Ahead of Armenia’s parliamentary elections scheduled for June 2026, the country has faced what officials describe as a large-scale hybrid attack. A coordinated disinformation campaign has targeted ...

The 18th sanctions package adopted by the European Union in July bans the import of petroleum products made from Russian oil, including those refined in third countries. The restrictions also cover ...

Turan, Azerbaijan’s first independent news agency, has announced it is halting operations, with director Mehman Aliyev attributing the decision to longstanding financial difficulties. On the same day, ...

Immediately after the start of the occupation of Ukraine at the end of February Western nations introduced a large packages of sanctions against Russia. Many leading Russian banks were excluded from ...

Azerbaijan is holding municipal elections today, with polling stations opening at 08:00. More than 16,000 candidates are vying for over 8,000 seats across nearly 700 municipalities. Voting is taking ...

The war in Iran, now lasting more than a month, and developments across the Middle East are affecting Armenia’s economy. Economist Aghasi Tavadyan says the country is receiving a significant inflow of ...

Armenia’s parliament speaker Alen Simonyan is on an official visit to Russia upon the invitation from his counterpart, Federation Council chair Valentina Matviyenko. However, Simonyan’s first meeting ...

New information has emerged about the death of Aishat Baymuradova, a young woman from Chechnya who was found dead in Yerevan. David Isteev, head of the crisis group SK SOS*, citing a source close to ...

Heavy rains that hit Baku in the first week of April once again tested the city’s infrastructure. In an official statement on 4 April, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, citing the National ...

On 4 October, Georgia held municipal elections, once again placing the country at the centre of a political crisis. A mass anti-government protest that took place on Rustaveli Avenue on election day ...

“102nd military base, out of Armenia,” “Armenia without foreign garrisons,” “Independent Armenia without Russian boots,” “Fascists,” “Traitors,” “Murderers” — protesters chanted outside the Russian ...

“Since gaining independence, Azerbaijan’s cinema has been trying to find its path, but it hasn’t been very successful so far,” says film critic Haji Safarov about the current state of modern ...