Vahagn Avedian

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Opinion: Tensions test the resilience of the US-Turkey alliance

23 October 2017

A raft of issues are complicating relations between long time allies Turkey and the United States. But both sides continue using diplomatic back-channels to get as many concessions as possible from each other without fatally harming bilateral relations, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed

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Kakha Kaladze is the new mayor of Tbilisi

22 October 2017

Municipal elections in Georgia see Georgian Dream consolidating power in most urban centres. Kakha Kaladze won the elction for Mayor of Tbilisi with a convincing margin according to exit polls.

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Türkiye and the Levant

Opinion: Meet Global Turkey - the new kid on the block

21 October 2017

In this op-ed Dennis Sammut discusses two competing narratives emerging in Brussels and Ankara. Often blurred and episodical, they need to be challenged where necessary

Dennis Sammut

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Georgians vote in Municipal Elections

21 October 2017

A lot of attention is focused on the election for Mayor of Tbilisi where prominent Georgian Dream candidate Kakha Kaladze is competing for the post with several opposition candidates

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South Caucasus

Another teenager killed in Karabakh conflict zone

20 October 2017

Tigran Khachatryan, who was 19 years old, served with the Armenian forces of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

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Incident in Georgia's Marneuli district results in several casualties

20 October 2017

Several persons were injured in a village in Georgia's Marneuli District on Thursday evening (20 October) when unidentified persons opened fire on a candidate of the ruling Georgian Dream party and his companions, who were canvassing ahead of Saturday's Municipal Elections.

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EU welcomes the report of the Georgian Ombudsman on combatting and preventing discrimination

19 October 2017

The Ambassador of the European Union Janos Herman noted during today’s presentation of the report that the EU welcomes this report, and said that "its findings and recommendations should further guide our common work”.

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Military Chiefs of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey hold trilateral meeting in Tbilisi

18 October 2017

The military heads in a joint document highlighted the three countries' readiness for peaceful resolution of conflicts, and support for each other's territorial integrity.

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Confidence-building measures in support of the process to peacefully resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict discussed in Yerevan

17 October 2017

Richard Giragosian, Director of the Regional Studies Centre in Yerevan, said the meeting was part of a broader effort undertaken by a recently formed "Working Group" comprised of Armenian and Azerbaijani members committed to "developing a ‘next generation' of ideas and measures that may impact positively the process of resolving the Karabakh conflict."

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Opinion: Tensions test the resilience of the US-Turkey alliance

Kakha Kaladze is the new mayor of Tbilisi

Opinion: Meet Global Turkey - the new kid on the block

Georgians vote in Municipal Elections

Another teenager killed in Karabakh conflict zone

Incident in Georgia's Marneuli district results in several casualties

EU welcomes the report of the Georgian Ombudsman on combatting and preventing discrimination

Military Chiefs of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey hold trilateral meeting in Tbilisi

Confidence-building measures in support of the process to peacefully resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict discussed in Yerevan