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Freelance writer

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We’re always looking for talented freelance writers to contribute engaging and important stories to OC Media. Whether your focus is on politics, society, conflict, the environment, or other pressing issues, we want to hear from you. Our aim is to amplify voices that are often overlooked, and we welcome submissions that reflect this mission. What we’re looking for: * Fresh, original stories that shine a light on underreported issues. * A balanced, objective approach, with comments from all

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 11 March 2026

by OC Media

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Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Tuesday. They discussed ‘a wide range of’ bilateral issues, also ‘exchanged views on regional developments’. * Pashinyan also met with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi in Paris. They ‘exchanged views on ongoing programs in Armenia’s energy sector, small modular reactor technologies, and prospects for the development of nuclear energy’. * Also in Paris, Foreign Min

Georgia

Georgia proposes expansion of party ban after opposition forms alliance

by OC Media

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The suggestion came a week after nine of Georgia’s most prominent opposition parties formed an alliance aimed at ending Georgian Dream’s rule.

Daily Brief

Tuesday, 10 March 2026

by OC Media

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Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for France, where he will participate in the Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, will deliver a speech at the European Parliament. * On Monday, Pashinyan congratulated Iran’s newly elected Supreme Leader Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei. * Armenia conveyed another Security Council meeting since the beginning of the Iran war on 28 February, and discussed ‘the situation in the region’. Azerbaijan * Approximately 30 tonnes of

Abkhazian President Badra Gunba shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Official photo.

Abkhazia–Russia Relations

The carrot and the stick — the reality behind Russia’s attitudes towards Abkhazia

by OC Media

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Russian grants appears to be little more than PR exercises, while pressure continues to mount against Abkhazia’s opposition figures.

Daily Brief

Monday, 9 March 2026

by OC Media

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Armenia * Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has spoken with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan about the Iran conflict. According to the Armenian readout, they ‘discussed the ongoing developments in the Middle East, expressing concern over the continuous escalation of the situation’. On the same day, Defence Minister Suren Papikyan spoke with his Georgian counterpart Irakli Chikovani. * A man has been arrested in Armenia after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the National Security Serv

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