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Murder, protests, and, again, coronavirus - "Past week in the Caucasus" from JAMnews, video

Week in the Caucasus

September 05, 2020

Headlines from around the South Caucasus - what happened in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia during the week of August 31 - September 5, 2020

Armenia to replace state of emergency with quarantine measures – what's the difference?

Armenia

September 05, 2020

The Armenian parliament has passed a government proposed set of legislative changes that would allow, in the event of a viral outbreak, to impose strict measures in individual settlements and even organisations, and not across the country

UN General Assembly passes resolution on return of IDPs to Abkhazia, Tskhinvali

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

September 04, 2020

84 countries voted for the resolution, with 13 against

Baku metro up and running again, but experts predict price hike

Azerbaijan

September 04, 2020

The metro will start running again the capital Azerbaijan from 13 September, even though public transport is forbidden to run on weekends until the end of the month

American congressman says Russia behind anti-Turkey statements in Georgia

2020 elections in Georgia

September 04, 2020

Adam Kinzinger reacts to the pro-Russia party's election campaign

Freedom House demands release of Azerbaijani opposition member Tofiq Yaqublu

Azerbaijan

September 04, 2020

Freedom House issued a special statement on the arrest of Tofig Yagublu and demands the Azerbaijani authorities release him

Taxi fare scandal in Azerbaijan – are 'tomatoes' to blame?

Azerbaijan

September 04, 2020

Taxi services are at the center of a large scandal: the state structure is trying to take everything into its own hands

Georgia 100 percent dependent on Russian wheat – bread prices may rise

Georgia

September 04, 2020

Why has this situation arisen and what might it lead to

Cyber attack on Lugar Laboratory in Georgia – important information stolen

Georgia

September 04, 2020

Part of the stolen documentation was uploaded to a foreign website

Well-known opposition leader in Azerbaijan sentenced to 4 yrs in high-security prison

Azerbaijan

September 03, 2020

Tofiq Yaqublu has been sentenced to 4 years and 3 months imprisonment in a strict corrective colony, he has gone on a hunger strike

Abkhazia reports record number of coronavirus cases

Coronavirus

September 03, 2020

29 new cases have been detected in Abkhazia in one day

Armenia's foreign policy priorities have not changed - highlights from foreign ministry press secretary

Armenia

September 03, 2020

Anna Naghdalyan presented her department’s position on the hot button topics - settling the Karabakh conflict, exchanging prisoners with Azerbaijan, and cooperating with Russia

Pashinyan's powder keg – why the Armenian gov’t can’t solve the issue of the Amulsar goldmine

Armenia

September 02, 2020

After a year-long break, the fight between activists, ecologist and the company Lydian Armenia for the gold-mine hills has started once again. There can be no compromise. The government has taken to waiting them out.

Russian opposition leader Navalny poisoned by Novichok – conclusion of German authorities

Alexei Navalny

September 02, 2020

This is the same poisonous substance with which a former Russian agent in the UK was poisoned several years back. Berlin demands a response from Moscow

Georgian border guards will be able to turn back citizens traveling to EU starting January 1

Georgia

September 02, 2020

This is explained by discontent in Europe due to the influx of asylum seekers from Georgia

Georgia records highest number of daily coronavirus cases since April

Coronavirus

September 02, 2020

Of the 38 new cases of COVID-19, 26 have been found in Batumi

Visit to Abkhazia, election campaign – what Russian consultants have planned for Georgia’s Alliance of Patriots

2020 elections in Georgia

September 02, 2020

The Alliance of Patriots of Georgia party allegedly asked for $8 million in funding from the Kremlin for their election campaign

Russian media claims Syrian fighters in Azerbaijan ‘preparing for blitzkrieg on Armenia’

Azerbaijan

September 02, 2020

Russian publication writes about Syrian fighters in Azerbaijan, ministry of defence makes an announcement

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