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Wyndham Grand Tbilisi, Georgia hotel review
The Independent
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July 9, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
17-year-old Georgia girl arrested in mother, stepfather's deaths
WJCL TV - Georgia
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July 9, 2025
17-year-old Georgia girl arrested in mother, stepfather's deaths Sarah Grace Patrick called 911 after the couple's 5-year-old daughter found their bodies. NIGHT LIGHTS. THAT'S A LOOK AT SPORTS, KEEP IT HERE STANDING ROOM ONLY AT A BEAUFORT MEETING...
New York man stole U.S. military equipment and sold it online
SI Live - New York
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July 9, 2025
Syracuse, N.Y. — A Jamesville man was sentenced to probation for his role in a scheme to steal equipment from Central New York military bases and sell it online. Onondaga County Court Judge Matthew Doran sentenced the man, James Waleski, on...
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on Georgia
Inter Press News
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The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on Georgia with amendments, by a vote of 490 in favor and 147 against. According to the draft resolution published on the Parliament’s website, the European Parliament once again reaffirms its...
Sustainable energy supply is impossible without investment, says Azerbaijani Energy Minister
Azertag
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July 9, 2025
Vienna, July 9, AZERTAC Parviz Shahbazov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Energy, addressed the ministerial session titled “Oil Markets: Energy Security, Growth and Prosperity” at the 9th OPEC International Seminar. He spoke about Azerbaijan’s role in...
EP adopts resolution on Georgia, urging sanctions and new elections
Georgia Today
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July 9, 2025
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on Georgia with amendments, with 490 votes in favor and 147 against. The draft resolution, published on the Parliament’s website, reaffirms the European Parliament’s solidarity with the Georgian...
Russian Black Sea Fleet Intends to Establish Base in Abkhazia
The Jamestown Foundation
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Executive Summary: Badra Gunba, president of the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia, has reiterated the region’s intentions to establish a Russian naval base at the Port of Ochamchire on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Moscow sees this move as...
From green transition to global stage: Armenia’s biodiversity moment
IUCN
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“What if COP17 in Yerevan is a failure?”. After a lengthy presentation on the importance of environmental diplomacy and cooperation, this was not the question I was expecting. I had prepared to offer insights on the details of the Global...
More international students choosing Estonia for university
ERR
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July 9, 2025
This fall, more international students are expected to begin studies at Estonian universities than in recent years, with the largest numbers coming from Azerbaijan and Ukraine and strong interest in business, the humanities, the arts and ICT,...
Ukraine protests inclusion of Russian athletes with military ranks as neutrals
The Straits Times
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July 8, 2025
KYIV – Ukraine's Fencing Federation (NFFU) is considering unspecified legal action after the sport's global governing body confirmed that three athletes would compete as 'neutrals' at the World Championships in July 2025. The NFFU has insisted...
Nine arrested for a neo-Nazi-affiliated group violence against a minor in Tbilisi
Open Caucasus Media
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July 9, 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...
OP-ED: Good Things Are Happening in Our Neighborhood. On Azerbaijan–Russia–Armenia
Georgia Today
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July 3, 2025
Despite my enduring antipathy towards Ilham Aliyev, the main architect behind Azerbaijan’s swamp of dictatorship and corruption, I’ve admired him just as much as a grandmaster of foreign policy. Aliyev outplayed not just Armenia’s foreign policy...
Attorney General Backs European Legal Norms as UK Seeks Post-Brexit Reset
EUToday
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July 9, 2025
21Amid the din of geopolitical disruption, from Russian aggression to the rise of digital authoritarianism, it is tempting to forget that the international legal order still matters. But this week, in a quietly significant gathering in London, the...
Armenia`s Deputy PM met with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia
Arminfo
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ArmInfo. On July 1, RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Magdalena Grono. Ambassador Vassilis Maragos, Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, was attended...
Diplomatic Rift Between Moscow And Baku Deepens After Deadly Police Raid
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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July 1, 2025
The deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis amid allegations of torture during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg has quickly escalated into a diplomatic confrontation highlighting difficulties in Russia's relations with other...
Zangezur Corridor through Armenia back in the spotlight: US plan and Azerbaijan-Russia tensions
JAMnews
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July 3, 2025
US and Zangezur Corridor management Several online outlets have published a sensational report claiming that the United States is ready to take over the administration of the Zangezur Corridor, potentially resolving one of the most contentious...
The Middle Corridor: Why China is betting on Azerbaijan
News.Az
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Amid growing global concern over fragile supply chains and geopolitical uncertainty, a quiet but significant shift is taking place in Eurasia. At the heart of this transformation is the strategic partnership between China and Azerbaijan, aimed at...
Katara unveils Russian Corner
The Peninsula
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July 9, 2025
Katara General Manager Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti and Ambassador of Russia to Qatar H E Dmitry Dogadkin during the inauguration of the Russian Corner yesterday in front of the Al Thuraya Planetarium, Building No. 41. The Russian Corner...
The Archbishops’ ‘Coup’ — Armenia Hints at Russian Plot
CEPA
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July 8, 2025
In late June, 14 members of the Sacred Struggle organization were detained and accused of attempting to seize power. Among those held were two archbishops of the Apostolic Church, the country’s largest, and an Armenian-Russian billionaire, who had...
Jailed for a slap, silenced for her reporting: Mzia Amaghlobeli flies the flag of Georgian journalism
Vox Europ
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July 8, 2025
I first met Mzia Amaghlobeli when I was a teenager. We both lived in Batumi, where I’m from and where Mzia began her career in journalism before we met. When she was 26, she founded Batumelebi, a website that aimed to prove that it was possible to...