and police disobedience

Georgia

April 29, 2021

Georgian civil activists protest against a bill to increase fines for petty hooliganism and disobeying police orders

tougher penalties for electoral violations

Armenian ruling party proposes tougher punishments for electoral violations

Armenia

April 29, 2021

Experts believe that this decision is an additional restraining legal lever - in order to avoid violations and to avoid the need for real punitive measures.

Tbilisi demands release of Georgian citizens detained in South Ossetia at IPM

Borderization

April 28, 2021

The Georgian side demands the release of Zaza Gakheladze, Gennady Bestaev and Lasha Hetereli

One of two Georgian opposition figures in EU-backed agreement pardoned

Politics in Georgia

April 28, 2021

The President of Georgia pardoned Giorgi Rurua, an oppositionist who is called a political prisoner. These were the conditions of the so-called. Charles Michel agreements

Departure or come-back? Experts discuss resignation of PM Pashinyan

Armenia

April 27, 2021

Nikol Pashinyan announced that he is retiring, but will continue to fulfill his duties. What does the Armenian opposition and ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan think about the decision of the prime minister?

Experts on the meaning behind Biden's statement on the Armenian genocide

Armenia

April 26, 2021

How do experts in Armenia, Russia and the West assess the situation? Why did the US President use the word "genocide" when talking about the murders of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire?

Georgian State Security Service report: foreign intelligence services tried to interfere in internal processes

Georgia

April 26, 2021

Counterintelligence Directorate has begun investigation of 12 criminal cases

The future of Georgia Project: Georgia’s unfinished search for its place in Europe

Georgia

April 26, 2021

What does it mean to Georgian society to be European? Georgians’ answers to these questions are sometimes contradictory, as they seek to establish a special place for themselves on the margins of Europe

US President Biden uses word 'genocide' while talking about killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey

Armenia

April 25, 2021

Until now, the White House has avoided this term in order not to spoil relations with Turkey. Armenian PM has already thanked Joe Biden

Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide

Armenian genocide: what victims’ descendants demand from Turkey 106 years later

Armenia

April 24, 2021

"We have a significant legal basis for territorial claims. And if we are ready and conduct work in this direction, we will be able to make use of the situation” – expert

Remains of 13 people who went missing in Abkhaz war returned to Tbilisi

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

April 23, 2021

The search for the bodies of victims of the conflicts in Georgia in the 1990s and 2008 continues with the help of the Red Cross. Remains of 13 people who were considered missing were delivered from Abkhazia

Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged accusations

Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange accusations of ceasefire violation

Azerbaijan-Armenia

April 22, 2021

The Armenian side accuses Baku of shelling military positions and peaceful settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Azerbaijani side of provocation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border