South Caucasus

February 08, 2026 20:09

• Activists expressed hope for US intervention in the fate of convicted Karabakh leaders.

  Representatives of the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities, public organizations, and clergy in Armenia appealed to US Vice President J.D. Vance. They expressed confidence that Washington could play a key role in resolving humanitarian issues, particularly the release of prisoners.

February 08, 2026 09:18

• A teenager has been arrested in connection with the shooting at a Baku lyceum.

  A Baku court has remanded in custody a tenth-grader who opened fire with his father's gun at a lyceum. Doctors have described the teacher injured by the teenager as stable after surgery.

February 08, 2026 07:20

• A picketer in Yerevan called for the release of a man arrested in the Tyumen case.

  Activist Alexander Sherchenkov held a solo picket near the Russian embassy in Armenia in support of Nikita Oleynik, who was arrested in Russia in connection with the "Tyumen case."

February 07, 2026 22:44

• The Armenian Defense Ministry reported the death of a soldier.

  The body of serviceman David Manukyan was found in one of the military units of the Armenian Ministry of Defense.

February 07, 2026 20:44

• Participants in a march for education joined pro-European protests in Tbilisi.

  The "Protect Education" march concluded at the Georgian Parliament. Participants, including Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, joined supporters of European integration, who have been protesting for 437 consecutive days.

February 07, 2026 14:44

• The Georgian Military Highway is open to all vehicles.

  Restrictions on the exit of heavy-duty vehicles from North Ossetia along the Georgian Military Highway have been lifted.

February 07, 2026 12:46

• Protesters in Yerevan complained about the developer.

  Residents of a new residential complex in Yerevan are forced to heat their homes with electric appliances due to a lack of gas at the developer's expense, protesters complained.

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