Day: January 22, 2026

Azerbaijan National Art Museum invites you to join a lecture on Mirza Gadim Iravani’s artistic legacy, Azernews reports.

The energy systems of Armenia and Azerbaijan will be integrated, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on Wednesday during a session of the National Assembly of Armenia, answering questions from MPs, Azernews reports.

Pashinyan says Armenian and Azerbaijani energy systems of ‘will definitely’ be interconnected  oc-media.org

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has reached a framework for a deal with NATO regarding the future of Greenland, which would include access to rare-earth mineral rights, Azernews reports via CNBC.

🔊 South Caucasus in Trump’s focus – Betting on Azerbaijan

#Caliber #SouthCaucasus #Trump #president #IlhamAliyev #Azerbaijan #news
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— Caliber English (@CaliberEnglish) Jan 22, 2026

FC Qarabag has secured a dramatic 3–2 victory over Germany’s Eintracht Frankfurt at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium in Baku in Matchday 7 of the UEFA Champions League group phase.

EU Commissioner Marta Kos: Agreement Reached with Azerbaijani President to Boost South Caucasus Trade Ties 🌏

#EU Commissioner Marta Kos @MartaKosEU announced an agreement with #Azerbaijan|i President Ilham Aliyev @presidentaz to strengthen trade links with the #SouthCaucasus

— APA News Agency (@APA_English) Jan 22, 2026

Police arrested 88 drug dealers and others involved in drug-related crimes nationwide over the past 24 hours, a figure Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze described as “unprecedented.”

At a January 22 briefing, Darakhvelidze said police seized a “particularly large amount” of “various narcotics and psychotropic substances,” as well as firearms and money believed to come from illegal drug sales. Those arrested include both Georgian and foreign nationals. They face up to 20 years or life in prison.

Darakhvelidze said the dealers were selling drugs “systematically” to citizens. Among the drugs seized were cocaine, heroin, alpha-PVP, buprenorphine, methadone, morphine, MDMA, and dried marijuana, as well as items used for packaging.

The continued arrests follow what the Georgian Dream government describes as its “uncompromising” fight against drug-related crimes. At the end of 2025, the Interior Ministry said that over seven months it had arrested more than 5,000 people for drug-related offenses, including about 2,000 involved in drug dealing, and vowed to continue its crackdown on drugs.

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• 02/07/2025 – Georgian Dream Criminalizes Small Marijuana Possession