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Analysis: The struggle for gender equality in Turkey goes back a long way
2 September 2020
Istanbul is the most iconic city for women's emancipation in Turkey and today Istanbul's name is also associated with the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, writes Elife Biçer-Deveci
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Russia to upgrade Armenia's air force
1 September 2020
In the meantime in Baku Azerbaijani officials have expressed disquiet at what they say has been a serious Russian military build-up of Armenian forces since the clashes on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border in July.
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Borrell proposes rerun of Belarus election under OSCE supervision
31 August 2020
Writing in the French newspaper, Journal du Dimanche, the EU Foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said Moscow was "intending to prevent Europeans from providing help to civil society that's revolted against rigged presidential elections."
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Belarus: OSCE renews offer to mediate
28 August 2020
A special session of the OSCE Permanent Council was held in Vienna on Friday (28 August) to discuss the situation in Belarus
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German diplomacy actively engaged in defusing tensions between Greece and Turkey
23 August 2020
German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas is expected to visit Athens and Ankara this week to meet with his Greek and Turkish counterparts.
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Lavrov snubs OSCE efforts to mediate in the Belarus crisis
21 August 2020
In a telephone conversation on Thursday (20 August) the Russian Foreign Minister told the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE that "it was necessary to give the Belarusians a chance to resolve their issues themselves without interference".
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EU tiptoes into Belarus crisis
20 August 2020
EU Council president Charles Michel spoke to president Putin on Thursday (20 August), informing him of the EU's position agreed yesterday by the leaders of the 27 member states.
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Analysis: The impact of covid19 on the economy of Azerbaijan
19 August 2020
A report by the Baku think-tank CESD says the shadow economy has to be eliminated, while state-owned enterprises must be required to implement deeper reforms. The report concludes that "transition to a more liberal regime seems to be reasonable within this context."
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Was this Lukashenko's "Ceucescu moment"?
18 August 2020
On a visit to the MZKT Tractor factory on Monday Lukashenko expected to be cheered. Instead he was jeered, bringing back images of the fall of the Romanian dictator in 1989.