15+ hour, 3+ 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…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (269+ words) Protests in Tbilisi, why The traditional “Saturday March” took place in Tbilisi on 12 September, marking the 654th consecutive day of pro-European protests. Participants said the injustice prevailing in the country is the “achievement” of Bidzina Ivanishvili, honorary chairman of the ruling…...

4+ day, 2+ 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…...

4+ day, 2+ 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…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (313+ words) The Social Justice Center (SJC) analyses the work of Georgia’s 11th Parliament between 25 November 2024 and 26 June 2026. It notes that the parliament’s work has, on the one hand, undermined democratic institutions and rights and, on the other, expanded the executive branch’s discretionary…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (490+ words) Civil rights activist and blogger Tornike Razmadze says Georgia’s Interior Ministry has summoned him to court to impose a fine or administrative detention because he insulted Kremlin propagandists Margarita Simonyan and Vladimir Solovyov in response to their insults against Georgian…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (567+ words) The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has called on pilgrims not to visit the New Athos Monastery in Abkhazia. The ROC considers the monastery’s abbot, Father Dorotheus, a schismatic. However, this did not stop Sergei Kiriyenko, first deputy chief of staff…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (439+ words) The Georgian Orthodox Church strongly opposes the use of Archimandrite Gabriel Urgebadze’s name to justify or support military action. Archpriest Andria Jaghmaidze, head of the Georgian Patriarchate’s press service, said it was particularly unacceptable that some Russian Orthodox Church clergy…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1633+ words) Irakli Garibashvili vs Georgian Dream Georgia’s two-time former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is currently in prison, from where he has openly challenged the authorities he himself represented for many years. Over the past few weeks, he has published six letters…...

5+ day, 3+ 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…...