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Armenia Ready to Ensure Truck Transit from Turkey to Azerbaijan and Back – Pashinyan
NEWS » Business » Armenia Ready to Ensure Truck Transit from Turkey to Azerbaijan and Back – Pashinyan tStarting today, Armenia is ready to ensure truck transit from Turkey to Azerbaijan and back along the Margara-Yeghegnadzor-Sisian-Goris route,...
Dacia Maraini presents 'Beloved Writing' in Georgian in Tbilisi
As part of the XXV edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Italian Embassy in Georgia reserved a special gift for fans of Italian literature: a meeting with writer Dacia Maraini was held at the Ivane Javakhishvili State...
Turkish Transport Projects Reshape South Caucasus Connectivity
Executive Summary: Türkiye is advancing the $1.615 billion Eastern Türkiye Railway Infrastructure Development Project (ETMIC), which will modernize the Divrigi–Kars–Georgia line with electrification, signaling, and advanced traffic management to...
Berlin Deports Family of Murdered Dissident in High-Profile Russian Assassination Case Back to Georgia
On Oct. 24 German authorities deported 12 relatives of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili – the Georgian-born Chechen dissident murdered in Berlin in 2019 – in what German prosecutors described as a state-ordered Russian assassination. According to Deutsche...
Strong Georgia – Lelo files constitutional lawsuit against party ban law
The political movement Strong Georgia – Lelo is filing a constitutional complaint with the Constitutional Court, seeking to overturn the newly adopted law that allows the banning of political parties. The party’s press service announced that the...
Man in Nazi uniform attacks Georgia college student with glass pitcher during bar crawl
Man in Nazi uniform attacks Georgia college student with glass pitcher during bar crawl The victim said she has a broken nose and had to get multiple stitches. THAT'S A LOOK AT SPORTS, KEEP IT HERE. THIS MORNING ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS AT 6-- MUCH...
Unblocking begins! Armenia proposes a Turkey–Azerbaijan route
During the discussion of the 2026 state budget in the National Assembly, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced Yerevan’s readiness to open a new transit route for cargo transportation between Turkey and Azerbaijan. The statement —...
Germany deports relatives of Chechen commander assassinated by Russian operatives in Berlin
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Construction of “MAQRO City Tbilisi” Has Officially Begun in Tbilisi
A major milestone has been reached in Georgia’s capital as construction officially begins on “MAQRO City Tbilisi,” a multifunctional complex that aims to transform the concept of modern living. Envisioned as a “City within a City,” this ambitious...
News of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
Council of Europe. Council of Europe anti-racism body ECRI publishes conclusions on how Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia implement its priority recommendations The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), a Council of Europe...
Southern Regional Technical College names Ralph Griffith vice president for operations
Published 3:11 pm Monday, October 27, 2025 THOMASVILLE — Southern Regional Technical College President Jim Glass has appointed Ralph Griffith as the vice president for operations beginning Nov. 1. Griffith has been with the college for 20 years,...
European Parliament Member Krzysztof Brejza: At the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, we support our Georgian partners who are suffering under the pro-Russian regime in their country
"At the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly in Yerevan, we support our Georgian partners who are suffering under the pro-Russian regime in their country," wrote Polish European Parliament member Krzysztof Brejza on social media. According to him, the...
They Fled Discrimination in Russia. Now They're Swept Up in Trump's Immigration Crackdown.
Alexander Bolokhoev, a 41-year-old native of Russia’s republic of Buryatia, was rounded up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Sept. 23 in Oklahoma when completing a routine delivery in his box truck. “He wasn’t even...
Republican Senator Supports Military Force Against Venezuela: ‘New Game We’re Playing’
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that he fully supports the Trump administration’s military actions against Venezuela and Columbia, representing a differing opinion among members of his own party regarding applying force overseas. The...
Viktor Yushchenko, former president of Ukraine: ‘Dialogue with Putin is a waste of time’
The world remembers Viktor Yushchenko, 71, for the turbulent year of 2004. The scars from the poisoning he suffered during that year’s presidential elections are still visible on his face. In 2004, for the first time, hundreds of thousands of...
Visit of Estonia’s foreign minister to Baku: a clash of values and interests
Estonia’s relations with Azerbaijan Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna recently paid an official visit to Baku. Leading a delegation of representatives from 15 companies, he held meetings with the country’s political leadership and...
Two men face sentencing in plot to kill Iranian American journalist
NEW YORK (AP) — A plot to assassinate Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came “chillingly near success,” prosecutors told a judge who will sentence two purported Russian mobsters. Prosecutors are seeking 55-year prison...
New Medieval Books: Medievalism in Russian and Ukrainian Political Discourses
Medievalism in Russian and Ukrainian Political Discourses Edited by Anastasija Ropa Trivent Publishing ISBN: 978-615-6696-46-5 Medieval history has been invoked in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This book brings together five...
Government shutdown to stop SNAP benefits for Georgians
Published 2:09 pm Sunday, October 26, 2025 Georgia residents may not receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November if the ongoing federal government shutdown continues, the Georgia Department of Human Services...
The silent war – Exposing Russia’s hybrid threats to democracy: Eerik Kross and Greg Mills
But others are learning from Moscow’s experience – and the West’s response – not least on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. These lessons should be learnt quickly, particularly in the fight for democracy and against authoritarianism. “Hybrid...