Author: Zaal Khomeriki

If matters worsen for Armenia, Russia may offer the ultimate trade of sovereignty for security. The Republic of Armenia has been under attack by Azerbaijan. Baku may not halt its aggression any time soon. If matters worsen for Armenia, Russia may offer the ultimate trade of sovereignty for security. The West needs to understand that Armenia, a rising democratic state, strongly linked to Western businesses in IT and ranked 11 out of 165 in the world for economic freedom, is significantly vulnerable to larger powers of the region and dependent on authoritarian Russia and Iran for assistance. Each is facing its own domestic issues and…

April 29 (Reuters) – Turkey on Saturday closed its airspace to low-cost Armenian airline FlyOne Armenia without warning, the domestic Armenpress news agency cited the carrier’s board chairman as saying. “For reasons incomprehensible to us and without any visible grounds, Turkish aviation authorities cancelled the permission previously granted to the FlyOne Armenia airline to operate flights to Europe through Turkish airspace,” said Aram Ananyan, FlyOne’s chairman. “Turkish aviation authorities implemented the cancellation without prior notification, putting our airline and our passengers in an uncomfortable situation.” FlyOne Armenia, a subsidiary of Moldovan airline FlyOne, began operations in December 2021. In February…

Head of the Gali district in Abkhazia, Konstantin Pilia, has proposed an initiative for a casino. He believes this will make the area attractive to tourists and have a positive impact on the local budget. Unfotunately, gambling is prohibited in Abkhazia. The Gali region of Abkhazia is populated mainly by ethnic Georgians. Konstantin Pilia has even scouted a place for a casino — the village of Primorskoye which, although located on the coast, is not popular with tourists. Gambling has been banned in Abkhazia since 2006. The ban was introduced by former president Sergei Bagapsh after several people committed suicide over…

Fourth graders from Blackshear Elementary, Midway Elementary and Patterson Elementary toured the GA AG Experience recently. Students learned about STEM in GA farming through interactive exhibits in GA AG Experience’s mobile classroom. Fourth grade students from Blackshear Elementary (BES), Midway Elementary (MES) and Patterson Elementary (PES) have a better understanding of how farmers grow their food thanks to the Georgia Ag Experience. The Georgia Ag Experience is a mobile classroom housed in a 36-foot trailer, which gives elementary students the chance to take a virtual field trip to a farm without leaving their school. Colorful farm photos, interactive technology and…

Georgia police are investigating reports that Trent Lehrkamp, 19, was forced to guzzle vodka and take mushrooms by a group of teens before he lost consciousness and was allegedly tied to a chair, urinated on and spray-painted, according to online reports and officials. The Glynn County Police Department said in a press release Sunday that on March 21, they responded to Southeast Georgia Health Center around 10:40 p.m. after receiving a report of an alleged hazing incident. Three minors allegedly dropped off Lehrkamp at the hospital and registered their names with the ER, the release says. Lehrkamp had spray paint on him…

Bill is to protect devoutly religious folks and could leave LGBTQ less protected, critics say. ATLANTA — Republicans in the legislature have introduced a religious freedom bill – a measure that has divided lawmakers for most of the last decade. The bill is designed to protect people of faith against discrimination. Mike Griffin – a Baptist preacher — has spent much of the last decade trying to get the state to enact a religious freedom bill. He’s now backing a religious freedom bill introduced by Sen. Ed Setzler (R-Acworth). “I am happy because I stand for the Constitution and I’m…

The Herschel Walker campaign aide said the conservative leader groped him without his consent in October. WASHINGTON — Matt Schlapp, one of the nation’s most prominent conservative leaders and a top ally of former President Donald Trump, is being accused of sexually groping a male aide on Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s campaign in October. “He reached in between my legs and fondled me,” the former Walker staffer told NBC News in a telephone interview Thursday night. “To my shame, I didn’t say anything” to stop Schlapp. NBC News is withholding the staffer’s name at his request because he fears…