News editors arrested for ‘extortion’ in Azerbaijan
An editor at news site Azel TV and the editor-in-chief of news site Kheberfakt have been charged with extorting money from politicians.
WHO recommendations ‘widely disregarded’ in South Ossetia’s Akhalgori
Tbilisi-based rights group DRI has reported that the ethnic-Georgian populated area is particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Coronavirus live updates | Georgia lifts quarantine in eight villages in Bolnisi
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Coronavirus live updates | Georgia’s Marneuli Municipality reopens
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Leaked Zoom meetings reveal homophobia and discord among Azerbaijan’s opposition
Comments made by leading members of the National Council of Democratic Forces included that one ‘regreted Hitler did not exterminate the gays’.
Man disappears in Grozny after returning to be with family during pandemic
According to his mother, Eduard Khadzhiyev was taken away by men in military fatigues over a month ago.
Coronavirus live updates | Georgian Orthodox Church marks 17 May in ‘blessmobiles’
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Fists fly during sitting of Armenia’s National Assembly
The fight involved members of the opposition Bright Armenia parliamentary faction and the ruling My Step coalition.
Georgian President pardons opposition figures
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has announced she is pardoning two opposition leaders, Gigi Ugulava and Irakli Okruashvili.
Abkhazia relaxes restrictions amid new outbreak of COVID-19
The authorities cited a need to minimise the impact on the economy despite 14 new cases being discovered.