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Georgia celebrates 100th anniversary of first republic

26 May 2018

The president of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker led dignitaries from a number of countries attending the celebrations

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1918: "The golden period of Georgian politics"

26 May 2018

As Georgia marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the first Georgian republic on 26 May 1918, young Georgian thinker, Giorgi Arziani reflects on the significance of that event.

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Armenia committed to keep the momentum of negotitions on Karabakh, new foreign minister says

24 May 2018

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan told Armenian MPs discussions on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will continue in June in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group process.

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Azerbaijan buries its dead soldier, but Yerevan is not contrite

22 May 2018

On Tuesday, Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson Tigran Balayan told the Armenian media that the Azerbaijani side was carrying out engineering works at the Nakhchivan sector of the border, and that this "poses a danger to Armenian military positions".

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Russia

Monday Commentary: Russia's struggle between stagnation and innovation

21 May 2018

"I expected that a shrewd operator like Putin would have understood that he needed to ride the wave of change, not try to stop. The fact that he did not may indicate other concerns, not least internal power struggles", writes Dennis Sammut.

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Azerbaijani soldier killed in combat in the Nakhchivan sector of border with Armenia (Updated)

21 May 2018

The soldier was named as Ali Adil Tatarov. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence said that he was killed in combat "during the suppression of another provocation by the Armenian Armed Forces".

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OSCE Envoy holds first meeting with new Armenian Foreign Minister

18 May 2018

Kasprzyk, who is a veteran of the process having been special envoy of successive OSCE Chairmanships for more than two decades, has had to move fast to establish contacts with a new set of players in the tightly knit Karabakh peace process.

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Editorial: Discrimination is wrong! Diversity should be celebrated, not attacked!

17 May 2018

17 May is marked as the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). The event helps highlight serious issues of discrimination against the gay community in the Caucasus, Eurasia and beyond

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Karabakh conflict mediators will meet with the new Armenian leadership in June

16 May 2018

During a meeting with the co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Process, Azerbaijan's foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov said his country "was ready to resume active negotiations as soon as possible".

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Georgia celebrates 100th anniversary of first republic

1918: "The golden period of Georgian politics"

Armenia committed to keep the momentum of negotitions on Karabakh, new foreign minister says

Azerbaijan buries its dead soldier, but Yerevan is not contrite

Monday Commentary: Russia's struggle between stagnation and innovation

Azerbaijani soldier killed in combat in the Nakhchivan sector of border with Armenia (Updated)

OSCE Envoy holds first meeting with new Armenian Foreign Minister

Editorial: Discrimination is wrong! Diversity should be celebrated, not attacked!

Karabakh conflict mediators will meet with the new Armenian leadership in June