Hundreds of people carrying lit torches have marched through Yerevan on the eve of April 24, the day marking the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire
Russian volunteers are reporting a queue of around 500 cars formed on the way from Kupiansk to the Belgorod Region. A line of refugees formed on the way to the checkpoint in Logachevka.
"There are over 400-500 cars in the queue and around 200 people on foot."
"Abkhazia is Georgia! Samachablo (South Ossetia) is Georgia! Putin is (swear words)!" - Nika Gagnidze, a player for the Georgian youth team and Dila team from Gori, chanted with fans during the Georgia-Scotland match in Tbilisi.
The Georgian national team drew 2-2 with Scotland
Well-known Georgian transgender woman Kesaria Abramidze was found dead in Tbilisi, TV Pirveli reports, citing the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The 37-year-old woman reportedly suffered multiple stab wounds.
The incident is being investigated under Article 108, "Intentional
🇦🇲The
#Armenian
government has decided to provide fertility treatment free to all citizens. Until now this concession was available only to soldiers, families of deceased soldiers, and those living in border settlements.
A new mural in Tbilisi depicts the main symbol of opposition to the Soviet occupation - student Maro Makashvili who volunteered at the front during the Red Army's invasion of Georgia in 1921.
With the graffiti, Tbilisi Mural Fest celebrated the granting of EU candidate status to
Armenia is likely to withdraw from the military bloc under Russian control, the CSTO. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan just announced this in parliament. "Those responsible are those who formed this bubble-like bloc, whose members, it turns out, instead of fulfilling their
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Soccer schools across Georgia are reporting a surge in the number of kids signing up - both boys and girls.
Regardless of how Georgia plays Spain on June 30, the national team's Euro 2024 appearance and its resounding victory over Portugal have already provided a boost for the
#Abkhazia
has ultimately rejected the apartment bill that was supposed to allow Russians to build and buy housing in Abkhazia, a move that local residents have been protesting for almost a year. Lawmakers agreed with the public's concerns that passing the law would lead to the
In Abkhazia, the National Art Gallery was ravaged by fire overnight, resulting in the COMPLETE DESTRUCTION of its foundation. Approximately 4,000 artworks were lost in the blaze, with 300 belonging to famous Alexander Shervashidze-Chachba. The inferno originated on the second
Gurgen Simonyan: "Russia sold offensive weapons worth more than 4 billion dollars to Azerbaijan. And thus became the number 1 arms partner for Azerbaijan."
Read the political scientist's full analysis here:
🇦🇲
#Armenia
is commemorating the victims of the tragic events in Sumgait on February 28, 1988.
35 years ago, massacres of the Armenian population took place in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait. They continued for three days.
🇦🇲“Artsakh will not be part of
#Azerbaijan
”, “There is no
#Armenia
without Artsakh” - a rally organized by the Resistance opposition movement in Yerevan. The protest is intended to show the Armenian authorities that "no one has the right to sign a new document of surrender."
In protest against the draft bill of the 'agents law', the audience at the opera and ballet theater in
#Tbilisi
erupted in applause, chanting
#NoToRussianLaw
.
#TbilisiProtests
Video by Natia Chkuaseli
Georgian women are unstoppable. The video was taken during the night protest in Tbilisi, where up to 100 thousand people participated. A woman is seen chasing a group of policemen and lecturing them.
Madat Babayan, under arrest in Azerbaijan, showed the location of mass graves of victims of the Khojaly tragedy committed by Armenian armed forces on February 26, 1992.
🇦🇲Armenian analyst Hovsep Khurshudyan: "Pressure will increase, and soon
#Azerbaijan
will have to decide whether to continue its policy, which will lead to complete international isolation, as their actions effectively mean genocide."
BREAKING: The President of Georgia has vetoed the "foreign agents" law.
"This law, in its essence and spirit, is Russian. It contradicts our Constitution and all European standards, posing an obstacle on our path to Europe," Salome Zourabichvili stated at a special briefing just
🇦🇲On the eve of President
#Putin
's visit to
#Armenia
and the
#CSTO
summit, a range of protests took place in
#Yerevan
. Some groups gathered in support of Russia, whilst others shouted "Putin is a murderer!" and "Glory to
#Ukraine
."
Nagorno-Karabakh’s residents have been living under blockade since December 2022.
Gas has been shut off, and since June 15 no supplies are being allowed past an Azerbaijani checkpoint on the Lachin corridor.
🇬🇪People around the world will hold a rally in support of Mikhail
#Saakashvili
on January 4 between 12:00 and 14:00 local time at Georgian embassies in various countries of the world.
Today, Ilham Aliyev visited Vengli village in Kelbajar, which Azerbaijan regained control of on September 19-20. In the village stands a well-known wall crafted by local Armenians using license plates from the Azerbaijani residents who lived there before the first Karabakh war.
Armenia has declined to extradite Chechen resident Salman Mukayev to Russia. He is said to have been subjected to torture on suspicion of homosexuality in Chechnya.
The Yerevan Administrative Court has ruled to recognize Salman Mukayev as a refugee and grant him asylum, Novaya
🇦🇲🇦🇿A peace treaty between
#Armenia
and
#Azerbaijan
is planned to be signed in
#Tbilisi
in the coming weeks. Some are reporting it will happen in late November/early December.
A Georgian captain and his crew rescued 34 people near the island of Crete.
The Maritime Transport Agency in Georgia received information on January 20 that the rescue services of Crete Island had identified a boat with migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. The three-hour search
Across Georgia, in bars, pubs, and parks, tens of thousands of fans are cheering for their national team. The match against Portugal is underway, and Georgia is leading 2-0.
This video is from the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi, capturing the moment when Georges Mikautadze
The historic moment of the border opening between
#Turkey
and
#Armenia
is approaching. In the video, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is inspecting the fully prepared "Margara" customs checkpoint at the border with Turkey. When it opens, it will be a significant event, as
"I predicted that [the
#Georgian
authorities] would start the criminal prosecution of Georgian citizens fighting on Ukraine's side after
#Russia
started putting us [Georgian Legion fighters] on their wanted list. It has happened. Currently, around 300 members of the Legion have
"We live in the 21st century! How can there be such indifference to people? It seems that many in the world do not see us, do not hear or do not want to hear us. And we just want to live peacefully on our land."
Personal stories from Nagorno-Karabakh 👇
🇦🇿🇦🇲 "We must make it clear that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will face consequences if he continues to ignore the International Court’s decision," said former NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
"Look for example at what has happened in Azerbaijan and Armenia. A long-frozen conflict that suddenly has been – I would not say solved – but decisively determined by a military intervention that, in one week, made 150,000 people move. In one week. Like this. 150,000 people had
A march with torches to the
#Russian
embassy in
#Armenia
late last night. The National Democratic Pole, which organized the protest, stated that "the author of the agreement on the surrender of Armenia, signed on November 9, is hostile Russia."
🇦🇲🇦🇿The Azerbaijani blockade of the
#Lachin
road is on its 23rd day. Thousands of people in the unrecognized
#NKR
are being deprived of the right to food and basic goods and services. The main market is closed, and next to no food remains in the shops.
🇦🇲
#Yerevan
residents took to the streets to express dissatisfaction with the “inaction” of the CSTO.
#Armenia
has no place in the
#CSTO
, because this structure does not protect its interests in any way, the demonstrators said.
The number of brown bears in the wild is actively growing in Georgia. The video was filmed by rangers in the mountainous Kazbegi National Park in early November.
Tbilisi now. The incredibly powerful protest action "European March against the foreign agent bill" is coming to an end. People are dispersing to their homes. Youth movements have announced that tomorrow evening they will gather at the parliament and spend the night there,
🇦🇲🇹🇷 Political scientist Hrachya Arzumanyan believes that Turkey does not intend to normalise relations with Armenia and that the installation of the monument is “just an excuse to reject the process”.
A 65-year-old Russian teacher, Natalia Taranushenko, has been detained in
#Armenia
. She fled
#Russia
after being charged following a school lesson she conducted about the war in
#Ukraine
.
Natalia Taranushenko taught Russian language and literature for 44 years at the same
🇬🇪🇦🇲 A festival celebrating Armenian and Georgian food was held in Dilijan, Armenia.
The purpose of the event was to unite the inhabitants of the two neighbouring countries and bring people together to talk about their cultures and cuisines.
“It was decided that Russian gas would no longer be purchased after the occupation of some territories of Ukraine. Is Azerbaijani gas more acceptable? Why were there no repercussions for what happened here? Why are there no sanctions?"
"Nations such as Kazakhs, Uzbeks, and Azerbaijanis have never existed," claimed Mikhail Smolin, who identifies himself as a historian, on the Russian NTV channel 👇
Gurgen Simonyan, political scientist: “The fact that the army of Nagorno-Karabakh is in certain positions means that the local population cares about their physical security. If they don’t stand where they stand, there will be genocide.”
Bayram
#Mammadov
is one of
#Azerbaijan
’s most well-known civic activists, who served a lengthy prison sentence for writing graffiti on a statue to the country’s former president Heydar Aliyev:
Azerbaijanis living in Georgia held a rally in Tbilisi against "EU's discrimination practices and double standards".
The protesters chanted "put an end to Armenian terrorism", "put an end to double standards" and other slogans.
The European Parliament calls for the European Union to impose personal sanctions on Azerbaijani officials who grossly violate human rights. The Azerbaijani parliament have accused them of bias.
🇦🇿🇺🇦 In Moldova, Ilham Aliyev met with Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian President thanked the President of Azerbaijan for his country's involvement in the reconstruction of the Kyiv region. He also invited Azerbaijani companies to invest in the Ukrainian economy.
The majority of the deputies in the European Parliament supported a resolution proposing to consider granting Armenia candidate status for EU membership. 504 deputies voted in favor of the resolution, 4 voted against it, and 32 abstained.
"Armenians and Azerbaijanis in solidarity with georgians! This affects us all!" - Protest poster on Freedom Square in
#Tbilisi
#TbilisiProtests
#NoToRussianLaw
📷 Maka Tsnobiladze | JAMnews
This is Tbilisi State University, where Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze came to give a lecture. Students planned to greet him with a protest, demanding the repeal of the "foreign agents" law. However, the police escorted the Prime Minister through the back entrance. The
Armenia's PM saves citizen's life: local media reports
This morning, while on a traditional group bicycle ride, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noticed a citizen attempting to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. He intervened, spoke with the individual, and convinced him to
Georgia is celebrating its Mother Language Day today, commemorating events from as far back as 1978.
In that year, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR decreed that Russian would be the state language in Georgia.
On April 14, up to one hundred thousand people gathered on Rustaveli
The most popular video of the week on social media in Georgia features Mariam Shekelashvili, a village girl from the Lagodekhi district, performing an exceptionally artistic rendition of the famous dance once performed by the Georgian cinema legend Sofiko Chiaureli
🇦🇿 Young
#Azerbaijani
poet Ibrahim
#Khudayi
has been detained for a satirical poetic tribute to Mehriban
#Aliyeva
. In his verses, the poet wrote about declining standards of living and the rise in the price of bread and medicine, and accused the Vice President of not caring.
The meeting of Presidents Putin and Aliyev in St. Petersburg today was quite eventful. Posts on social media suggest that "the encounter between them was so lively that Putin's security guard almost took action against Aliyev, only to realize it was a hug"
Arayik Harutyunyan, President of Artsakh: “Artsakh has not been and will not be part of Azerbaijan, since this is the will of our people, who have sufficient determination to fight for their rights and interests.”
People at the market are reacting to Bidzina Ivanishvili's return to politics. When asked why the billionaire, who was already considered the shadow ruler of the country, is making a comeback, one trader responds with a serious face, 'He wants to help the poor,' followed by
Armenia has sent an official letter to Russia, notifying it of the need to withdraw its border guards from the Zvartnots airport, said Armen Grigoryan, head of the Armenian Security Council, on Wednesday.
He said that the airport's security responsibilities should be
While Rustaveli Avenue in
#Tbilisi
is crowded with people, tension persists on 9 Aprili Street, where riot police continue to confront protesters.
People are grabbing tear gas grenades with their hands and throwing them back at the special forces.
#TbilisiProtests
🇬🇪It is being reported that the widespread story of the taxi driver who dropped Russian customers off in a field for objecting to Ukrainian music is a fake made up by his defence lawyers. In reality, he tried to overcharge them for a journey, and when they refused to pay [...]
Georgia President has awarded Tbilisi resident Malkhaz Parkadze with the medal "For Civil Selflessness" for saving a drowning teenager in the Mtkvari River in the capital on June 27.
"Society begins where there is dedication, where there is no indifference to each other. On the
🇬🇪Currently in
#Tbilisi
, protestors are rallying against the bill "On Foreign Influence", which all independent media, non-governmental organizations, the opposition, the president and Western partners of the country consider to be a copy of the Russian law on foreign agents.
🇦🇿
#Azerbaijani
eco-activists have said they will not leave the
#Lachin
corridor until their demands are met. The corridor has been closed now for seven hours.
This is the current situation outside the Abzas Media office in Baku. Ulvi Hasanli, the head of the independent publication, was detained by the police on his way to the airport this morning. The investigator has contacted his lawyer, inviting him to the department. The specific
🇦🇲🇦🇿3rd meeting takes place between
Pashinyan and Aliyev on Karabakh
🇬🇪🇦🇲Armenian village in Georgia
unveils statue to Armenian Karabakh fighter
🇦🇿Charges against imprisoned blogger
lifted after month protests
Abkhaz prison admin fired after prisoner dance party
Social media is abuzz with debate over the grand ceremony honoring Georgia's national football team, scheduled for today at 10:00 PM at Freedom Square in central Tbilisi.
Many are disappointed, especially those who waited for hours in the morning at Tbilisi Airport, only to see
This week's headlines:
🇬🇪🇷🇺
#Russia
and
#Georgia
launch meetings on monitoring of goods through
#Abkhazia
, South
#Ossetia
.
🇦🇲🇦🇿Editor of Azerbaijani news outlet
#Turan
, Shahin Hajiyev, visits
#Yerevan
.
🇦🇿 Former Azerbaijani soldier released in Karabakh, refuses to go home.
This is a map of the
#Karabakh
conflict zone as it looks now, after the signing of the truce agreement last night between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia. The whole story, including protests in Yerevan, here 👉
🇦🇲Armenia is one of the few secular countries in the world that has retained its mono-ethnic and mono-confessional structure.
More than 90% of the population of
#Armenia
consider themselves Christians, most of them followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Thread 👇
🇦🇲A rally was held in the blockaded unrecognized
#NKR
. More than 60,000 people appealed to Armenians around the world with the slogan: "The future requires pan-
#Armenian
consolidation and solidarity." They demand the opening of the
#Lachin
corridor.
Columns of minibuses and buses on the roads in Georgia are transporting people from western and eastern regions to participate in the rally in support of the foreign agents law, organized by the ruling "Georgian Dream" party this evening. Investigative journalists report
🇦🇲 Armen Grigoryan: “Everyone remembers that, until recently, Russian border guards were sitting at Zvartnots airport, and now there are Armenian border guards. So, there is progress. But there is a long way to go to achieve sovereignty."
Police are being mobilized outside the Parliament building in Tbilisi in anticipation of a new protest.
A plenary session is scheduled to commence at 12:00, during which the controversial "Russian law," officially known as the "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence," will be
There were several power outages during the Armenian government meeting today, causing PM Pashinyan to lose his temper. "How many times do I have to address the same issue? The power supply in our country is of poor quality. The lights constantly flicker in the offices, so it's
While the Georgian government criticizes what it says is non-transparency of NGOs, 71 percent of state bodies have failed to publish information about their own grants, according to a study by the Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information.
🇷🇺In
#Russia
, some of those who participated in yesterday's protests have been handed summons to the military office. In addition, journalists reporting on the protests have received subpoenas. Journalist Artem Krieger was detained without explanation for reporting at the scene.
Georgian dancer Giorgi Potskhishvili has been made the premiere dancer of the National Ballet in the Netherlands.
"Giorgi is a phenomenal dancer with a talent that is rare to find. He is a charismatic stage personality with incredible leaping ability, superb technique and an