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Stories under this heading cover the South Caucasus – a region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as the unrecognised entities of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Armenia aims to become tech hub of South Caucasus with new AI data factory

Armenia aims to become tech hub of South Caucasus with new AI data factory

Armenia is set to host its own artificial intelligence data factory, with the project valued at $500 million and scheduled to begin operations in 2026. This investment initiative is being jointly implemented by Firebird, the Armenian government, and NVIDIA, JAMnews has reported. “FirebirdCloudAI is Armenia’s largest and most important tech investment the country’s ‘Stargate’. The idea was born when Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA, visited Yerevan in 2023. Today, it’s becoming reality. The AI factory, equipped with thousands of Blackwell GPUs, will spark innovation across Armenia,” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote on X.

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Is Russia's Ambassador in Armenia acting like a Viceroy? Attempt of Russian diplomacy to silence Armenia's civil society causes huge upset.
Is Russia's Ambassador in Armenia acting like a Viceroy? Attempt of Russian diplomacy to silence Armenia's civil society causes huge upset.

Is Russia's Ambassador in Armenia acting like a Viceroy? Attempt of Russian diplomacy to silence Armenia's civil society causes huge upset.

The attempt of Russian diplomacy to silence Armenia's civil society has caused a huge upset within the elite, including among those who normally are ready to acquiesce.
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How "deeply" are they "concerned"? Activists say European statements on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan are inadequate.
How "deeply" are they "concerned"? Activists say European statements on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan are inadequate.

How "deeply" are they "concerned"? Activists say European statements on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan are inadequate.

Azerbaijani activists have used social media sites to mock recent statements by European leaders on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan which they consider inadequate.
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Azerbaijani public diplomacy activists opt for transparency as best defence. Official Baku says that public diplomacy is wrong, but civil society activists in Azerbaijan and worldwide are not impressed.
Azerbaijani public diplomacy activists opt for transparency as best defence. Official Baku says that public diplomacy is wrong, but civil society activists in Azerbaijan and worldwide are not impressed.

Azerbaijani public diplomacy activists opt for transparency as best defence. Official Baku says that public diplomacy is wrong, but civil society activists in Azerbaijan and worldwide are not impressed.

Official Baku says that public diplomacy is wrong, but civil society activists in Azerbaijan and worldwide are not impressed.
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US supports people to people contacts.James Warlick tweeted shortly after the arrest in Baku of prominent public diplomacy activist Leyla Yunus.
US supports people to people contacts.James Warlick tweeted shortly after the arrest in Baku of prominent public diplomacy activist Leyla Yunus.

US supports people to people contacts.James Warlick tweeted shortly after the arrest in Baku of prominent public diplomacy activist Leyla Yunus.

Ambassador James Warlick says that track two programs bring trust and understanding between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.His tweet came shortly after the arrest in Baku of prominent public diplomacy activist Leyla Yunus.
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Ninety-nine years later. The events in Eastern Anatolia in 1915 are a blot on 20th century world history.
Ninety-nine years later. The events in Eastern Anatolia in 1915 are a blot on 20th century world history.

Ninety-nine years later. The events in Eastern Anatolia in 1915 are a blot on 20th century world history.

The events in Eastern Anatolia in 1915 are a blot on 20th century world history. The massacre of hundreds of thousands of civilians, most of them Armenians, in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire, has left a huge scar that has never been healed.