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Regional * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Georgia on Tuesday, where he will meet with his Georgian counterpart Irakli Kobakhidze and other officials. Armenia * The interim manager of Armenian Electric Networks, Romanos Petrosyan, said negotiations over the shares of the company belonging to detained Russian–Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan have failed and the process has moved to the next stage. Under the constitution, ‘the government must recognise 100% of the sh
Regional * The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has updated its travel advice for countries bordering Iran – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, and Turkey – ‘amid ongoing tensions in the region’. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his intention to increase pensions in line with inflation each year starting from 2027 or 2028. This follows decision adopted days earlier to increase pensions by up to ֏10,000 ($27) by April, ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for J
Regional * Georgian Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili said at the 7th Azerbaijan–Georgia–Turkey Business Forum that total Azerbaijan investment to Georgia since 2003 has exceeded $3.1 billion. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan are separating, Hakobyan announced on Friday. Pashinyan released a statement later saying he ‘respected’ her decision. * Pashinyan travelled to Poland, where he met with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk, Polish President Karol
Armenia * The government has announced plans to increase pensions by up to ֏10,000 ($27) by April. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that pensions will be increased from 1 April, noting that ‘relatively low pensions will increase by ֏10,000, higher ones by less’, according to Civilnet. Azerbaijan * Nigar Hazi, the daughter of imprisoned politician Tofig Yagublu, stated that he began a hunger strike on 22 February in protest of him being placed in solitary confinement, which he had ju
