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Daily Brief

Friday, 10 October 2025

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Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has arrived in Tajikistan on a working visit. At Dushanbe International Airport, he was welcomed by Tajik Prime Minister Kohir Rasulzoda, according to Armenia’s government press service. On 10 October, Pashinyan will take part in the regular meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Dushanbe. Azerbaijan * Deputy Defence Minister and Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Namig Islamzadeh has met with

Georgia

Polish border guards hospitalised after brutal assault in Tbilisi

by OC Media

•2 min read

The officers have been hospitalised with head injuries and require surgery.

Georgia

Kobakhidze compares EU bureaucracy to Nazi propagandist Goebbels

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Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze made the comment in response to a question about the OSCE’s reactions to arrests connected to the 4 October unrest.

Armenia

Armenia softens income declaration regulations after public backlash

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Reforms introducing a mandatory universal income declaration system were set to take effect from 1 November.

Daily Brief

Thursday, 9 October 2025

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * Giorgi Kinoiani, a Georgian citizen wanted by Russia for his time serving as a volunteer fighter in Ukraine, has been released from custody in Armenia after spending 36 days in detention. Kinoiani was sought by Russia on charges of mercenary activity based on a verdict issued by a court in Russian-occupied Donetsk, Ukraine. Kinoiani was initially detained on 3 September at the Armenian–Georgian border and remanded into custody for 40 days by Judge Lusine Sephpkhanyan. * The Defence