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2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Dream votes against OSCE resolution on Abkhazia and South Ossetia

by OC Media

•4 min read

Georgia has voted against an OSCE Parliamentary Assembly resolution, despite the resolution removing remarks criticised by the country’s representative in the Assembly. The resolution was adopted at the 31st annual session of the organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Nikoloz Samkharadze, the chair of Georgia’s Foreign Relations Committee and head of Georgia’s parliamentary delegation to the OSCE Assembly, criticised an earlier draft that he said misrepresented th

Armenia

North Macedonian diplomat arrested on Armenia’s request

by Ani Avetisyan

•1 min read

A diplomat currently assigned to the OSCE Mission to Vienna has been arrested in Serbia at Armenia’s request for allegedly assisting a fugitive to flee Armenia. Mile Milenkoski was reportedly detained by Serbian authorities on 27 August as he attempted to cross into Northern Macedonia from Serbia via the Preševo checkpoint. Media in North Macedonia have reported that Milenkoski was accused of helping a former Armenian official accused of embezzlement to flee Armenia. However, Gor Abrahamyan

Abkhazia

Armenia abstains from voting against Georgian IDP resolution at UN for first time

by OC Media

•4 min read

Armenia has abstained from voting on a UN resolution calling for the return of IDPs to Abkhazia and South Ossetia for the first time since 2008, when the resolution was first introduced. Armenia had previously always voted against the resolution in the annual votes at the UN General Assembly. On 4 June, during the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, the resolution was adopted with 79 countries voting in favour, 15 against, and 57 abstentions. In a statement, the Georgian Foreign Mini

Adjara

Calls to impeach Adjara TV head raise concerns about media freedom in Georgia

by OC Media

•3 min read

NGOs and opposition parties have said they fear media freedom might be at risk after two members of Adjara TV’s Board of Advisors requested that the channel’s director, Natia Kapanadze, be impeached. Adjara TV and Radio is a public broadcaster in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, in west Georgia. The requests came six months before Kapanadze’s term as a director was set to expire. Despite positive assessments in reports from local and international watchdogs on the channel’s balanced cov

Activists dance in front of police a few hours after raids. (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)

Armenia

Pashinyan and Aliyev vow to reduce tensions after meeting in Tajikistan

by OC Media

•5 min read

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have vowed to reduce tensions and set up a direct hotline between the two sides, after a meeting in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The meeting was the first public interaction between the two countries’ leaders after a recent change in power in Armenia. [Read on OC Media: Analysis | Heard but not seen: how women became the unrecognised architects of the Velvet Revolution] Armenia and Azerbaijan have been in a l

2008 August War

Georgians and Ossetians mark 10th anniversary of August War

by OC Media

•9 min read

On Wednesday, commemorations were held in Tbilisi, Tskhinvali (Tskhinval), and elsewhere commemorating the 10th anniversary of the August 2008 War. As the presidents of three countries gathered in Tbilisi, Georgian presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili described the war as ‘recklessness, the obsessions of a deranged president, or confusing collusion with a centuries-long enemy’. On 7 August, several hundred people gathered outside the former Russian embassy in Tbilisi to protest ‘Russi

2018 Azerbaijani Presidential Elections

Aliyev wins 4th presidential term in election plagued by ‘serious violations’

by OC Media

•3 min read

Ilham Aliyev is to serve a fourth presidential term in Azerbaijan, with the Central Election Commission announcing he received 86% of votes in Wednesday’s snap election. The opposition-leaning Meydan TV reported major violations, airing footage of people voting multiple times at different polling stations. International observers said the election ‘lacked genuine competition’, and reported ‘serious violations’ including ballot-box stuffing. Preliminary results from the Central Election Comm