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Ruling party in Georgia secures tense local election victories as EU expresses concern on democratic process
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Ruling party in Georgia secures tense local election victories as EU expresses concern on democratic process

7 October 2025
Candidates of the ruling Georgian Dream party have won local elections held on 4 October in all five self-governing cities namely Tbilisi, Rustavi, Kutaisi, Batumi, and Poti based on preliminary results released by the Central Election Commission. The results appear to consolidate the ruling party’s control over Georgia’s largest municipalities amid a backdrop of political tension and opposition boycotts of the local elections.
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Almaty Summit advances reforms to strengthen the Trans-Caspian transport route
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Almaty Summit advances reforms to strengthen the Trans-Caspian transport route

3 October 2025
On Wednesday (1 October), Almaty hosted a high-level summit attended by delegations from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey to coordinate measures to improve the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle Corridor. The meetings produced a series of agreements intended to streamline logistics, boost infrastructure, and unify tariff policies along the corridor.
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Expert: OSCE Minsk Group Office should be opened in Nagorno Karabakh
Expert: OSCE Minsk Group Office should be opened in Nagorno Karabakh
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Expert: OSCE Minsk Group Office should be opened in Nagorno Karabakh

26 October 2012
Armenian authorities should give a proper, weighted and adequate response to Azerbaijan's actions, Karen Bekaryan, Head of the European Integration public organization, told media in Yerevan, Thursday. He said that Armenia can make a tough open statement or toughen its diplomatic stance or combine the both approaches.
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New South Wales Parliament's Legislative Council, Australia, recognizes independence of Nagorno Karabakh
New South Wales Parliament's Legislative Council, Australia, recognizes independence of Nagorno Karabakh
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New South Wales Parliament's Legislative Council, Australia, recognizes independence of Nagorno Karabakh

25 October 2012
The Legislative Council, which is the Upper House of the New South Wales Parliament, Australia, adopted a resolution recognizing the independence of Nagorno Karabakh, Thursday, on October 25, the Armenian National Committee of Australia reports.
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Francisco Arroyo Vieyra: Chamber of Mexican Parliament supports the right to self-determination of peoples and any attempts to refer some positions to the Mexican Parliament do not correspond to reality
Francisco Arroyo Vieyra: Chamber of Mexican Parliament supports the right to self-determination of peoples and any attempts to refer some positions to the Mexican Parliament do not correspond to reality
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Francisco Arroyo Vieyra: Chamber of Mexican Parliament supports the right to self-determination of peoples and any attempts to refer some positions to the Mexican Parliament do not correspond to reality

24 October 2012
On October 24, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is in Mexico on an official visit, met with Francisco Arroyo Vieyra, the Deputy Chairman of the Lower Chamber of the Mexico's Senate, Armenian Foreign Ministry reports.
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Russian political expert: Karabakh conflict may grow into military actions only in case of big Iranian war
Russian political expert: Karabakh conflict may grow into military actions only in case of big Iranian war
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Russian political expert: Karabakh conflict may grow into military actions only in case of big Iranian war

20 October 2012
Resumption of military actions in the Karabakh conflict zone is possible only if U.S. unleashes large-scale Iranian war, Vladimir Zakharov, Director of the Institute of Political Studies of the Black Sea and Caspian Region, told ArmInfo.
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US Deputy Assistant Secretary believes that it is highly important to continue Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks
US Deputy Assistant Secretary believes that it is highly important to continue Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks
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US Deputy Assistant Secretary believes that it is highly important to continue Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks

19 October 2012
Today it is important to continue the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks as never before, Eric Rubin, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, told journalists in Yerevan on Thursday.
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Expert: Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West
Expert: Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West
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Expert: Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West

19 October 2012
Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West, political expert, Sarkis Asatryan, said at today's press-conference.
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