Features and Analysis

"Don’t hug me, it hurts” - Georgian teacher-activist freed only after losing ability to walk

October 29, 2025

Nino Datashvili spent four months in detention with a serious spinal condition. During this time, her health deteriorated to a critical state

Politics in Azerbaijan

Visit of Estonia’s foreign minister to Baku: a clash of values and interests

Politics in Azerbaijan

October 27, 2025

The visit agenda included only digital innovation projects and regional peace issues. Human rights and democracy were not mentioned at all

Pashinyan attacks the church: liturgy at Hovhannavank

Politics in Armenia

‘Armenian Church Liberation’: Liturgy led by defrocked priest and attended by PM Pashinyan was marked by unrest. Video

Politics in Armenia

October 26, 2025

Man removed for protesting defrocked priest’s rite; faithful blocked lawyer representing Etchmiadzin from approaching church

Municipal elections in Georgia-2025

Failed ‘peaceful revolution’ and new repressions: where Georgia is heading after October 4

Municipal elections in Georgia-2025

October 13, 2025

The government accuses the West of inciting a coup

New trend in Armenia: even elderly are joining fitness boom

Armenia

October 10, 2025

Parks and courtyards are now equipped with children’s sports gear, while gyms remain busy all year round

Elections and a failed revolution: Georgia’s new political crisis?

Georgia

October 05, 2025

Around ten people have been detained, and several were injured. The government is announcing a new wave of repression

Putin’s oil and SOCAR plant: EU sanctions impact Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

September 30, 2025

Halting oil supplies to Europe via SOCAR’s STAR refinery is the EU’s top priority

Opinion: “If Trump makes a call to Georgia, it will only be to Bidzina Ivanishvili”

Georgia

September 29, 2025

Political analyst Valeri Chechelashvili: “Georgian Dream needs to show it is ready for compromise”

What Moldova voted for: 5 takeaways from the parliamentary elections

September 29, 2025

PAS has retained its status as the ruling party and will be able to form a government on its own

Armenia between the West and Russia: risks of the government’s ‘balanced’ policy

Armenia

September 28, 2025

Political analyst Lilit Dallakyan comments on the risks of the so-called “balanced policy” and whether European integration and regionalisation, both included in Armenia’s foreign policy strategy, can in fact be compatible

Opinion: 'Summoning Western ambassadors aims to isolate Georgia from West'

Georgia

September 26, 2025

Political analyst Lasha Dzebisashvili: “This will not change the EU’s policy towards Georgia”

“Armenia should not cut military spending during army reform,” expert says

Armenia

September 25, 2025

Armenia’s defence budget will be cut by 15.2% in 2026, a move military analyst Leonid Nersisyan says is unjustified

Foreign policy expert: “Georgia’s foreign ministry is under Moscow’s control”

Georgia

September 25, 2025

Comment on the summons of Germany’s ambassador Peter Fischer to Georgia’s foreign ministry

Contaminated crude and Moscow’s shadow: inside Azerbaijan’s energy turmoil

Azerbaijan

September 23, 2025

A Baku court has ordered former senior SOCAR official Adnan Ahmadzade to be remanded in custody for four months. The official indictment has not yet been published, fueling widespread media speculation about the reasons for his arrest.

Simonyan in Baku, Muradov in Yerevan: a new stage in relations?

Azerbaijan

September 23, 2025

While the visits are seen as signs of progress in the peace talks, key issues remain unresolved

‘Fighting Belarusians is absurd’: how Lithuania reacted to the start of the Zapad drills

War in Ukraine

September 23, 2025

"The situation in Vilnius could be worse than in Kyiv: if the Russians try to block the Suwałki Gap, we’ll all be trapped here”

Why Bidzina Ivanishvili met the president of the UAE

Georgia

September 22, 2025

A show of Georgia’s new foreign policy — or a political signal at home?

What makes Armenian migrants return home: personal stories

Armenia

September 22, 2025

Recently many have been returning to Armenia, but few talk about the reasons

Declaration on the Fourth Republic of Armenia: what the ruling party plans

Armenia

September 22, 2025

Armenian experts believe that prime minister Nikol Pashinyan, who leads the ruling party, is “taking steps to stay in power.”

Azerbaijan-EU relations: energy, transport, demining and political integration

Azerbaijan

September 20, 2025

Azerbaijan’s relations with the European Union have entered a new phase since the end of the 2020 Karabakh war

Azerbaijan’s territorial defence: democratic transformation or tighter control? — Analysis

Azerbaijan

September 20, 2025

Amendments to the “Law on Defence,” passed by the Milli Majlis on 14 July and approved by the president on 11 August, broaden the scope of the territorial defence model