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International passenger traffic growth keeps market resilient
International Airport Review
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July 8, 2025
Passenger traffic remains resilient in May, but airport performance continues to be hampered by aircraft shortages and maintenance issues affecting airlines, ATM disruptions and aviation taxes. ACI Europe has released its air traffic report for...
Armenia's AI data factory: The role of Afeyan and Vardanyan
Sabah
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July 7, 2025
Armenia, through Firebird.ai, in collaboration with NVIDIA and the Armenian government, has launched a $500 million AI data factory project, marking a significant step toward becoming a technology hub in the South Caucasus. For Türkiye and...
European Parliament Urges Tougher Sanctions on Georgian Government Over Democratic Backsliding
The Messenger
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By Liza Mchedlidze Thursday, July 10, 2025 The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling on the European Union to consider further restrictive measures against the ruling Georgian Dream party and the Georgian government, citing severe...
Azerbaijan-Russia Tensions Rise After Diaspora Raids and Safarov Deaths
Mezha
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July 3, 2025
On June 27, Russian security forces conducted raids on Azerbaijani diaspora centers, resulting in the detention of over fifty individuals. Some of them sustained injuries, and the Safarov brothers – 55-year-old Ziyaddin and 60-year-old Huseyn –...
European Parliament Adopts Strong Resolution on Georgia, Urges Sanctions and New Elections
Business Media Gerogia
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July 9, 2025
The European Parliament has adopted a critical resolution on Georgia, highlighting growing concerns over the country’s democratic backsliding and deteriorating political environment. The resolution passed with 490 votes in favor and 147 against,...
Georgian President Kavelashvili offers pardons to jailed opposition if they take part in elections
Open Caucasus Media
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July 7, 2025
Join the voices Aliyev wants to silence. For over eight years, OC Media has worked with fearless journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. Help us fuel...
Russia’s Akula-Class Nuclear Submarine Was Built to ‘Hunt’ the U.S. navy
19FortyFive
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July 7, 2025
The Akula-Class Submarine: Everything You Always Wanted to Know In the clandestine, high-stakes undersea chess match of the Cold War, the sudden appearance of a new Soviet submarine in the mid-1980s sent a shockwave through Western naval...
Azerbaijan Railways, Chinese Companies Enhancing Partnership (PHOTO)
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 7. A delegation from Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (ADY) is on a working visit to China, Trend reports via the company. Today, ADY representatives held meetings with major Chinese transport and...
How Do Ships Get In And Out Of The Black Sea?
SlashGear
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July 5, 2025
The Black Sea is one of the busiest shipping routes in the world, used by cargo ships, large oil tankers, and even naval fleets. But getting in and out of it is quite tricky — not because of distance, but because of the narrow, winding waterways...
Georgia: how democracy is being eroded fast as government shifts towards Russia
The Conversation
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July 7, 2025
Georgia was once considered a post-Soviet success story. After years of authoritarian rule, followed by independence which brought near state collapse, corruption and chaos, Georgia appeared to have transitioned to democracy. In a period after...
“The Situation Is Difficult in Terms of Investments” - Zviad Skhvitaridze on U.S. Concerns Over Georgia’s Business Climate
Business Media Gerogia
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July 9, 2025
Zviad Skhvitaridze, founder of the U.S.-based consulting firm ZTN Consulting, says recent comments by U.S. Ambassador Robin Dunnigan reflect not just personal opinions but the official stance of the US administration regarding Georgia’s...
“Lelo – Strong Georgia” will participate in the local self-government elections
Inter Press News
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“Lelo – Strong Georgia” will participate in the local self-government elections. A special briefing was held at the office of Lelo – Strong Georgia to announce this decision. As the party’s Secretary General, Irakli Kupradze, stated, they are...
Rasa Juknevičienė: I hope EU acts soon on sanctions against Georgian regime
Georgia Today
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July 9, 2025
During her concluding remarks at the European Parliament debate on Georgia, MEP Rasa Juknevičienė expressed gratitude to all political groups—except for a few consistently pro-Russian members—for supporting a European future for Georgia. “I hope...
Azerbaijan Railways, Chinese companies enhancing partnership
News.Az
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A delegation from Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (ADY) is on a working visit to China, News.Az reports via the company. Today, ADY representatives held meetings with major Chinese transport and logistics companies. During talks with China Railway...
Russia’s weakness in Ukraine worsens South Caucasus crisis: Saakashvili
PanARMENIAN.Net
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July 7, 2025 - 18:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili wrote in a Facebook post that “developments in the South Caucasus are a direct result of Russia’s weakened position due to its involvement in the war in...
Georgia lawyers consider limited role for legal assistance by non-attorneys
Moultrie Observer - Georgia
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July 7, 2025
Published 2:08 pm Monday, July 7, 2025 By Ty Tagami, Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA — A committee created by the Georgia Supreme Court is recommending that the state try letting people with special legal training do limited kinds of attorney...
Historic Persian-Georgian documents of Iran’s Afsharid era digitized with British Library support
Tehran Times
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July 9, 2025
TEHRAN - A significant cultural heritage preservation initiative has culminated in the digitization and cataloguing of rare Persian and Georgian-Persian historical documents from the Afshar period, preserved at the Korneli Kekelidze National...
Despite security risks, Russia to reopen Gelendzhik Airport in drone-struck Krasnodar Krai
The Kyiv Independent
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July 9, 2025
Russia will reopen Gelendzhik Airport in the country's Krasnodar Krai for domestic flights on July 18, in a rare easing of airspace restrictons imposed at the start of the full-scale war, the Transport Ministry announced on July 9. The decision...
Georgian Leadership Sent ‘Threatening, Insulting’ Letter To Trump Administration
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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July 7, 2025
Outgoing US ambassador to Tbilisi, Robin Dunnigan, says the ruling Georgian Dream party leadership sent a private letter to the Trump administration that was “threatening, insulting, unserious, and was received extremely poorly in Washington.” In...
Ukrainian Activist Andriy Kolomiiets Detained at Russia-Georgia Border Transit Zone
Mezha
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July 9, 2025
This information is confirmed by Andriy Kolomiyets’ relatives and himself in the publication Graty Andriy Kolomiiets, a Euromaidan activist and former political prisoner, is currently in the transit zone at the Russian-Georgian border. He spent...