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VIDEO: What you can and can’t do in Azerbaijan – HRW’s 2019 report

January 24, 2020

Human Rights Watch reports that there are serious problems concerning freedom of speech and assembly in Azerbaijan, in addition to persecution of dissidents

Curtain closes on opera scandal involving Azerbaijani tenor, Armenian singer

January 24, 2020

Ruzan Mantashyan and Yusif Eyvazov will perform on the same stage in Dresden, despite Eyvazov’s earlier protestations “for political reasons”

Georgian policeman says he lost job because he detained ex-defence minister’s brother

January 24, 2020

The episode in question was recorded by body cam

Earthquake in Turkey: at least 31 dead

January 24, 2020

Tremors have been registered in Syria, Iraq and Israel

Abandoned farmland in Armenia will be given over to farmers ready to work on them

January 23, 2020

This will be beneficial not only for farmers, but also to the owners of the plots as they will be paid rents

Rallies force Armenian authorities to postpone implementation of law on cattle slaughter

January 23, 2020

The law would make it a requirement to slaughter cattle exclusively in licensed slaughterhouses. Farmers did not know where and to whom to give livestock, and an increase in meat prices was expected

Top 5 Georgian-Russian import-exports

January 22, 2020

Russia imports Georgian alcohols and ferroalloys, while Georgia needs Russian petroleum products. Along the way: Georgia brings in the most imports from Turkey, the most exports it sends to Azerbaijan

Armenian parliament tackling issue of ‘thieves-in-law’

January 22, 2020

The bill proposes making just the status of ‘thief-in-law’ enough to bring criminal charges

Is Armenia becoming a police state? Police receive right to eavesdrop

January 22, 2020

Previously, only the National Security Service had the right to wiretap

“This is why there are Russian mercenaries in Syria.” 'Putin’s chef' gets oil deal in recaptured territories

January 22, 2020

Syria gave the rights to oil and gas fields to Russian firms associated with a businessman close to the Russian president

Former Armenian President Sargsyan – criminal or victim of political persecution?

January 22, 2020

Sargsyan’s lawyers say the accusations against him are politically motivated

Russian soldiers resume construction of barriers in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone

January 21, 2020

Tbilisi has declared the act a ‘provocation’, while the Russian military says it is ‘building the border of South Ossetia.’

Black January – 30 years since the massacre of civilians in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

January 20, 2020

In January 1990, more than a hundred people in Baku were killed by bullets or tanks of the Soviet army

Ex-President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan may soon find himself in the dock

January 20, 2020

If proven guilty he may be sentenced to a term between four to eight years in prison

Abkhaz opposition leader calls for dialogue w. Georgia – how has Tbilisi responded?

January 17, 2020

The main topic of discussion in Georgia is whether direct negotiations are needed

How a former Azerbaijani political prisoner plans to defeat the ruling party led by President Aliyev in the upcoming elections

Opposition in Azerbaijan

January 16, 2020

An interview with JAMnews

Sick, corrupt general released from prison in Armenia – activists demand treatment and punishment

Corruption scandals in Armenia

January 16, 2020

A group of activists from Etchmiadzin, the hometown of Manvel Grigoryan, demands he receive treatment – and be punished.

Armenia to use tax payments of working students to cover tuition

January 15, 2020

The bill will only cover master’s and doctor’s students for the time being

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