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Escalating Rhetoric Threatens Armenia’s Faltering Democratic Path
3 July 2025
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- The South Caucasus is Set for Geopolitical Realignment
- Escalating Rhetoric Threatens Armenia’s Faltering Democratic Path
- EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas ends visit to Yerevan aimed at strengthening partnership with Armenia
- The EU and Ukraine have concluded an agreement on agricultural exports
- Macron and Putin spoke on the phone for the first time in almost three years; the conversation lasted two hours
- Russia has seized important lithium reserves in eastern Ukraine
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Denmark takes over EU Presidency with a focus on Security, Migration and Enlargement
1 July 2025
On July 1, Denmark takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the eighth time. Under the motto ‘A Strong Europe in a Changing World’, the Danish Presidency said its programme of work will ensure that the EU takes responsibility for its own security, while also strengthening its competitiveness. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that priority will be given to boosting defence capabilities in Europe amid Russia's war in Ukraine and US threats to Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory. Pushing countries to keep promises to boost defence spending and bolstering Europe's "dangerous" security will top Denmark’s agenda as it takes over the rotating presidency on Tuesday, according to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
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ICC prosecutor urges Sudan to hand over those accused of genocide
3 June 2021
International Criminal Court prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, has said that victims of war crimes and genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan want those accused to be handed over and brought to court. The remarks come after Bensouda visited the Darfur region earlier this week.
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Commentary: The Georgian party that came in from the cold
31 May 2021
The decision of the United National Movement (UNM), Georgia's largest opposition party, to enter parliament after a seven-month stand-off that threatened Georgia's political stability, is the correct one.
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Mali’s transitional leaders arrested by the military
25 May 2021
Once again, Mali is facing a serious political crisis. Nine months after a putsch organised by the military, the president and the prime minister of Mali’s transitional government, Bah Ndaw and Moctar Ouane, were arrested by the army on May 24
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Libyan parliament to meet in Tobruk to discuss budget and key state appointments
23 May 2021
Libya’s parliament, known as the House of Representatives (HoR, will hold an official session on Monday (24 May) in Tobruk. It has called members to attend the sessions which will discuss the 2021 budget and appointments for key sovereign positions.
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Kazakhstan, Central Asia's giant, is stirring and the Russians are not amused
22 May 2021
Kazakhstan is exploring its options. The government has embarked on a series of reforms, as yet mainly in the economic sphere, although reforms in the governance sector are also inevitable. They include slimming down the bloated state bureaucracy and also slowly re-calibrating Kazakh foreign policy to make it less dependant on Russia. The Russians are not amused, says Dennis Sammut in this op-ed
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Opinion: It is too early to call the Libya peace process a success
17 May 2021
Exhausted by a decade of conflict, Libyans have moved surprisingly fast to implement a peace deal that some thought impossible only a few months ago. Deep-rooted internal divisions, greed among leaders, and the shadow of external patrons, may yet frustrate the quest for peace.
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Dozens of abductees freed in Libya
13 May 2021
The brigade raided several hideouts for gangs that had been implicated in kidnapping and theft activities in Bani Walid. Creating a safe environment is one of the key priorities of the Libyan government. Brigade 444 had also released several Egyptian abductees in March.
