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UZBEKISTAN, March 8 – World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde praised the reforms in Uzbekistan A meeting was held with representatives of the World Bank…

The opposition parties Girchi, Droa-More Freedom and Strategy Aghmashenebeli have announced consultations with opposition parties, non-governmental groups, and civil society on the EU’s 12 recommendations. Strategy Agmashenebeli leader Giorgi Vashadze…

BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 27. The memorandum of understanding on vitality cooperation between the EU and Azerbaijan is a rational step and is probably the start of a new stage of…

As Russian President Vladimir Putin massed his military on Ukraine’s border in late 2021, many analysts doubted Putin would actually invade. But not Dmitri Alperovitch. “He was seeing Ukraine slip away…

At about 1am on February 24 last year, Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, received a troubling phone call. After spending months building up a more than 100,000-strong invasion force on…

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but it is not readily applicable in relation to everything that one may need to dwell upon, particularly when what one should contemplate…

ASHGABAT — Pro-Russian propaganda efforts are under way in Turkmenistan, with officials in the authoritarian state vilifying the West for supporting Kyiv and whitewashing Moscow’s image amid its unprovoked attack…

Brussels, Berlin, Paris (10/11 – 50) Rishi Sunak became the first man of Asian and Hindu descent to lead Downing Street. It shall be in the history books when he…

It’s not easy to buy Christmas gifts for your colleagues. You tell yourself that no one really needs another coin pouch, hand cream, or a candle, but the season of…

Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of another cease-fire violation along the two South Caucasus nations’ restive border. Military authorities in Yerevan said on November 21 that Azerbaijan’s armed forces fired in…