
Georgian Dream establishes commission to punish former ruling UNM party
The United National Movement (UNM) was the ruling party from 2003–2012.
The United National Movement (UNM) was the ruling party from 2003–2012.
Georgian Dream has expelled three out of four opposition groups from parliament.
Journalist Shamshad Aghayev was detained on charges of smuggling as part of the ongoing Meydan TV case.
The Zangezur mine, the largest taxpayer of Armenia, has not been operated since last Friday.
Mariam Nikuradze, Irma Dimitradze, and Tamar Rukhadze talk about the arrest of Batumelebi and Netgazeti founder Mzia Amaghlobeli.
TV Imedi has a stated goal — to prevent the opposition from gaining power — a goal former employees say has overtaken all questions of ethics.
Dozens of civil servants have been dismissed after speaking out against the halting of Georgia’s EU membership process.
Multiple marriages have existed in the North Caucasus for centuries, raising the question, why was a fatwa needed in the first place?
The majority of victims were Azerbaijani citizens going to Russia for work.
Georgia’s protests have been marked by their decentralised nature, with social media platforms leading the charge and acting as the lifelines of the pro-EU and anti-government movement.
Following the mass displacement in 2023, Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians have struggled to preserve their identity, dialect, and culture.
Tbilisi’s techno clubs have taken to the frontlines of the anti-government demonstrations, including enacting a mass strike at the risk of their own livelihoods.
As Georgian Dream flaunts its authoritarianism, civil society and its international backers need to dig in for a long fight.
The first all-women Chechen March highlights how Chechen women are forced to live at the intersection of Islamophobia and xenophobia.
Opinion | Jack of all trades, master of none: Azerbaijan seeks renewables to sustain the status quo0:00/6:451× Increasing investments in renewables may seem like a positive change, battling the climate crisis and diversifying Azerbaijan’s oil-dependent economy. Yet, without a decrease in fossil fuel investments and renewables mostly exported, there may not be a change after all. Azerbaijan, an authoritarian petro-state, is hosting COP29, the global conference to grapple with the climate c
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