The vote was seen as a test for the ruling party after months of a standoff between the Georgian Dream and the opposition United National Movement.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has made a drive against the magnates a focal point of his administration, particularly in view of the U.S. criticism that they were influencing the day-to-day operations of the government.

Little common ground has been found on the main issues separating the two ex-Soviet states – principally the restoration of blocked transit routes, now the focal point of attempts to move on from the hostilities.

Whether Gazprom will secure the necessary German and EU authorisations to proceed with the pipeline is not yet certain.

Without strong efforts both bottom-up and top-down to preserve love for literature, the domestic book market may continue to suffer.

Fattah took part in the battles for Jabrail, Aghdam and Fizuli during the first [pre-2020] phase of the Karabakh war. He barely endures parting with the land of his ancestors.

Russia wasted no time in dismissing both the outcome of the talks in Washington and the chances of a meeting sometime this year between Putin and Zelensky.

The homes in Yenokavan, 140 km north of Yerevan, are modest, generally two-story dwellings of Tufa rock – a dense material formed by ancient volcanoes with a characteristic pinkish hue. Many families have their own cow sheds.

The report examines attacks on civilians in various Azerbaijani cities including the second largest city of Ganja.

The village is at least 500 years old. By having it built so high in the mountains, its first residents wanted it to be as hard to reach as possible. The remoteness was supposed to keep invaders at bay.