Nagorno-Karabakh
Vardanyan faces 45 new charges in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has also sent cases involving 15 other former Nagorno-Karabakh officials to court.
Arshaluys Barseghyan
Arshaluys has been a journalist since 2016, previously focusing on fact-checking and open-source investigations. As a journalist, her primary focus was on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, politics, an
Syria
Kadyrov offers support to new Syrian authorities
Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov suggests that the Syrian opposition should not be considered terrorists.
Azerbaijan renews calls for restrictions on Armenian military and removal of EU monitors
Azerbaijan has renewed calls for restrictions on Armenia’s military and called for the removal of EU border monitors, despite its own evergrowing military budget and capacity. On 12 December, Azerbaijani presidential aide Hikmat Hajiyev reiterated a previous demand for ‘serious restrictions on Armenia’s military construction policy’, as ‘an occupying and aggressor state’. He criticised countries ‘supplying attack-oriented weapons to Armenia’, accusing France of ‘participating in Armenia’s arma
Armenia
Civil Contract expels another MP
Civil Contract has unanimously decided to expel MP Hakob Aslanyan, after Aslanyan announced that he was freezing cooperation with the faction for a month. At the same time, Aslanyan said that he did not consider the decision made earlier this month to expel MP Hovik Aghazaryan from the party over alleged leaks of confidential information to be ‘fair’. The ruling Civil Contract party on Wednesday cited Aslanyan’s serious disciplinary violation and behaviour, which it said was highly incompatible
Armenia
Eurasian Development Bank rejects loan for Amulsar mine operations
Armenian Economic Minister Gevorg Papoyan stated that discussions are ongoing with commercial banks in Armenia after the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) rejected a loan to operate the Amulsar gold mine. This has led to speculation that the EDB’s decision was influenced by the results of the environmental assessment it commissioned as part of its final loan decision. Papoyan refrained from commenting on the reasons behind the EDB’s decision and instead noted that over the past few years, Armenia
Armenia
In Gyumri, Armenia holds mayoral primaries for the first time
The ruling Civil Contract party has held primaries for the first time from 8-10 December in Armenia’s second largest city, Gyumri, to determine the acting mayor. The competition was held between seven candidates, each of which were supposed to be Civil Contract party members or party supporters. During the three-day period, Civil Contract representatives approached randomly selected residents of Gyumri and asked them to cast a ballot. A total of 1,050 residents participated in the elections,
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