Day: May 27, 2024

Armenian police detained hundreds of anti-government protesters who attempted to block traffic in Yerevan as demonstrations continued over controversial territorial concessions made to neighboring Azerbaijan. More than 270 people were detained on May 27, according Armenia’s Interior Ministry. Protest leader Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian had called for a “nationwide campaign of disobedience” and the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over a deal that returned control of several border villages to Azerbaijan.

Boundary delimitations in northern Armenia have sparked mass protests in Yerevan as anti-government crowds call for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over concessions to Azerbaijan.

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 13-19, 2024  Caucasian Knot

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has appointed a new ambassador to Syria. The kingdom’s diplomatic mission in Damascus, which was closed in 2012, will be headed by Seif bin Saud al-Mujfel

Albanian President Bajram Begaj has addressed a congratulatory letter to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Ceramic Art by Tutu Kiladze. #GeorgianArt 2/2 – more: https://t.co/BSmJPNUMHS pic.twitter.com/FYFgX3Uzh0

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Ceramic Art by Tutu Kiladze. #GeorgianArt 1/2 pic.twitter.com/XpKVDAkRDb

— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) May 27, 2024