Sagiv Jehezkel, the Israeli soccer player suspended from top-tier Turkish club Antalyaspor for an on-pitch protest in support of hostages held in Gaza, is returning to Israel after he was briefly detained by police, CNN reports. Jehezkel, who had been held by police in Antalya, was suspended by Antalyaspor over the weekend after showing…
In Europe, the most welcoming country is Armenia, according to the Euronews.travel. The country extends relaxed visa rules to travellers from 135 countries, placing it in 26th place in the overall leaderboard. Kosovo offers this welcome to 109 countries, while Moldova does to 103. Most European countries are a little stricter, offering visa-free…
Tehran has suspended the Oman-brokered negotiating process with the United States amid today’s not-so-simple situation in the Middle East, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said. “The Muscat process has been suspended due to the unique circumstances in the region. Today, we don’t see any basis for talks. As soon as we manage to overcome the…
Toivo Klaar, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia informs that Armenian and Azerbaijani top officials had a meeting in Brussels. Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of Security Council of Armenia and Hikmet Hajiyev, Advisor to the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, had a meeting joined by EU representatives. “Good and…
During the briefing, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commented on the visit of the head of the British intelligence and the high-ranking representative of the American military intelligence to Baku. “Certainly, such ‘voyages’ by representatives of an aggressive military bloc do not contribute to increasing the stability and security of…
“Stand with me, be my voice”. On the International Day for Protection of Children, Inessa from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), calls on the UNICEF goodwill ambassador, Shakira to be the voice of the children of Artsakh so that they can reunite with their families, Artsakh Ombudsperson Gegham Stepanyan posted on his social media pages.
Rosatom could have extended the operation of Armenia’s nuclear power plant until 2036, but Yerevan is choosing a “European direction,” giving preference to European contractors, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said in an interview with TASS. According to him, the condition for extending the plant’s operation until 2036 was to ensure that at…
On November 3, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Erdogan met in Astana, where the 10th summit of the heads of the Organization of Turkic States is being held. It was noted at the meeting that friendly, fraternal and allied relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey are successfully developing in various fields. Aliyev…
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke by phone today with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the US State Department reports. “The Secretary commended President Aliyev for last week’s announcement that Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to use the 1991 Alma Ata declaration as the basis for border delimitation and emphasized its importance to the two sides…
The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev addressed the situation in the South Caucasus during the meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Councils on Afghanistan, TASS reports. According to Patrushev, the West is allegedly trying to shake up the situation in the South Caucasus and interfere in the Armenian-Azerbaijani…
Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on Tuesday said Georgia had to accelerate the implementation of reforms, including those of the Association Agreement, to meet the nine steps outlined by the bloc to open accession talks with the country, agenda.ge reports. Being a candidate country requires a…
Syrian security forces and demining teams have entered the Sheikh Maqsoud district, which had earlier been brought under the control of the Syrian Army and completely cleared of armed presence. This was reported by ‘Lurer’ correspondent Zarmik Poghikyan. The Aleppo Operations Command has called on the civilian population of the district to stay in…
Reuters. Firefighters on Monday (November 7) worked to put out flames at the accident scene where at least seven people were killed and 11 others injured when a truck collided with a passenger bus in Turkey’s eastern Agri province. Heavy black smoke billowed from the scene, and local media reports said passengers had suffered…
Iranian missiles have struck Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa, destroying homes and fuelling concerns among world leaders at this week’s G7 meeting that the conflict between the two regional enemies could lead to a broader Middle East war, The Guardian reports. Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service said Monday that four…
Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum welcomed the EU Council decisions regarding Armenia. “We welcome EU decision to start visa liberalisation talks with Armenia. When completed, this will allow Armenians to travel to the EU for short term visits visa-free. An important milestone in the relations between the EU and Armenia, bringing the Eastern Partnership…
Moscow is picking up signals that Kiev has no intention of using US-supplied Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) against targets on Russian soil, but it will link them to the real state of affairs, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told TASS on Wednesday. “I would rather not comment on something, which is mostly secondary….
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (September 7) that Russia had not lost anything as a result of its military campaign in Ukraine, Reuters reports. “I am sure that we have not lost anything and will not lose anything (over actions in Ukraine). When it comes to the gains, I can say that the…
Israel has struck the headquarters of the Syrian military and close to the presidential palace in the capital Damascus, compounding a volatile situation on the ground and following through on its threats over clashes between Syrian government troops and Druze fighters in the southern Syrian city of Suwayda, AL Jazeera reports. Israeli Defence Minister…
The US commends Armenia and Azerbaijan for formalizing the rules of procedure for border delimitation, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has said in a post on X. “The U.S. commends Armenia and Azerbaijan for formalizing the rules of procedure for border delimitation, demonstrating that progress is possible through sustained dialogue. We support both sides’ work…
EU Foreign Affairs Council chaired by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, will discuss Turkey, Middle East, Ukraine crisis today in Brussells. Among those issues, the “Ministers will also briefly touch upon efforts towards the normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including the work of the President of…
The U.S. Treasury Department’s top sanctions official on a trip to Turkey and the Middle East next week will warn countries and businesses that they could lose access to G7 markets if they do business with entities subject to U.S. curbs as Washington cracks down on Russian attempts to evade sanctions imposed over its war…
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday (February 22) met the wife and daughter of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died last week, “to express his heartfelt condolences,” the White House said. During the meeting in California, Biden expressed his admiration for Navalny’s “extraordinary courage and his legacy of fighting against corruption and…
On November 4, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan received Marek Szczygieł, the Head of the EU Monitoring Capacity in Armenia and the members of his delegation. During the meeting, Minister Mirzoyan briefed upon the security situation in the region following Azerbaijan’s aggression against Armenia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty on September 13-14; the positions…
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday that five civilians were killed and 46 others injured in what it described as a Ukrainian attack on the Belgorod region, using cluster munitions. The ministry condemned the attack, labeling it a “barbaric strike” that resulted in significant civilian casualties, including seven minors. One child is reported…
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with the proposal to involve volunteers in the fighting in Ukraine. According to him, if there are people who want to help those living in the Donbas, and for free, then the state should help them get to the war zone. “If you see that there are people who want,…
Protests again commenced in Georgia, they are being held against the background of news that the Parliament will try to bypass the veto applied by President Salome Zourabishvili to the controversial bill ‘On transparency of foreign influence’ at the May 28 session. The participants of the protest gathered in front of the buildings of…
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that fighter jets struck Houthi military targets in the area of the Al Hudaydah Port in western Yemen on Saturday, in an X (formerly Twitter) post. The IDF say the strikes are “in response to the hundreds of attacks” carried out by the Iran-backed group against Israel over the…
Spokesperson of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Ani Badalyan wrote in her X microblog (former Twitter). “Investigative committee of Armenia published data on numbers of killed and wounded, among them civilians, including children, as result of large-scale military attack by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19. 14 individuals were tortured and 64 died on the move…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Wednesday said Georgia would adopt the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence and at the same time would become a member of the European Union, agenda.ge reports The most important thing is to protect “national dignity and principles”, which will “bring results in all directions”, Kobakhidze…
George Simion, the leader of the far-right Romanian party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) who won the first round of the Romanian presidential elections, has demanded that Ukraine compensate his country for its assistance, Digi24 reports. Simion stated that his position on Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine is “neutrality, no escalation, no supplying…
