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Daily Brief

Monday, 4 May 2026

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Regional * Armenia is hosting the 8th European Political Community Summit today. It will be co-chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President of the EU Council António Costa. Leaders from nearly 50 countries have visited Yerevan for the summit. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will sit out the summit, and Turkey will be represented by Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz, while Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will attend online. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit marks the first time a

Daily Brief

Friday, 1 May 2026

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Regional * Independent Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov, deported from exile in Georgia to Azerbaijan in April, has reportedly received his international passport. His wife, Sevinj Sadigova, wrote on social media that the issuance of her husband’s passport does not mean ‘the search record against him has been removed from the system’. Whether Sadigov would receive his passport had been closely watched as one of the key steps toward his ability to leave the country and reunite with his fami

Daily Brief

Thursday, 30 April 2026

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Regional * Yesterday, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev met with his Armenian counterpart Mher Grigoryan for the first time in Aghveran, Armenia. They met within the framework of the Azerbaijan–Armenia Border Delimitation Commission. * Today, grain and fertilisers will be shipped to Armenia in transit through Azerbaijan. * RSF’s World Press Freedom Index has shown that all South Caucasus countries dropped in ranking. Azerbaijan fell from 167th place to 171st; Georgia from 1

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 29 April 2026

by OC Media

Regional Armenian detainees held in Azerbaijan have reportedly been transferred to the high-security Umbaki prison in Azerbaijan from the isolation cells of the State Security Service. Qafqazinfo has reported that an Azerbaijani delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev arrived in Yerevan. Mustafayev is also the head of the Demarcation and Delimitation Commission of the Azerbaijan side. Armenia The Chief of the General Staff, Edward Asryan, paid an official visit to India, w

Daily Brief

Tuesday, 28 April 2026

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Regional Some Georgian media outlets have reported that, as part of the border demarcation process, Armenia would hand over the border village of Jiliza to Georgia. The press secretary of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Nazeli Baghdasaryan, denied the reports in a social media post today. Armenia Artur Avanesyan, a member of Samvel Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia party, has been placed under pre-trial detention for two months on charges of electoral bribery. His lawyers say he denies all allegat

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