Saakashvili plans to restore Georgia's statehood
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said that he plans to return to Georgia to "restore its statehood." "I am going to arrive in Georgia in the coming months, It is not a secret. I feel …
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Beselia attacks Zardiashvili at hearing in Georgian parliament
Independent MP Eka Belesia, who once was a member of the Georgian Dream ruling party, attacked ruling party MP Vano Zardiashvili during the hearing for a candidate to the Supreme Court during the Legal Issues …
Why Muslim cemeteries are being destroyed in Armenia?
This week a scandalous video was published on the web, in which journalist Narine Kirakosyan demonstrates ruins of Muslim cemetery in the Ararat region of Armenia. Kirakosyan came to this area to shoot a report on the Wildlife and Cultural …
High Council of Justice approves list of judges for Georgian Supreme Court
Georgia's High Council of Justice of Georgia has presented a final, 20 person list, for judges to the Supreme Court. The list, which will be voted on in parliament, among others, includes Chief Prosecutor Shalva Tadumadze and …
Stalik Khankishiyev: Armenia could not bring single argument against Azerbaijani dolma
Those who were pushing against the recognition of Azerbaijan's dolma as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity were not able to provide any objective evidence that this dish is originally Armenian, well-known culinary specialist …
Georgia takes Rustavi 2 scandalous broadcast as personal insult
The Georgian people took the Rustavi-2 scandalous broadcast as a personal insult, because the provocateur's behavior denigrates the entire Georgian culture, member of the Izborsk club Maxim Shevchenko told Vestnik …
Pashinyan to be prosecuted for extremism?
President of the Healthy Community NGO Marina Khachatryan has filed an application to the Armenian police in regard to the statements by the republic's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. …
Disgraced ex-CSTO Secretary General not released to Georgia
According to the lawyer of CSTO ex-secretary general, Mihran Poghosyan, Yuri Khachaturov could not get to Georgia - he was stopped by the Armenian customs. It is reported that Khachaturov was going to visit his homeland Tetritsqaro. He …
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reacts to Pashinyan's accusations of racism in football
Spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva commented on a telephone conversation between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Arsenal's midfielder Henrikh …
U.S. demands Pashinyan to work out $25mln of American help
Senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, professor at Georgetown University Paul Stronski addressed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan via Twitter with the …
Armenia's opera and ballet staff demand acting minister of culture to resign
The staff of Opera and Ballet National Academic Theater gathered near the Armenian government's building to protest against the decision to dismiss theater's manager Constantine Orbelian. They call to …
Dagestanskiye Ogny asks Vladimir Vasilyev to remove its mayor
A video message from the deputies of Dagestanskiye Ogny to the head of Dagestan, Vladimir Vasilyev, was posted in the Internet today. In the video, the officials of the city ask to dismiss the mayor of the city, Zeydullah Gashimov and appoint a …
Anonymous deputy head of Armenia’s Ministry of Health caught on bribe
According to Armenian media, today, one of the deputy heads of the Ministry of Health was arrested. There is no information about the detained. The detention was carried out by the National Security Service as part of an anti-corruption …
'Three rooms conspiracy': Pashinyan to be overthrown by his own people?
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has a new problem - the 'people's prime minister' expressed concern during the recent press conference that members of his own team may be plotting against him. …
Levan Gogichaishvili quits Georgian Dream
Another member of the Georgian Dream ruling party, Levan Gogichaishvili, has quit today after the party members refused or refrained from supporting the bill regarding the court proposed by him and eight other legislators of the …
Petrosyan sues Armenian Internet trolls
A whole series of Facebook users, mostly Armenian citizens, today became defendants at the suit of Kotayk governor Romanos Petrosyan, who filed a claim after reading opinions about his work on the Internet. The lawsuit was filed under …
New Armenian authorities engaged in social network scandals instead of reforms
A scandal broke out in Facebook between a member of Nikol Pashinyan’s team in parliament, Alexander Avetisyan, and a former member of Nikol Pashinyan’s team elected to the parliament from the breakaway Bright Armenia party, Ani …
Pashinyan dissolves Armenian ministries
Employees of Armenia's Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Diaspora have started a labor strike this morning. They are protesting the republic's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s intention to …
Ingushetia's Constitutional Court strikes down border deal with Chechnya
The Ingush Constitutional Court has ruled that a law codifying the October 4, 2018 border agreement with Chechnya is unconstitutional. The court decided that the law violates three articles of the Ingush Constitution, which …
London did not provide Tbilisi with materials on Badri Patarkatsishvili’s murder
Prosecutor David Gumberidze, who is working on the murder of Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili, said today that the UK has not been responding to the request of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia for two years. …
