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Wrestlers Lyova Gevoryan (left) and Hakan Buykcingil (right). Image via RFE/RL.

Armenia

Armenian and Turkish wrestlers disqualified after brawl

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•1 min read

An Armenian and a Turkish wrestler were disqualified from a championship in Albania after they got into a brawl mid-match. The incident took place during a match between the two wrestlers, Lyova Gevoryan and Hakan Buykcingil, at the U23 World Championship in Albania. The two athletes began brawling mid-match, leading to both of them being disqualified. The short video of the match circulating online shows the Turkish wrestler shoving Gevorgyan, who is then seen slapping Buyukcingil before

Armenia

Armenian government donates bikes to schools for cycling tournament

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•3 min read

Armenia has announced that it was donating bikes to secondary schools and colleges ahead of an upcoming cycling tournament later this month, in a move likely inspired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s fondness of cycling. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports announced that it had allocated 766 bikes to schools across Armenia to organise and prepare an amateur bicycle tournament as part of the Prime Minister’s Cup. They stated that more bikes will be delivered

football

Georgian PM booed addressing football team homecoming

by OC Media

•3 min read

Crowds gathered to meet Georgia’s national football team upon their return from Germany booed Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze twice as he stepped on stage to address them. The government organised a welcome ceremony for the national football team after they returned from the UEFA Euro 2024 championship in Germany on Tuesday. Despite being knocked out after losing 4–1 to Spain, the Georgian team received a hero’s welcome upon their return, winning plaudits for qualifying for the tournament a

President Ilham Aliyev started the match at a half-empty stadium in Stepanakert. Photo: Azertac.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan holds football match in Nagorno-Karabakh

by Ismi Aghayev

•1 min read

Azerbaijan has held a football match in the deserted city of Stepanakert, known as Khankendi in Azerbaijani, in an event attended by President Ilham Aliyev. Thursday’s Azerbaijan Cup match between Qarabağ FK and MOIK Baku ended in a 1:0 victory for Qarabağ. Qarabağ FK originates from Aghdam, which fell under the control of Nagorno-Karabakh during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War until control was handed over following the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020. MOIK stands for the Central Sports Cl

Designer Aram Nikolyan burning the Azerbaijani flag at the European Weightlifting Championship opening ceremony on Friday. Screenshot from video: RFE/RL

Armenia

Azerbaijani flag burnt at championship opening ceremony in Yerevan

by Ani Avetisyan

•3 min read

Criminal investigations have been launched in both Armenia and Azerbaijan after an Azerbaijani flag was burnt on stage at the opening ceremony of the European Weightlifting Championship in Yerevan. The Azerbaijani delegation withdrew from the competition following the incident on Friday, returning to Baku on Sunday. Aram Nikolyan, a designer working with Armenia’s public broadcaster and the organising team of the championship, had stepped onstage during the championship’s opening ceremony

Agriculture

Georgia to cut four ministries

by OC Media

•2 min read

Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has announced plans to merge a number of ministries, cutting down on the total number by four. The changes are being accompanied by a Cabinet reshuffle. Kvirikashvili said at a 13 November press-conference that the ministries of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, sport and youth, energy, and environment will all be merged with other ministries. The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection will have its responsibilities spl