Georgia
International anti-doping agency finds numerous violations in Georgian rugby team
A representative of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said the organisation had ‘lost confidence’ in the Georgian anti-doping agency.
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Daily Brief
Monday, 16 March 2026
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced plans to publicly present a list of weapons acquired under his tenure after 2022, citing high public interest. * On Monday, Armenian MPs, along with Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan, will travel to Istanbul to participate in the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. * An Armenian court has prolonged the house arrest of Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel Karapetyan for another month. Azerbaijan * Drones were seen flying over
Daily Brief
Friday, 13 March 2026
Armenia * Armenia has refused Russian humanitarian aid intended for displaced Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. According to Armenian fact-checkers, the Eurasia company involved in delivering the aid had previously been linked to interference in the 2025 Moldovan elections, including the transfer of electoral bribes, some reportedly in cryptocurrencies. * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan eyes oil windfall as Iran war rattles energy markets
Azerbaijan’s economy is highly dependent on oil and natural gas, with increases in oil prices directly affecting Azerbaijan’s state budget revenues.
Daily Brief
Thursday, 12 March 2026
Regional * In his speech at the EU Parliament, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said ‘the biggest problem’ on the path of Armenia’s EU integration was ‘the frozen state of the political dialogue between the EU and Georgia’. He also offered a road connection between Azerbaijan and its exclave Nakhchivan via Armenia ahead of the opening of the Trump Route. Armenia * While in Strasbourg, Pashinyan met the EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola. They discussed issues on bilateral cooperation, a
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