First Vice President and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva (R), standing next to Pope Francis and her husband, President Ilham Aliyev, plays an increasingly assertive role.

The Georgian government is afraid to use the word “crisis.” Why do they insist there is no crisis? Why do they seek and find the new words for naming something that is so simple, and lies on the surface?

Georgia’s Coast Guard is holding joint maritime exercises with NATO member state naval forces in the Black Sea, in a continuing move to integrate the ex-Soviet country with the Atlantic alliance’s security strategy.

It may be hard to believe, but what is a festive occasion for most of us in my country and our neighbors is, as too often in this world, a matter of some controversy. 

First Vice President and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva plays an increasingly assertive role.

Armenia will hold a snap parliamentary election on June 20, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday, in a decisive step aimed at diffusing political tensions and a power vacuum.