
Pashinyan bashes Soviet Union amidst troubled relations with Russia
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s statements were made on the occasion of Armenia’s Republic Day.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s statements were made on the occasion of Armenia’s Republic Day.
When police forces left the streets, the number of cameras increased, keeping watch on the daily protests.
The new restrictive media law, allegedly based on the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), comes into force 1 June.
After returning from the war, Zaur Gurtsiev became the first deputy mayor of Stavropol.
This marks the first ceasefire violation report following over two weeks of silence.
Kobakhidze previously spoke at the conference in 2024, while former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili spoke in 2023.
Telegram was accessible for a few days recently, but it has not again been blocked without explanation.
MPs from the opposition For Georgia party did not renounce their parliamentary mandates, but have still been boycotting sessions.
Regional * On 26 May, Azerbaijani citizens Hasan Azizov and Namaz Tahmazli were detained while attempting to avoid criminal liability in Georgia by ‘illegally crossing the state border along the Ingur River’ into Abkhazia, the Russian Border Directorate of the Federal Security Service (FSB) has reported. The department’s press service also reported that the FSB detained a group of foreigners at the same place earlier in May, including ‘Turkish citizens Selcuk Guren, who is wanted international
The Polish Embassy in Georgia highlighted that attending demonstrations, being around them, or specific social media activities were a risk.
Last Wednesday, I quietly commemorated the 161st anniversary of the Circassian Genocide in Tbilisi, much like I did in the past few years. But as I sat in the OC Media office, editing the news of the day, I could not help but let my mind wander, allowing myself to curiously scan the Telegram channels and Instagram accounts covering Circassian affairs in the North Caucasus just to see what was going down in Nalchik, Maykop, and Cherkessk. I knew the people there would commemorate the genocide a
The three leaders met to inaugurate a new airport in Lachin and to commemorate Azerbaijan’s Independence Day.
The demands would explicitly bar Georgia, and the rest of the South Caucasus, from joining NATO.
The US Embassy said on Wednesday that ‘Ivanishvili has refused to meet with Ambassador Dunnigan to hear a message from the Trump administration’.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó gave his statement during the Yerevan Dialogue Forum.
The messaging app has been ‘unofficially’ unblocked in Daghestan, but not in the neighbouring republic of Chechnya.
Vakhtang Gomelauri, who was appointed Interior Minister in 2019, has overseen numerous violent crackdowns against protesters.
Armenia * On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had several meetings on the sidelines of the Yerevan Dialogue Forum, including with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó. They discussed bilateral issues and ‘expressed hope that the opening of diplomatic representations’ in the two countries would provide ‘additional impetus for advancing the cooperation’. * During the forum, Szijjártó commented on Hungary’s blocking of non-lethal military aid to Armenia from the European Peace Faci
In 2024, Azerbaijan spent ₼5.3 billion ($3.1 billion) on restoration projects in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Georgia’s new foreign agent law means OC Media’s team could face prison for speaking truth to power. Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Become a member At least two demonstrators were detained the night following Georgia’s Independence Day after attending anti-government protests in Tbilisi and Batumi. In the capital, police detained a man called Ucha Kemashvili at night. According to h
The announcement of Giorgi Bachiashvili’s arrest came one day after the publication of a profile on him in the Guardian.
Meanwhile, Pashinyan reiterated that Armenia’s Constitution does not contain any territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
Austrian authorities deemed the two Chechens a threat to national security.
Akhmat commander Apti Alaudinov said the change in the flag was a way of demonstrating that the unit is now only 25% Chechen.
Georgian Independence Day — 26 May — coincided with the 180th day of ongoing anti-government and pro-European protests.
Along with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot was also in Yerevan to participate in an international forum.
Police detained and fined them, drawing up ten administrative reports, including against the drivers.
The Russian media outlet Tsargrad, known for its pro-government views, wrote that the visit was a sign that Azerbaijan had become openly pro-Ukraine.
The video came after numerous rumours spread that Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov had a serious illness.
Notably, one’s reported political beliefs and the media a person consumes were not associated with happiness.