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Analysis: Can 2017 be a year of opportunity for Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia?

9 January 2017

The governments in the three South Caucasus countries all have ambitious agendas for 2017. These agendas however can only be achieved if governments give more attention to internal cohesion built on wider consensus within their respective societies

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Patriarch Ilia II conducts service in Tbilisi Cathedral as Orthodox Christians worldwide celebrate Christmas

7 January 2017

There were earlier concerns about the health of the Georgian Catholicos, but although looking frail Patriarch Ilia II sent Christmas greetings to the faithful

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Armenia, and Armenian communities throughout the world, celebrate Christmas

6 January 2017

The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas on 6 January. Catholicos of All Armenians, Garegin II, conducted mass at Echmiadzin in the presence of Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan and other state officials.

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CDSI: Azerbaijan lost 4000 troops since 1994

5 January 2017

The non governmental organisation, Caspian Defence Studies Institute, said that in 2016 Azerbaijan lost 147 servicemen, whilst Armenia lost 165. Most died during the heavy feeting between Armenia and Azerbaijani forces in the Karabakh conflict zone in April 2016

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Iran's Armenians start Christmas celebrations

4 January 2017

Members of Iran's large Armenian community gathered at St Sarkis Cathedral in Tehran on Saturday to welcome the new year and give a start to the Christmas celebrations, which the Armenian Apostolic Church marks on 6 January.

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Türkiye and the Levant

Commentary: Sharing Turkey's pain

3 January 2017

Turkey is a great country, and its people industrious and creative, and it will recover. But in the meantime the world needs to show solidarity, support and friendship. The lowering of the flags of NATO countries to half mast at NATO headquarters in Brussels (photo) symbollically expressed the shared pain.

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Region’s leaders emphasise economic issues in end of year addresses

1 January 2017

The leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia extended new year greetings to their citizens in short televised addresses in the last minutes of 2016, in which they gave special importance to economic issues, reflecting ongoing concerns among their citizens

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For the South Caucasus countries, risks from external factors will be higher in 2017

31 December 2016

In 2017 Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia will have to navigate through an even more challenging and complicated regional and international context, and with heightened risks

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Moscow statement distances Russia from CSTO comments on Karabakh

31 December 2016

"Moscow has to walk on a thin line in order both to keep solidarity within the institutions that it patronises, and to safeguard its own interests which at the moment are best served by not alienating Azerbaijan, whilst keeping Armenia firmly in the fold"

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Analysis: Can 2017 be a year of opportunity for Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia?

Patriarch Ilia II conducts service in Tbilisi Cathedral as Orthodox Christians worldwide celebrate Christmas

Armenia, and Armenian communities throughout the world, celebrate Christmas

CDSI: Azerbaijan lost 4000 troops since 1994

Iran's Armenians start Christmas celebrations

Commentary: Sharing Turkey's pain

Region’s leaders emphasise economic issues in end of year addresses

For the South Caucasus countries, risks from external factors will be higher in 2017

Moscow statement distances Russia from CSTO comments on Karabakh