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Azerbaijan reports incidents on the Karabakh line of contact

2 February 2018

Incidents were reported at various points of the line of contact. No casulaties were reported, and Armenia has not confirmed the incident.

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Turns and twists around the Karabakh issue

2 February 2018

As international mediatiors return to the region this weekend, reports of incidents on the front line, and a return to maximalist rhetoric, continue to poison the atmosphere

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Updated: Istanbul court orders the release of Amnesty International's Turkish Chair. He was later rearrested

1 February 2018

The Turkish government had accused the group of "aiding armed terrorist organizations" through civil society actions in Turkey.

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Opinion: Armenia, the Turkish threat, and the Russian antidote

31 January 2018

The Afrin events are being used to assert the notion that without Russian military guarantees, and a Russian military base deployed in Armenia, Yerevan will be under a constant threat from a potential Turkish offensive, says Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed

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Monday Commentary: Davos and the process of modernising the South Caucasus

29 January 2018

"There needs to be a Davos in Yerevan, Baku and Tbilisi, and in every town and village in the South Caucasus for ideas to be generated, visions to be formed, and for the momentum for modernisation to gather speed", says Dennis Sammut in this commentary

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International monitors in the Karabakh conflict zone to increase by seven

27 January 2018

The Russian co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Process, Igor Popov, told APA news agency that the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed this at their meeting in Krakow last week, but that some details still had to be worked out

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Armenians report incidents in the Karabakh conflict zone; Azerbaijanis say nothing happened

26 January 2018

The incident is said to have happened near the village of Kuropatkino. Armenian sources say Azerbaijan suffered casualties in the incident, but Azerbaijani sources say the situation on the Line of Contact is calm.

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President Macron calls for "bold compromises and specific actions by both sides" in the context of Karabakh

24 January 2018

The French President welcomed his Armenian counterpart at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday for discussions on bilateral relations and international issues.

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Russia

Russians name their 20th century heroes

23 January 2018

Astronaut Yuri Gagarin, singer-songwriter and actor Vladimir Vysotsky and Soviet Marshall Georgy Zhukov top the poll

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Azerbaijan reports incidents on the Karabakh line of contact

Turns and twists around the Karabakh issue

Updated: Istanbul court orders the release of Amnesty International's Turkish Chair. He was later rearrested

Opinion: Armenia, the Turkish threat, and the Russian antidote

Monday Commentary: Davos and the process of modernising the South Caucasus

International monitors in the Karabakh conflict zone to increase by seven

Armenians report incidents in the Karabakh conflict zone; Azerbaijanis say nothing happened

President Macron calls for "bold compromises and specific actions by both sides" in the context of Karabakh

Russians name their 20th century heroes