Author: Tsisana Machabeli

Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of deploying troops to the border, further exacerbating tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh. However, both rejected the accusations and said they remained committed to the peace process. Reporting from Armenpress , Wednesday (13/9), Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused Azerbaijan of “increasing military posture along the Nagorno-Karabakh line and the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.” The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kemenlu) also emphasized that it has no plans to carry out military escalation and is ready to continue efforts towards a peace agreement. Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani side rejected the accusations claiming that they had been provoked. “These claims are part of…

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is in Lori Province on a working visit. During a tour in Vanadzor, an elderly woman approached and thanked him for increasing the pensions. Pashinyan, in turn, urged conducting cashless commerce so that the pensions would be higher. Also, the PM presented details of his visit to Vanadzor on his Facebook page. “Overhauling work of 2 traffic lanes of almost 1km section of Khorenatsi Street is in progress with the funding of the Government, for which around 273 million drams have been allocated. “Overhauling work is carried out also in the 1.1km section of Hrachya…

Lindsay Shiver and husband, ex-Auburn football player Robert Shiver, are in midst of nasty divorce. A Georgia housewife who is charged with conspiring with her Bahamian lover to try to snuff out her wealthy insurance executive husband said it’s been difficult since she was arrested for the alleged plot. “It’s been really tough,” Lindsay Shiver, 36, who was wearing an ankle monitor, told the New York Post after checking in at a local police station in Nassau, Bahamas. “It’s been hard. But I can’t speak about it.” She was released Wednesday on $100,000 bail after spending 19 days in the notorious Fox Hill prison…

Police violence, restricted freedom of movement, repression of freedom of expression, over-regulation by the new state media agency… Azerbaijani journalists face a particularly hostile working environment. The subject was addressed during the Shusha Global Media Forum, on 22-23 July, in the Karabakh region. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) took part in the Forum to support the work of independent Azerbaijani journalists and to back their affiliate, the Azerbaijan Union of Journalists, (JuHI). During the session of the Forum dedicated to the safety of journalists, IFJ General Secretary Anthony Bellanger, recalled the absolute necessity for the United Nations to…

Police in the sprawling suburbs northeast of Atlanta say an investigator with a county prosecutor’s office was shot and wounded by another motorist while driving. An investigator with a metro Atlanta county prosecutor’s office was shot and wounded by another motorist while driving Friday evening, police said, and a widespread search was launched for the suspect using helicopters, canines and road patrols. Initial information indicated the investigator with the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office was not on duty at the time and a motive for the shooting was not yet known, Sgt. Michele Pihera, a county police spokeswoman, said. The…

The European Union and UNDP, as part of the EU4Climate programme, supported the Green Market Festival held in Tbilisi on 3-4 June. The Festival was organised by the ‘Vintylator’ social enterprise and the ‘Betterfly” advertising company in collaboration with a range of contributors. The Green Market Festival provided a platform for civil society, the private sector, youth and activists to promote green living, learn from each other’s experiences and explore partnership opportunities. Educational and recreational activities included an eco-company fair, an educational corner for children and an exhibition of products made from recycled materials. The EU4Climate programme is a joint…

British MP Adam Holloway, presenting a report on Georgia in the British Parliament, said that the ruling Georgian Dream party is a pro-Putin and pro-Russian group whose leadership threatens to turn Georgia into a Russian puppet and deliberately undermines the criteria for joining the European Union. “From the very beginning, the Georgian Dream Party has been an organization positive towards Russia and controlled by the Russian leadership. Party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, a former prime minister of Georgia, is an oligarch who likely made his money from deals with Russia. He is suspected of using his fortune to buy votes and appoint people loyal…

About 30 natives of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia and Chechnya, convicted under terrorist articles, are on hunger strike in a Baghdad prison, demanding a revision of their cases and return to Russia. The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that in June 2021, the participants of the seminar in Moscow noted that Russian authorities understand the need to return militants’ wives and children, including natives of Northern Caucasus, from Syria, but the problems of their social adaptation remain topical. The women from Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia and Chechnya kept in the Baghdad prison “Rusafa” demand a revision of their cases and return to Russia,…

On April 27, the Batumi City Court found illegal the decision by the Adjara TV and Radio Company to dismiss Malkhaz Rekhviashvili, host of the talk show “Hashtag,” after he made critical remarks about the broadcaster’s new management. The Social Justice Center, a local human rights watchdog that defended Rekhviashvili’s interests in court, clarified that the court rejected Rekhviashvili’s request for reinstatement because the talk show “Hashtag” was closed several months ago. Instead, the court ordered the broadcaster to pay Rekhviashvili a compensation of GEL 5,000. According to the Social Justice Center, the court shared the defense’s arguments that the management’s decision…

MACON – The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture and Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) are jointly promoting agricultural literacy by donating copies of the children’s book “I Love Strawberries” to nearly 400 libraries in the Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS).  The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture (GFA) and Georgia EMC have given each county Farm Bureau in Georgia enough books for every public library in the county. Thomas County Farm Bureau recently delivered a copy of the book to the six public libraries in Thomas County. “I Love Strawberries,” written by Shannon Anderson and illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett, follows Jolie…