10+ hour, 24+ 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…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (875+ words) Armenia is seeing another wave of people relocating to the country, amid reports over the past two months of a possible mobilisation in Russia. As a result, both rents and property prices have risen again. On average, prices for rentals…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (944+ words) The Corruption Prevention Commission refused to open administrative proceedings against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Commission members said the complaint contained no “obvious signs of violations of the code of conduct”. Semyon Babayan, head of the human rights NGO Public…...

5+ day, 21+ 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, 17+ 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, 4+ day ago   (544+ words) In Armenia, the arrest of former State Revenue Committee chairman Gagik Khachatryan has sparked widespread debate. He faces charges of accepting a particularly large bribe and money laundering. The Anti-Corruption Court is also considering cases seeking to confiscate allegedly illicitly…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (950+ words) Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Bishkek, where an SCO+ meeting was held as part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. Their talks took place late in the evening. There was no shortage of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (417+ words) Georgia‘s central bank has clarified that new restrictions on electronic transfers for people over 60 will not apply to regular payments and transactions. The new rule applies only when a bank or other payment service provider suspects that a customer…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (996+ words) Meanwhile, Russian officials have announced that Putin will meet Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Bishkek on 1 September. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said the meeting would take place at a time “when opposition leaders are being arrested en masse…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (262+ words) The Georgian diaspora in Russia has announced the launch of the “We Pray Together” project, which will involve creating hundreds of icons and exchanging them between the Orthodox churches of Georgia and Russia. The icons created as part of the…...