Eurasianet

Despite broad support for seeking closer economic ties with Beijing, pro-Western observers in Georgia are wary of the relationship getting too close.

Three major opposition parties have been denied registration by the state despite their efforts to comply with a draconian new law.

The arrest sets a chilling precedent, as most of the adult male population of the region has either fought against Azerbaijan or served in the local army, which Baku calls an "illegal armed formation."

Many of Georgia's cultural figures are convinced that Tsulukiani is on a mission to force loyalty to the government across various areas of arts and culture.

Georgians take a strong interest in their distant regal past, Armenia favours poets, and Azerbaijan is firmly focused on a nationalist narrative.

Russia's new Azerbaijan-friendly stance comes just as Baku was seeming to prefer the EU-mediated talks over those brokered by Moscow.

Gubad Ibadoglu's arrest came shortly after he vowed to retrieve "money stolen from the Azerbaijani people" and bank it in an educational fund he recently co-founded.

Azerbaijan seems happy with the EU-mediated track of negotiations with Armenia while seeing Russia as a barrier on the path to integrating Nagorno-Karabakh.

Soyudlu residents' protest last month appears to have borne fruit, but the village is still under lockdown. And more people have been arrested for showing solidarity.

The de facto president and other officials are camped out in tents in Stepanakert's central square demanding that Armenia and Russia take action to end Azerbaijan's blockade.

Environmental authorities have intensified water monitoring amid concerns about the wider effects of the Kakhovka dam collapse.

Many Azerbaijani activists wish Western democracies would do more to push back against their repressive government.

Red Cross vehicles had been the only ones granted access to the road connecting Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

Ilham Aliyev asserted that Soyudlu residents have the right to protest in the face of environmental hazards, though he also backed the police, who brutally suppressed their demonstration.

There was no change in Georgia's membership application status at the summit, but there is still a sense that things changed for the worse.

The festival's organizers said the government acted in concert with the violent demonstrators to thwart the event.

The deep well BP started drilling in its ACG oil field has found reservoirs of gas that could be available for export to Europe.

Azerbaijan has long resented France's alleged pro-Armenian stances. Now it is couching criticism of these stances in a broader critique of Paris' "neocolonialism."

The president again warned that Armenian "armed groups" must be disbanded as a prerequisite for a stable peace.

While Saakashvili's health was the official reason for Kyiv to order the Georgian ambassador to leave, more far-reaching dissatisfaction is believed to be behind the decision.

Books and publishers have become the latest target in what's seen as a government-led homophobic campaign.

Law enforcement continues to control movement in and out of the village of Soyudlu. More people have been arrested as well, including a former MP who represented the area.

The Armenian Church is boldly criticizing the country's secular leaders, particularly over their unpopular conciliatory moves in talks with Azerbaijan.

Filmmakers worry the reorganization of the Georgian National Film Center (GNFC) is essentially a purge of those not loyal to the government.

Four Karabakhi Armenian soldiers were shot dead while Armenia and Azerbaijan were negotiating in Washington for a peace deal.