Jeanene Mitchell

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G7: "We will never recognise Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea"

1 December 2018

The Foreign Affairs chiefs of US, EU, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Japan issue statement following incidents near the sea of Azov

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International Observers give preliminary assessment of Georgia's presidential election

30 November 2018

"Candidates campaigned freely in competitive Georgia run-off, though one side enjoyed undue advantage and negative character of campaign undermined process", international observers say

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Opinion: Five takes from Georgia’s presidential election

29 November 2018

After a divisive and bruising presidential election campaign Georgians now need to assess where that leaves their democracy and their country's political fabric, argues Dennis Sammut in this op-ed for commonspace.eu

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Salome Zurabishvili is the new president of Georgia

29 November 2018

In the second round of presidential elections held on Wednesday, Zurabishvili got 59.55 of the votes cast. UNM Candidate, Grigol Vashadze secured 40.45%.

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Georgia holds second round of presidential elections (Updated throughout the day)

28 November 2018

Exit polls released soon after polling closed at 20.00 say that Salome Zurabishvili won the election securing 55% of the votes cast. Counting is expected to go on throughout the night

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South Caucasus

Azerbaijan attends Black Sea parliamentary forum in Yerevan

28 November 2018

Azerbaijani MPs are participating in the 52nd session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) taking place in the Armenian capital Yerevan from 27-29 November

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Kadyrov in Baku, meets Aliyev (updated)

28 November 2018

The head of the Chechen Republic visited Azerbaijan to meet President Ilham Aliyev. No information on the purpose of the visit is available as yet

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Tensions rise between Russia and Ukraine in the sea of Azov

26 November 2018

In a statement the European Union said, "We expect Russia to restore freedom of passage at the Kerch strait and urge all to act with utmost restraint to de-escalate the situation immediately"

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South Caucasus

Pashinyan back on the streets of Yerevan

24 November 2018

Amid soaring popularity ratings the Armenian leader is back on the streets of Yerevan on Saturday, mobilising ahead of parliamentary elections on 9 December

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G7: "We will never recognise Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea"

International Observers give preliminary assessment of Georgia's presidential election

Opinion: Five takes from Georgia’s presidential election

Salome Zurabishvili is the new president of Georgia

Georgia holds second round of presidential elections (Updated throughout the day)

Azerbaijan attends Black Sea parliamentary forum in Yerevan

Kadyrov in Baku, meets Aliyev (updated)

Tensions rise between Russia and Ukraine in the sea of Azov

Pashinyan back on the streets of Yerevan