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Asureti’s German settlers were deported by the Soviet regime in the 1940s, but their heritage continues to shape the village.

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has called for the hijab issue in Azerbaijan to be resolved through mutual understanding and respect for religious rights, as pro-government media in Azerbaijan criticised Turkey’s response to the issue.

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Georgian Tamar Lortkipanidze has been released from prison on a plea deal after serving one year. Lortpikandze was arrested after climbing onto a police car during an anti-government protest in October 2025.

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An inmate at Georgia’s Gldani Prison, Davit Peikrishvili, has been hospitalised twice over a span of two days, with his lawyer alleging that fellow inmates beat him. The inmate has accused several people of attacking him.

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Ahead of the local elections in Armenia on 25 October, the Investigative Committee reported the arrest of 14 individuals from the town of Stepanavan, including the Strong Armenia candidate for the head of the community, Arsen Gevorgyan, on charges of giving, assisting in, and receiving electoral bribes for the opposition Strong Armenia party.

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Azerbaijani relatives of missing people from the First Nagorno-Karabakh War staged a protest outside the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday.

🔺 The protest was organised by the Karabakh Missing Families Public Union at Place du Luxembourg.

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Azerbaijan has issued arrest warrants for seven Turkish nationals, including journalists, accusing them of calling for the violent overthrow of its government and inciting religious hatred. Baku has not provided evidence for the claims.

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Georgian Dream officials have accused European officials of applying double standards in their responses to violent protests in France and Albania, arguing that the EU has condemned violence abroad while encouraging anti-government demonstrations in Georgia.

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Georgian Dream officials have accused European officials of applying double standards in their responses to violent protests in France and Albania, arguing that the EU has condemned violence abroad while encouraging anti-government demonstrations in Georgia.

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Four members of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council — Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan — have published a report of over 70 pages on the consequences of Armenia joining the EU and leaving the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The report claims that while Armenia would suffer massive economic losses, the effect on other member states would be almost insignificant.

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Passenger cars still top Georgia’s exports list, but trade has lost a quarter of its value. Kyrgyzstan remained the top importer of cars, with experts claiming that is as the cars are re-exported to Russia in a bid to evade sanctions.

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Tbilisi City Court has sentenced opposition-leaning TV Formula host Vakho Sanaia to 30 days in prison over a series of social media posts that the Interior Ministry claimed were insulting to Georgian Dream figures.

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Christopher Helali, who serves as the High Bailiff of Vermont’s Orange County, has joined Chechnya’s Akhmat unit, Commander Apti Alaudinov confirmed on Tuesday. Helali has lived in Russia for an unknown period of time and was elected to the largely ceremonial position of High Bailiff in 2024, garnering 446 votes.

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‘It killed my business’ — Rustaveli Avenue renovations paralyse central Tbilisi

Work on Rustaveli has been rife with issues, affecting locals and businesses alike, and raising suspicion that it was being done to stifle protests.

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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has fired the head of the State Protocol Service, Gagik Vanoyan. The government hasn’t commented on the decision, but during a recent visit of the Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov to Armenia, Vanoyan was apparently responsible for a speech for Pashinyan in which the Kyrgz leader was referred to as the president of Kazakhstan.

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Is a Svan-language renaissance under way, or is it too little, too late?

⭕ The language of Georgia’s mountainous Svaneti region has long been in decline. But a new wave of artists and businesses is trying to revitalise it.

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The informal security unit Team K-13, associated with Adam Kadyrov, the son of Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov, is comprised of his relatives and the children of senior officials in the republic. The independent Russian media outlet Verstka (‘Layout’) drew attention to this on Monday after examining a photograph published on an Instagram account linked to Adam Kadyrov five days ago. On Monday evening, Chechen Deputy Chair of government Ilman Vakhidov claimed there was no separate unit run by Adam Kadyrov.

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Georgia’s Foreign Ministry has criticised recent statements by EU representatives concerning proceedings at the Georgian Constitutional Court over a lawsuit put forth by the ruling Georgian Dream party seeking to ban five opposition parties.

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For ethnic Georgians living in Abkhazia’s easternmost district, 30 September is a recurring encounter between public performance and private memory.

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