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Arms race in the Caucasus reaches alarming proportions. Armenia is placed 3rd and Azerbaijan 10th in study on global militarisation for 2014.

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Arms race in the Caucasus reaches alarming proportions. Armenia is placed 3rd and Azerbaijan 10th in study on global militarisation for 2014.

24 December 2014

In a report by a Bonn based institute Armenia is placed third and Azerbaijan tenth in the study on global militarisation for 2014.

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Report on Conference on Karabakh held in Oxford in November published.

19 December 2014

A spokesperson for LINKS, one of the organisers of the event, said "We very much hope that Governments in the region, the international community, and civil society, will study these ideas and take at least some of them forward in 2015"

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Yes! Oui! Si! Ja! Iva! The European Parliament has voted by 490 votes to 76 to ratify Georgia's Association Agreement with the EU.

19 December 2014

The European Parliament has voted by 490 votes to 76 to ratify Georgia's Association Agreement with the EU.

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South Ossetian leader calls for full integration with Russia.

South Caucasus

South Ossetian leader calls for full integration with Russia.

15 December 2014

The South Ossetians want unity with Russia, and they want it now. Even Mr Putin may not be ready for that. Joseph Alexander Smith reports from Tbilisi on the latest from the leadership of the self-declared republic.

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Tough talk at the 30th round of Geneva Talks, but no tangible outcome.

South Caucasus

Tough talk at the 30th round of Geneva Talks, but no tangible outcome.

11 December 2014

Georgia expresses its displeasure at the signing of a new treaty between Sukhumi and Moscow which it claims is tantamount to annexation.

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GUAM countries and US issue joint statement

9 December 2014

Observers note an increased engagement by GUAM countries in the work of the organisation in the last year.

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Merkel accuses Russia of interference in Eastern Europe.

8 December 2014

Mrs Merkel said Russia was "creating problems" for Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine and that Russia's violation of "the territorial integrity of Ukraine must not be allowed to stand".

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Azerbaijan wants strategic relationship with EU.

South Caucasus

Azerbaijan wants strategic relationship with EU.

7 December 2014

At a meeting with the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that Azerbaijan already had a strategic relationship with a number of EU countries and hoped this could be established with the EU itself also.

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Well done Switzerland! The Swiss Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2014 was marked by challenges to European security.

6 December 2014

The Swiss Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2014 was marked by challenges to European security unprecedented since the creation of the organisation. Switzerland probably saved the OSCE from collapse. Its successors now need to ensure its future.

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Arms race in the Caucasus reaches alarming proportions. Armenia is placed 3rd and Azerbaijan 10th in study on global militarisation for 2014.

Report on Conference on Karabakh held in Oxford in November published.

Yes! Oui! Si! Ja! Iva! The European Parliament has voted by 490 votes to 76 to ratify Georgia's Association Agreement with the EU.

South Ossetian leader calls for full integration with Russia.

Tough talk at the 30th round of Geneva Talks, but no tangible outcome.

GUAM countries and US issue joint statement

Merkel accuses Russia of interference in Eastern Europe.

Azerbaijan wants strategic relationship with EU.

Well done Switzerland! The Swiss Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2014 was marked by challenges to European security.