All 19 of them were reportedly transferred to a pre-trial detention centre at Umbaki.

Despite reaching an agreement in 2022, the Armenia–Turkey border remains closed.

Ruslan Kutaev remarked that no one has the right to condemn a family over a decision ‘to kill, return home or marry off’ a family member.

Open-search research suggests that less than 35 daycare centres across the whole country accept children under two.

Separately, amidst bilateral tensions, Russia has banned the sale of a batch of Armenian Jermuk mineral water.

The detainee is reportedly Tamaz Goloev from Akhalgori (Leningor).

The two met in Gabala, just south of the border with Russia.

The five vessels were sanctioned for transporting Russian energy products in July 2025.

The Armenian Genocide is commemorated annually on 24 April.

As Georgia–US relations remain sour and with the shadow of a failed project in Batumi, Trump Tower Tbilisi has a lot to live up to.

Senior officials from Georgian Dream have suggested summoning the ambassador to the Foreign Ministry.

The investigation was launched while the head of the city’s administration, Niyazi Bayramov, was on an official visit to China.

The abductors, reportedly from Chechnya, called themselves police officers.

Zelimkhan Murtazov left his place of service in Russia without authorisation and says he signed the contract under threats.

The announcement comes several weeks after Azerbaijan’s security service (DTX) said it had thwarted the multi-pronged Iranian-backed plot.

The Victory Day commemorative action will be held online in both republics.

One of the suspects is a Georgian national, while the other was a foreigner from an undisclosed country.

The Armenia–Turkey land border remains closed despite an agreement to allow crossings for third-party nationals.

Samira Gasimli was accused of defamation by the same person who got her husband sentenced.

The son of the Chechen Head has been awarded a commemorative medal marking the 20th anniversary of the Sever (‘North’) Regiment.

The date of the final election has not yet been set.

The authorities annulled a decision adopted several days earlier, citing a threat to public security.

Regional Armenian detainees held in Azerbaijan have reportedly been transferred to the high-security Umbaki prison in Azerbaijan from the isolation cells of the State Security Service. Qafqazinfo has reported that an Azerbaijani delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev arrived in Yerevan. Mustafayev is also the head of the Demarcation and Delimitation Commission of the Azerbaijan side. Armenia The Chief of the General Staff, Edward Asryan, paid an official visit to India, w

During the visit, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš led a delegation of 50 entrepreneurs.

The news service was founded by the International Broadcasting Centre of Poland’s Public Broadcaster (TVP).

This is the latest arrest involving members and affiliates of the Strong Armenia alliance.

Regional * The South Ossetian Foreign Ministry has claimed that Tamaz Goloev, a 27-year-old resident of Akhalgori, has been detained by Georgia’s State Security Service on fabricated grounds. Goloev was detained last week on espionage charges, reportedly in favour of Russia. Armenia * Armenia celebrated Citizen’s Day on Saturday with a large-scale concert in Yerevan’s Republic Square titled the ‘Voice of Peace’. The event drew attention for its financing, as it was sponsored by Fast Bank,

Previously, his father, Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov, described energy drinks as poison.

The NIYSO movement added that relatives of those detained have been receiving threats.

Aleksandr Vaisero denied all accusations of money laundering, stating that he had come to Azerbaijan for tourism purposes.

The main defendant received a life sentence, while his accomplice was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

The couple had announced their separation in February 2026 after 30 years together.

Regional * Satellite imagery analysis by Hetq indicated that Azerbaijan destroyed Nagorno-Karabakh’s main Armenian church, the Holy Mother of God Cathedral in Stepanakert. Construction of the cathedral began in 2006. * Armenian Defence Minister Suren Papikyan met with his Georgian counterpart Irakli Chikovani as part of his official visit to Georgia yesterday. According to the Armenian readout, they discussed ‘issues related to the process and development prospects of bilateral cooperation in

Georgian Dream has already requested the banning of three political parties.

The reshuffle also brought on a new Interior Minister.

Regional * Zelimkhan Murtazov, a native of Chechnya who spent around four months in the transit zone of Astana International Airport in Kazakhstan, has been able to fly to Armenia. In Russia, he faced possible prosecution for leaving military service or forced return to the front. Murtazov signed a three-year contract with the Akhmat unit in August 2022 — according to him, under pressure from Chechen security forces, who allegedly threatened to send his younger brothers to war otherwise. * Ar

The letters expressed appreciation for the actions the companies made ahead of Moldova’s 2025 election and asked for the efforts to be repeated.

Fighters from the Chechen Akhmat unit have previously been accused of committing similar crimes against Russian civilians.

Public opinion surveys say that Karapetyan would be Pashinyan’s primary opponent in the June elections.

Regional * Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said Kyiv had finalised agreements to provide drone interceptors and technology with three countries, and that Ukraine has ‘requests from 11 countries — the Middle East and the Gulf, plus we’re also gradually turning our attention to the Caucasus’. Zelenskyi did not specify which country he was referring to in the Caucasus. Armenia * The house arrest of Strong Armenia party leader Samvel Karapetyan has been extended for another three month

Berlin called Moscow’s statements unfounded after German Ambassador Alexander Graf Lambsdorff was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disease that causes rapid muscle loss — in Georgia, there is little state support for healthcare.

The same day, another bag containing 14 kilogrammes of gold bars was found in the Istanbul airport storage locker.

Ambassador Paweł Herczyński was summoned by Tbilisi for his critical remarks in Brussels.

Regional Some Georgian media outlets have reported that, as part of the border demarcation process, Armenia would hand over the border village of Jiliza to Georgia. The press secretary of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Nazeli Baghdasaryan, denied the reports in a social media post today. Armenia Artur Avanesyan, a member of Samvel Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia party, has been placed under pre-trial detention for two months on charges of electoral bribery. His lawyers say he denies all allegat

Lazare Grigoriadis was detained two years after being pardoned.

The organisation refused to hold the protest at an alternative location.

The sentencing comes amidst an apparent purge of former senior officials.

Regional * Today, five freight wagons of wheat will be sent to Armenia via Azerbaijan. Armenia * Today Armenia commemorates the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire, which resulted in the deaths of nearly 1.5 million Armenians. * In his message on the occasion, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that according to Armenian academic literature, the genocide ‘was also a consequence of the practice of drawing the Armenian people into international ma

The warning is the latest in a series of similar messages from Moscow to Yerevan.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed his reluctance to make the destruction ‘a subject of international discussions’.

My Happy Family is a portrait of a middle-aged Georgian woman who dares to get a room — and a life — of her own.

The effort to oust MP Kan Kvarchiya stemmed from a public dispute involving Russian political strategists apparently illegally working in Abkhazia.

The deal follows the Azerbaijani debut of the premier fighting championship in 2025.

The Country to Live party, linked to Ruben Vardanyan, will cooperate with Samvel Karapetyan’s alliance.

The resolutions demanded the release of imprisoned Armenians in Baku.

What the latest raid on a queer nightclub in Baku reveals about the future of queer life in Azerbaijan.

Regional * Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan told Armenian media in Turkey that Turkey’s decision not to open the land border with Armenia, despite having agreed to do so in 2022, had been impacted by ‘Azerbaijan, through its lobbying and influence’. * Today, 16 freight wagons of diesel fuel will be shipped from Azerbaijan to Armenia. * The Foreign Ministry has summoned Belgium and the Netherlands’ ambassadors over resolutions adopted by their parliaments calling for the release o

The Chechen opposition movement NIYSO has stated that some of those abducted are elderly people.

The building, if completed, would be the tallest skyscraper in the South Caucasus.