12+ hour, 47+ min ago   (580+ words) JAMnews LIVE: Key morning headlines from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia Monday, September 14, Azerbaijan. Eight-year suspended sentence handed to Maharram Goyushoglu in the ‘NGO case’ ● Two UN climate events wrapped up in Baku over the weekend: the UNFCCC Climate Week and…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (777+ words) Former Georgian prosecutor general Otar Romanov-Partskhaladze says that before forming his own unit to take part in the war against Ukraine, he served for nine months in Russia’s Arbat volunteer corps. Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reported his statement. In…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1293+ words) Persecution of Talysh activists in Azerbaijan Talysh activists and researchers in Azerbaijan have over the years received lengthy prison sentences on charges of high treason, separatism and inciting ethnic hatred. Two of them, Novruzali Mammadov and Fakhraddin Abbasov, died while…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (768+ words) Opposition politicians in Armenia and some local media reported that the new Constitution had been published on Sahmanadrutyun․com. Artashes Ikonomov, co-founder of the Njhar constitutional movement, reported it on social media and described it as his “sensational discovery”. However,…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1110+ words) Council of Europe on FARA According to the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty has intervened as a third party in a case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) concerning…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (968+ words) Against the backdrop of a two-day business forum held in Yerevan with the participation of business representatives from Armenia and Turkey, debate over normalising Armenian-Turkish relations and reopening the border between the two countries has intensified in Armenian society. Following…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (1221+ words) The US made Armenia’s access to advanced Nvidia processors one of the economic incentives offered during the peace talks. The project is already under way in Yerevan. Azerbaijan, meanwhile, received a strategic partnership document from Washington, the suspension of Section…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (616+ words) Azerbaijani civic activist Ramazan Tagiyev, who lives in France, says he continues to receive threats over posts criticising the authorities on social media. He says the latest messages have also targeted his father, who lives in Baku. Tagiyev says that…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (975+ words) On 6 September, President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva visited the Azerbaijani Navy. The visit was intended to showcase two unmanned naval platforms: the SALVO armed uncrewed surface vessel and the KAYRA maritime kamikaze drone. According to Azerbaijan’s presidential…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (1456+ words) Abkhaz journalist and editor of Chegemskaya Pravda, Inal Khashig, and civic activist Adgur Lagvilava discussed the key challenges facing Abkhazia’s foreign relations, as well as its ties with Georgia’s official authorities in Tbilisi. Key points and arguments: Inal Khashig: But…...