News and Current Events in the Caucasus
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- Georgian Police Clash With Opposition Protesters As Saakashvili Goes On Trial
Scuffles between police and former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's supporters took place outside Tbilisi City Court on November 29, as it heard a new case against him for the violent dispersal of a 2007 protest. ...
Radio Liberty. Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:16:00 +0000. - Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan sign agreement on swap gas supplies - TV
Under the deal, from 1.5 to 2 billion cubic meters of gas will be pumped annually from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan via Iran
Tass. Sun, 28 Nov 2021 20:12:51 +0300. - Armenia-Azerbaijan border clash claims casualties, dozens missing
A border skirmish between Armenia and Azerbaijan this week resulted in eight deaths and many more wounded before the nations agreed to another cease-fire.
Peter Aitken. Fox News. Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:29:12 GMT. - Armenian and Azerbaijan clash again in Nagorno-Karabakh
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 18 November accused Armenia of violating a 16 November truce following clashes between the two South Caucasus countries ...
Janes 360. Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:50:09 Z. - Back in the USSR: Eerie photos show abandoned fairground reclaimed by nature, an empty swimming pool
The haunting images, from Ukraine, Russia, Latvia and Armenia, show abandoned relics of the former Communist regime abandoned in the years since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
Daily Mail. Thu, 18 Nov 2021 14:10:57 +0000. - Armenian troops killed in Azerbaijan border clash
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a Russian-backed ceasefire, reports say.
BBC News. Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:19:40 GMT. - Armenia And Azerbaijan See Deadly Violence At Border Again A Year After War
It comes a year after a Russia-brokered truce between the two.
By Téa Kvetenadze, Forbes Staff. Forbes. Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:14:13 -0500. - Easternmost Roman aqueduct discovered in Armenia
Archaeologists have discovered remains of a Roman arched aqueduct during excavation work on the Hellenistic royal city of Artashat-Artaxata in ancient Armenia. It is the easternmost arched aqueduct in the Roman Empire.
Science Daily. Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:34:45 EST. - This Arshile Gorky Painting Spent 70 Years Hidden in Plain Sight
Experts discovered a sea-blue canvas by the Armenian American artist concealed beneath another one of his works on paper
Smithsonian. Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:49:51 +0000. - Georgia arrests ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili
He returned from exile ahead of local elections, amid a protracted political crisis in the Caucasus country.
Straits Times. Sat, 02 Oct 2021 01:11:01 +0800.
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Facts About The Caucasus Region
For official news and information about the nations of the Caucasus, visit the government websites highlighted below.
The Republic of Armenia's capital city is Yerevan, and its currency is the Dram. Armenian is the principal language of Armenia, and the nation's estimated population in 2020 was 2,963,243.
The Azerbaijan Republic's capital city is Baku, and its currency is the Manat. Azerbaijan's primary language is Azeri, and in 2020, its estimated population was 10,139,177.
Georgia's capital city is Tbilisi, and its currency is the Lari. Georgian and Russian are the primary languages used in Georgia, and the country's estimated population in 2020 was 3,989,167.