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Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

November 19, 2025

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Ruling party wins Vagharshapat elections

Armenia

Armenia’s municipal elections: 'Сatholicos fails to secure vote of confidence in Etchmiadzin'

Armenia

November 18, 2025

In the enlarged community of Vagharshapat, which includes Armenia’s spiritual capital, Etchmiadzin, the ruling party won the elections. This victory was significant for the authorities amid their conflict with the Catholicos.

Reactions to Amaglobeli’s arrest in Georgia and worldwide

Mzia Amaglobeli

Georgia: Appeals court upholds journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli’s two-year sentence

Mzia Amaglobeli

November 18, 2025

Mzia Amaghlobeli: "I do not fear imprisonment, but what awaits me outside. There is my country, fighting for its freedom, and it is being seized without tanks"

Abkhazia

Abkhazia’s 'battle of priests' deepens as one cleric urges another to be 'thrown out' of monastery

Abkhazia

November 18, 2025

Head of the Abkhaz Orthodox Church halts services in local churches except the Sukhumi Cathedral

'Thank you for dismissive comments' - Ukraine’s foreign ministry responds to Georgian Dream’s accusations

Georgia-Ukraine

November 18, 2025

Ukraine’s foreign ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi responded to the Georgian parliament speaker, who had himself reacted to comments made by an adviser to the Ukrainian president.

Armenia’s electricity network company owned by arrested Russian oligarch loses licence: what happens next?

Armenia

November 17, 2025

Businessman Samvel Karapetyan faces charges of calling for a seizure of power. His company’s value will be assessed, and he will receive compensation.

EU approves new rules for suspending visa-free travel. What does this mean for Georgia?

Georgia - EU

November 17, 2025

“It’s possible that the new rules will soon be applied against some Georgian citizens"

New Georgian government initiatives: abolishing several agencies and banning voting from abroad

Georgia

November 17, 2025

Georgian citizens living abroad will only be able to vote if they return to the country

EU youth program Erasmus+ will no longer fund Georgia

Georgia

November 17, 2025

“In response to political developments in Georgia, the European Union has reviewed its financial assistance.”

How rational it is for Tbilisi to avoid direct dialogue with Sukhum - opinion from Abkhazia

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

November 17, 2025

The 65th round of the Geneva International Discussions took place on 1–12 November 2025.

Chechen woman taken from Georgia to Chechnya and later killed: what we know so far

Chechnya

November 14, 2025

Human rights activists believe Aliya Ozdamirova was a victim of a “honour killing.”

OSCE: 'Laws restricting freedom of expression in Georgia must be repealed'

Protests in Georgia

November 14, 2025

“Arresting people for taking part in peaceful protests violates international human rights obligations”

'We decided to leave someone else’s pocket and become independent state' – Pashinyan

Politics in Armenia

November 14, 2025

The Armenian prime minister said the country had been in this “pocket” since gaining independence, but it is now a state capable of making its own decisions

Saakashvili asks Zelensky to place him on list of civilian prisoners of war

Georgia

November 14, 2025

Earlier, Saakashvili was moved from hospital back to prison

British Ambassador to the OSCE: "We urge Georgia to restore the independence of the judicial system"

Georgia - EU

November 13, 2025

When discussing human rights violations in other countries, the ambassador mentioned only three countries: Russia, Belarus, and Georgia

Russia proposes moving Geneva discussions from Switzerland to 'neutral' location

Georgia-Russia

November 13, 2025

The 65th round of talks between Russia, Georgia, and the authorities of Georgia’s occupied territories ended in failure.

Mikheil Saakashvili transferred from hospital to prison

Mikheil Saakashvili

November 13, 2025

The convicted politician had been in the clinic since May 2022 for health reasons

EU envoy on Georgia’s loss of EU integration

EU envoy: 'Ukraine and Moldova are ahead of Georgia, which is now further from EU than when it received candidate status'

Georgia - EU

November 13, 2025

“The European Commission asked Georgian Dream to clarify the issues raised in its previous negative report, but the answers it received were unsatisfactory.”

Pashinyan dismisses reports of Ukrainian grain deliveries to Armenia as 'nonsense'

Armenia-Russia

November 12, 2025

Armenia’s prime minister commented on Russia's claim that Yerevan would reject Russian grain and the EU would reimburse it for buying pricier Ukrainian wheat.