Anna Edgar

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Anna moved to Georgia drawn by the promise of polyphonic song, a language unlike any other, and a vibrant activist scene, and has pursued all three to varying degrees of success. Their enthusiasm for

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 21 August 2024

by Anna Edgar

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Armenia * Armenia’s Foreign Ministry has called on Russia’s Foreign Ministry ‘to refrain from sabotaging’ attempts to achieve peace in the South Caucasus, after Russia’s Foreign Minister accused Armenia of ‘sabotaging’ agreements to open transit links in its southern regions. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson added that the statement ‘calls into question the constructive engagement’ of Russia in the Armenia-Azerbaijan normalisation process. * Russian state media has claimed that 89% of Arme

Daily Brief

Tuesday, 13 August 2024

by Anna Edgar

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Armenia The General Prosecutor’s Office has pressed charges against former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s son-in-law. Mikael Minasyan and 12 other people were accused of creating and managing a criminal organisation for committing particularly large-scale fraud, bribery, anti-competitive activities, money laundering and other crimes causing a loss of 350 million dollars to the state. Azerbaijan A Baku court has sentenced Joshgun Musayev, an activist who helped protesters in Soyudlu

Daily Brief

Thursday, 8 August 2024

by Anna Edgar

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Regional Azerbaijan agreed to withdraw their demand for a ‘Zangezur Corridor’ through southern Armenia from a peace agreement with Armenia, removing a major roadblock to the signing of a treaty. The Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson confirmed that a clause related to regional communications had been removed. Armenia A court has for a second time refused to detain Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian Aram Yeritsyan, who was arrested for a second time on Wednesday on charges of assaulting a polic

Daily Brief

Thursday, 1 August 2024

by Anna Edgar

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Armenia Russian border guards have left Yerevan’s Zvartnots airport. The announcement that the border guards would leave the airport was made in March. US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien has stated that the US was ‘creating the conditions’ for Armenia’s ‘a break with Russia’. O’Brien was speaking at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday. Azerbaijan Ulvi Hasanli, the detained director of AbzasMedia, has shared information o

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 31 July 2024

by Anna Edgar

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Armenia Armenia and Turkey will assess the technical requirements for restoring cross-border rail traffic, their special envoys announced after their fifth meeting regarding the two countries’ normalisation process. They will also work to simplify the visa procedures for diplomatic and official passport holders. Armenia has appointed its first ambassador to Saudi Arabia since the two countries established diplomatic relations in November 2023. Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, stated

Daily Brief

Monday, 29 July 2024

by Anna Edgar

•2 min read

Armenia-Azerbaijan On Monday, Armenia’s Defence Ministry refuted Azerbaijan’s claim that an Armenian quadcopter had on Sunday conducted reconnaissance flights near Lachin. Armenia On Friday, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited the Margara checkpoint on the Armenia-Turkey border. An employee of a kindergarten in Ararat province was arrested after a video was shared online, showing them physically abusing a child in the kindergarten in May. Azerbaijan Economist Fazil Gasimov, who

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