Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has the country’s ambition to become a regional centre for finance, trade, logistics and technology, citing economic growth, foreign investment and its ...

Iran’s offer to educate Azerbaijani girls who wear hijabs has triggered a diplomatic dispute with Azerbaijan, with Baku accusing Tehran of interfering in its domestic affairs and responding by ...

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has Georgia and Bulgaria as key countries for strengthening Black Sea security and developing transport, energy and digital connections between Europe and Asia.

Armenia’s parliament ratification of the US-Armenia framework agreement on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) on 27 October, as opposition lawmakers questioned whether the ...

Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party local elections held in 21 communities on 25 October, as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed that foreign-controlled opposition forces had been defeated while ...

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov in Baku on 23 October, in the first visit to Azerbaijan by an Indian ...

The European Union and Azerbaijan have signalled their intention to advance bilateral relations as negotiations continue on a new comprehensive agreement intended to replace the Partnership and ...

On 25 October, Erdoğan presidential adviser Oktay Saral, who had criticised Azerbaijan’s school hijab restrictions. The move was allegedly intended to meet Baku’s demand and ease tensions ahead of the ...

Russian officials have accused Western countries of using online influence campaigns to encourage dissent in the North Caucasus and of pressuring South Caucasus states to distance themselves from ...

Russia has denied that its restrictions on Georgian beverage imports are politically motivated, while Georgia’s appointment of a new special representative for relations with Moscow has raised ...

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan have challenged a report presented on 20 October by Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on the possible suspension of the ...

Georgia’s status changed from Free to Partly Free, as authorities continued to suppress online activism and speech perceived to be critical of the ruling Georgian Dream party,” Freedom House reported.