Georgia
OSCE PA president postpones Georgia visit amid widespread criticism
The proposed visit has been characterised by critics as a sign of Western legitimisation of Georgian Dream’s contested election.
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2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Georgian Dream votes against OSCE resolution on Abkhazia and South Ossetia
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
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
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
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
Armenia
Pashinyan and Aliyev vow to reduce tensions after meeting in Tajikistan
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
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
