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Owner of Georgia’s large telecommunications company, Silknet, Giorgi Ramishvili, has been arrested
Owner of Silknet, Giorgi Ramishvili, arrested in Georgia On July 6, prominent businessman Giorgi Ramishvili, owner of Silknet – one of Georgia’s largest telecommunications companies – was detained at Tbilisi airport. The Ministry of Internal...

The GRU is organizing operations to intimidate and control Georgia
Main image: A man standing next to barbed wire on the separation line between Georgia and the breakaway region of South Ossetia in Khurvaleti. Photo: Shutterstock Since the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, Moscow has launched large-scale psychological...

Top Female Chess Players Gather In Batumi For FIDE Women's World Cup
(MENAFN- AzerNews) The opening ceremony of the Women's World Chess Cup has been held in Batumi, Georgia. Azernews reports that the event was attended by government officials, President of the Georgian Chess Federation Akaki Iashvili, President of...

Georgian restaurateur in Czech Republic linked to alleged Russian underworld figures and Kremlin-backed foundation
Georgian restaurateur in Czech Republic linked to alleged Russian underworld figures and Kremlin-backed foundation The Pirosmani restaurant in Karlovy Vary, a picturesque spa town in the Czech Republic known for its hot springs and elegant...

'Brilliant artist': Provocateur Demna takes on slumping Gucci
Celebrated, controversial and clearly up for a challenge, fashion designer Demna is set to step into one of the most difficult jobs in the luxury clothing industry next week as chief creative at struggling Gucci. The 44-year-old, who fled the...

‘Lelo – Strong Georgia’ joins elections; rest of opposition slams move, calls for boycott
Georgia: Lelo runs in elections, opposition criticizes The first open statement from the Georgian opposition confirming participation in the October 4 municipal elections has been made. On July 5, Irakli Kupradze, a leader of the “Lelo – Strong...

Sailing the Aegean Through Art: Captivating Exhibitions Across the Greek Islands
Museums, historical and neoclassical buildings, public schools, a onetime orphanage-turned-prison, a former boys’ boarding school, —spaces with their own layered histories become hosts for works by contemporary artists. Installations, ceramics,...
Legendary TV Composer Mark Snow Dies at 78 – FANS MOURN ICONIC ‘X-FILES’ SOUND
Texas Viewers (75015): If you watch TV shows like The X-Files, you’ve probably heard the eerie music that begins each episode. That music was created by Mark Snow. He was a popular music composer for shows such as Blue Bloods and Smallville. Mark...

Azerbaijan-Russia Tensions Rise After Diaspora Raids and Safarov Deaths
On June 27, Russian security forces conducted raids on Azerbaijani diaspora centers, resulting in the detention of over fifty individuals. Some of them sustained injuries, and the Safarov brothers – 55-year-old Ziyaddin and 60-year-old Huseyn –...

OPINION: Armenian-Turkish-Azerbaijani Reconciliation Rattles Russia
News has been filtering through of an Armenia - Azerbaijan - Türkiye deal over the Zangezur corridor - this follows the visit of Armenian PM Pashinyan to Türkiye last month. A few conclusions herein: First, it augurs well for a final Armenia -...

Russia’s psychological operations in Georgia: a multifaceted strategy of control
Georgia remains a key target for Moscow’s hybrid operations. Combining some direct physical actions with influence campaigns, the Kremlin aims to convince the country that its presence and power are a natural state of affairs. July 4, 2025 -...
Political Repression in Russia in June 2025
On the basis of the research of the Russian association OVD-Info, we have identified 30 cases of Russian citizens sentenced for political reasons to effective prison terms from 1 to 22 years (almost 270 years in total) in June 2025 and serving...

South Georgia library manager fired for trans-inclusive display
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Russia launches another horrific attack on Kyiv hours after Trump-Putin call
KYIV — Ripe cherries and apricots fill the stalls of fruit vendors, while people bustle about on a scorching July Friday. Yet just a five-minute walk from the stand, the scene shifts dramatically: a gaping hole mars the five-story residential...

Zangezur Corridor through Armenia back in the spotlight: US plan and Azerbaijan-Russia tensions
US and Zangezur Corridor management Several online outlets have published a sensational report claiming that the United States is ready to take over the administration of the Zangezur Corridor, potentially resolving one of the most contentious...
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Azerbaijan represented for first time at China's largest television and film market [PHOTOS]
The Azerbaijan State Film Agency (ARFA) has participated in the Shanghai International Film & TV Market held in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, Azernews reports. The Shanghai International Film & TV Market is one of the most prestigious...

Armenian Street Festival to take place at Bucharest’s Botanical Garden in August
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora....

OP-ED: Good Things Are Happening in Our Neighborhood. On Azerbaijan–Russia–Armenia
Despite my enduring antipathy towards Ilham Aliyev, the main architect behind Azerbaijan’s swamp of dictatorship and corruption, I’ve admired him just as much as a grandmaster of foreign policy. Aliyev outplayed not just Armenia’s foreign policy...

In their Pilates era! From Love Island's Georgia Steel to Strictly's Kristina Rihanoff - a look at the stars who have quit reality TV to become fitness instructors
Popular reality TV shows such as Love Island, Made In Chelsea and Big Brother have produced a host of celebrities. Many often go on to live glamorous showbiz lives as influencers, actors, TV stars or models - but others have embarked on a brand...

Georgian protester sentenced to five years in prison against backdrop of protests
Join the voices Aliyev wants to silence. For over eight years, OC Media has worked with fearless journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. Help us fuel...