
Explainer | How the India-Pakistan clashes played out in the Armenia-Azerbaijan infospace
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan publicly backed their respective allies — India and Pakistan — in the four-day war.
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan publicly backed their respective allies — India and Pakistan — in the four-day war.
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrived in Albania to participate in the sixth Summit of the European Political Community. Pashinyan met his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama, and discussed bilateral relations, and ‘the prospects for cooperation in various fields’. * While in Albania, Pashinyan also met with António Costa, President of the European Council, and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The EU representatives ‘welcomed and considered an important step’ Armenia’s adopt
Armenian authorities are taking steps to introduce new restrictions on media and freedom of speech ahead of the 2026 parliamentary elections. At the end of April, Armenia’s Justice Ministry released a series of draft legislative amendments, which, if adopted, would require media outlets — as well as individual social media users — to not only publicly refute or publish a response to insulting or defamatory content, but also to remove such expressions or even the entire publication. The authori
Around ₼200-₼300 ($120-$180) were cut per month from the salaries of military personnel based in Azerbaijan’s exclave Nakhchivan.
According to investigators, the assailants had been preparing the attack for six months.
Galib Mammadov is the CEO of Melissa Group, a construction company that began demolishing a house in Baku with a resident still inside.
Regional * According to South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev, South Ossetia and Abkhazia will soon sign an agreement on duty-free trade. Armenia * Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan has met with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during an official visit to Astana. During the meeting, Simonyan stressed that Armenia is interested in actively expanding bilateral cooperation in the trade-economic sector. * Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan has met with Iranian Ambassador to Armenia
Georgia’s Prosecutor General’s Office launched an investigation into Irakli Okruashvili’s failure to appear at the commission in March.
Local authorities promise to restore access to the cut off villages by Wednesday evening.
Georgian Dream passes legislation to simplify banning political parties
Volunteer fighter Rati Burduli, who has been declared a terrorist in Russia, shared the purported order from Georgia’s Interior Ministry.
According to their statement, she made 16 money transfers to an unnamed ‘banned organisation’.
Pro-government media has reported that UNICEF is going to be the latest in a series of international organisations to cease operations in Azerbaijan.
Kvirikashvili argued that the release of detainees would result ‘only in positive things’ for the government.
Keko Chelidze’s 2020 documentary gently and considerately explores the unusual relationship between a Georgian mother and her musician son.
The sanctions were announced on 9 May, the day Russia and other former Soviet states commemorate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
He faces up to 20 years in prison.
The statement came just days after Armenia reported that a building in a border village was damaged by Azerbaijani fire.
Regional * On Wednesday morning, Armenia dismissed new Azerbaijani accusations of a ceasefire violation. Armenia * On Tuesday, Defence Minister Suren Papikyan participated in the official opening ceremony of the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting held in Berlin and met his counterparts. Among them was German Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius, with whom he discussed the defence sector ‘progress and development prospects’. Papikyan also met the UK Minister for the Armed Forces and held in
The proposal, which was made by an MP from the ruling Civil Contract party, is said to have been greenlit by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze expressed disappointment that there have not been high-level talks or communication with the US.
This time he received an anniversary medal from the republican special forces department.
OtarParskhataldze was sanctioned by the US in relation to Russia’s ‘malign influence on Georgia’ and is believed to be linked to Bidzina Ivanishvili.
The controversial statement came as Armenia–Russia ties seem to go through another round of crisis.
This is not the first time TV Pirveli journalists have faced violence while on the job.
While a majority in both countries support protests, such support has been on the decline in Armenia since 2019.
The date also marked exactly four months since her arrest on charges of assaulting a police officer.
Papuashvili spoke at the Conference of Speakers of the EU Parliament.
Regional * CivilNet has reported that Vigen Eoljekjian, a Lebanese–Armenian imprisoned in Azerbaijan since 2020, went on a hunger strike for 15 days in order to be allowed to call his family. His wife, Linda Eoljekjian, said that ‘last week’ they talked to him for the first time since 21 February, for only ‘three minutes’. The family appealed to the Red Cross to learn about his health condition following over two weeks of his hunger strike. Armenia * On Monday night into Tuesday morning,
Taia Tsekvava is among the latest demonstrators to have claimed to have been attacked for taking part in the ongoing protests.