Georgia

January 07, 2026 10:18

• Human rights activists have deemed the amnesty act insufficient to resolve the issue of political prisoners in Azerbaijan.

  The number of political prisoners pardoned in Azerbaijan has exceeded 50. However, according to human rights activists, the amnesty only affected religious political prisoners who had less than six months left on their sentences.

January 07, 2026 06:54

• Ukrainian authorities reported the use of generators from Georgia.

  Since the beginning of the Russian military operation, Georgia has sent 36 industrial generators to Ukraine.

January 06, 2026 23:57

• Protesters in Tbilisi celebrated Christmas on Rustaveli Avenue.

  Pro-European protesters celebrated Christmas together by singing the festive anthem "Alilo" and lighting candles. Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, participated in the festive event.

January 06, 2026 17:56

• The defendants in the Toplum TV case have challenged the panel of judges.

  Toplum TV journalists challenged the court's composition, citing the judges' bias and the unfair nature of their case. They also called the inclusion of information about their foreign travels in the list of evidence unfounded.

January 06, 2026 16:13

• The Epiphany procession became part of Pashinyan's campaign against Etchmiadzin.

  After the Christmas service, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused the Catholicos of All Armenians of schism and sectarianism. Harassment of the Church undermines the authority of the state, Karekin II stated.

January 06, 2026 10:14

• The Epiphany in Armenia is celebrated amid a standoff between Etchmiadzin and the authorities.

  A standoff has erupted at a church in Talin: supporters of the Civil Contract party are preventing a serving priest from entering the church to conduct the Christmas liturgy, insisting on a defrocked priest conducting the service. The party's leader, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, announced his intention to lead a religious procession in Yerevan to express his support for the reform of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

January 06, 2026 06:41

• Baku and Istanbul announced a major gas contract

  A new agreement for the supply of 33 billion cubic meters of natural gas was signed between Azerbaijan and Turkey.

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