Source link The government has entered talks with Armenia amid opposition to its Rwanda plan, the newspaper has reported Britain has entered talks with Armenia to launch a migrant deportation scheme similar to London’s controversial deal with Rwanda, The Times reported on Monday. According to the newspaper, leaked documents have revealed that the British government […]
Source link Azerbaijan is a flourishing market and is not re-exporting vehicles to the sanctioned country, a British motoring group has claimed An unprecedented surge in car exports from the UK to Azerbaijan is not related to Russia or sanctions evasion, the British Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has claimed, as cited by […]
Source link Moldova’s President Maia Sandu is refusing to include an autonomous region’s elected head in her cabinet, citing “criminal” links Moldovan President Maia Sandu has refused to sign a decree appointing the head of the autonomous region of Gagauzia, Yevgenia Gutul, as a member of the government, as required by the country’s legislation. This […]
Source link At the same time, more than half of Moldova’s population supports EU membership, according to the study A majority of Moldovans are against their country joining NATO, but are in favor of EU membership, a poll has revealed. If a referendum on the former Soviet republic becoming a NATO member were held in […]
Source link Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has chastised the US Secretary of State for criticizing a proposed law on foreign agents Washington should audit NGOs that it funds in Kyrgyzstan for possible corruption instead of endorsing their claims that Bishkek is persecuting them, President Sadyr Japarov wrote in his response to concerns expressed by Secretary […]
Source link Azerbaijan may quit the Council of Europe due to a dispute over human rights, the country’s official news agency APA reported on Thursday. The news came after the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted to suspend Baku’s delegation. According to APA, Azerbaijan “will not stand idle in the face of […]
Source link The amendment to Estonia’s Family Law, passed in June, took effect at the start of 2024 Estonia became the first former Soviet republic to legalize gay marriage on Monday, opening marriage applications to same-sex couples with the new year. Applications are expected to take between one and six months to process, with the […]
Source link The city of Dnepr has decided to strip Leonid Brezhnev of his honorary citizen title as part of the “de-communization” campaign Authorities of the Ukrainian city of Dnepr revoked on Wednesday the title of honorary citizen, which the city had bestowed on the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1979. The move was part […]
Source link Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree to hold the vote a year earlier than planned The presidential election in Azerbaijan will be held next February instead of in 2025, President Ilham Aliyev announced on Thursday. Aliyev has led the country for the past 20 years, securing his fourth term in 2018. […]
Source link The chief of security in Kyrgyzstan wants all the sites shut down across the country by December 1 Kyrgyzstan’s authorities are seeking to close establishments offering sex services in the country by December 1. The drive is spearheaded by Kamchybek Tashiev, the head of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB), the agency […]
Source link Baku claims AbzasMedia was conducting illegal financial operations involving the US, French and German embassies Azerbaijan has filed complaints with the US, Germany and France over the illegal funding of a local media outlet, which has published investigations into government corruption. Three of its journalists were recently arrested on accusations of currency smuggling. […]
Source link The Baltic nations slammed the organization for inviting Russia’s top diplomat to an upcoming summit Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have said they will not attend this week’s meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), condemning Moscow’s expected participation in the event. The three former Soviet countries announced plans to […]
Source link The ‘hostile’ move by Moldova won’t be left unanswered, the Russian Foreign Ministry has warned By agreeing to abide by the EU’s sanctions against Russia, the government of Moldova has taken another “hostile step” aimed at the destruction of bilateral relations with the country, the foreign ministry in Moscow has said. On Friday, […]
Source link The Israeli government’s initiative allows people to report anti-Semitic threats and abuse People from Russia and other former Soviet republics can now report cases of anti-Semitism via a special hotline set up by the Israeli government, the Ynet media outlet has reported. The initiative comes less than a month after anti-Jewish riots in […]
Source link Armenia should trust its neighbors over faraway “friends,” Turkish president Erdogan has said Armenia should work with Türkiye and Azerbaijan to build peace instead of looking to the West for weapons and training, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, in thinly veiled criticism of the US and France. Some Western powers […]