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Wednesday, 15 April 2026

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Regional * A criminal case regarding the death of North Ossetian man Oleg Gusov, who reportedly died in 2024 after drinking contaminated water from the Armenian company Jermuk, has been reopened in Russia. Armenia * Two members of Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan’s party, Gohar Ghumashyan and Verzhine Stepanyan, have been placed under administrative supervision following their arrests on Tuesday. Ghumashyan’s case concerns an alleged violation of the ban on charity during the

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Tuesday, 14 April 2026

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Regional * Today, 22 freight wagons of Russian diesel were shipped from Azerbaijan to Armenia. In addition, APA wrote that four freight wagons of fertilizer, ‘totaling 240 tonnes, were shipped from Russia via Azerbaijan to Armenia’. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with major business representatives of Armenia yesterday. He suggested that the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan has created ‘horizons’ for Armenia which it ‘never had in its history’, adding that the mes

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Monday, 13 April 2026

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Georgia * Both Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party and the opposition have congratulated Péter Magyar, the leader of the Tisza Party that won Hungary’s parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, whose government had been closely aligned with Orbán, thanked the defeated side for supporting Georgia’s ‘national interests’, while the opposition alliance stated that Tisza’s victory represents ‘a clear and firm choice by the Hungarian people in support of democracy’. * The Georgia

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Friday, 10 April 2026

by Robin Fabbro

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Regional * The Trump Route ‘remains a top priority’ for the US and the administration of President Donald Trump ‘remains committed to making TRIPP a reality’, a State Department spokesperson told the state-run media outlet Armenpress. * Suspects in the murder of Aishat Baimuradova, a woman killed in Yerevan after fleeing her family in Chechnya, have been placed on the wanted list in Russia. Both are wanted under a criminal article, although its number is not specified in the records. At the s

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Thursday, 9 April 2026

by OC Media

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Regional * Kazakh Foreign Minister Yermek Kosherbayev will meet with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan today in Yerevan. The delegation, which includes Transportation Minister Nurlan Sauranbayev, previously held talks in Baku, including with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Armenia * Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has suggested that any Armenian official threatening to leave the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Collective Security Treaty Organ

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Wednesday, 8 April 2026

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Regional * Five property owners in Tbilisi’s old town will have their properties expropriated for the construction of the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center. According to the 3 April order signed by Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili, the center constitutes a project of ‘pressing social needs’, noting that since no agreement could be reached with the property owners, the expropriation of their properties will be ‘required’. Armenia * Armenia's Parliament has adopted amendments to the electora

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Tuesday, 7 April 2026

by OC Media

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Regional * Before concluding his state visit to Georgia, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party. During the one-day visit, he had earlier met with President Mikheil Kavelashvili and Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. Armenia * Andranik Kocharyan, a Civil Contract MP and the chair of Parliament’s Committee on Defence and Security, stated during a press briefing on Monday that his son, Levon, did not complete mandatory m