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EU criticises elite corruption, lack of skilled staff and more in Georgia AA report

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The European Par­lia­ment (Dato Parulava /OC Media)

The European Par­lia­ment has expressed concerns over high-level cor­rup­tion, human rights pro­tec­tion, labour safety, judicial inde­pen­dence, and more in Georgia in a report on the imple­men­ta­tion of the country’s EU Asso­ci­a­tion Agreement. Despite crit­i­cisms, the report’s summary said overall assess­ment of the imple­men­ta­tion process was positive. [Read more…]

Opinion | Armenia’s U-turn back to ‘multi-vector foreign policy’

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The Com­pre­hen­sive Economic Part­ner­ship Agreement (CEPA) signed by sides at the Eastern Part­ner­ship summit on 24 November 2017

The first U-turn

Stepan Grigoryan, is head of the Ana­lyt­i­cal Centre for Glob­al­i­sa­tion and Regional Coop­er­a­tion, Armenia.

The statement from the President of Armenian in September 2013 sounded like a bolt from the blue. He would not sign the Asso­ci­a­tion Agreement with the European Union at the planned November Eastern Part­ner­ship Summit in Vilnius, he said. Instead, Armenia would be joining the Russian led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This signified Armenia's departure from a multi-vector foreign policy. [Read more…]

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