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Armenia

Armenia to introduce universal health insurance from 2026: what you need to know

Armenia

December 17, 2025

The insurance package will be the same for everyone, costing 129,600 drams per year ($341). All details of the bill approved by parliament.

Politics in Georgia

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

Politics in Georgia

December 17, 2025

Georgia - EU

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.

Georgia

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.”

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Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

December 17, 2025

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

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

Analysis: 'Georgia will profit from transit, Russia will bypass sanctions, while Abkhazia will get only scraps'

Abkhazia-Russia

December 15, 2025

The opposition Telegram channel, Abkhaz Analytical Center, forecasts who will benefit from the new transit terminal and how.

Meydan TV case trial begins in Azerbaijan as court rejects most defence motions

Azerbaijan

December 15, 2025

During the hearing, numerous motions were submitted regarding the defendants’ detention conditions, holding an open trial, changes to pre-trial detention, and other issues.

How Baku explains its opposition to EU–Armenia Strategic Partnership Agenda

Azerbaijan-Armenia

December 15, 2025

Baku argues that this distorts the realities of the post-conflict period and contradicts the peace agenda.

'Conditions will be market-based': Armenian deputy prime minister on oil product imports from Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan-Armenia

December 12, 2025

Mher Grigoryan confirmed that Yerevan and Baku are discussing the export of petroleum products from Azerbaijan to Armenia. New details of the potential deal, outstanding questions, and commentary from an economist

'What’s in it for us?' - views from Abkhazia on new transit terminal

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

December 12, 2025

A new road transport terminal for transit shipments from Georgia to Russia is nearly complete in Abkhazia’s Gali district.

UN special rapporteur probes possible use of chemical agents at Georgia protests

Georgia

December 12, 2025

Jill Edwards said: “This needs to be investigated using the Council of Europe’s mechanisms.”

Armenian justice minister says ‘facts’ about Catholicos may be declassified

Armenia

December 12, 2025

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan earlier said he “doesn’t need a catholicos who answers to him, but one who refuses to answer to a senior lieutenant of a foreign intelligence service.”

Top stories in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia from 8-12 December, 2025

Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

December 12, 2025

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

EU and Azerbaijan: human rights values overshadowed by energy geopolitics

Azerbaijan-EU

December 11, 2025

This article is based on data and findings from the report 'Neglecting Principles: The Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan – The European Union Prioritises Energy and Geopolitics'.

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