Photo by Farhodjon Chinberdiev on Unsplash On 18 May, the Hilton Tashkent City Hotel will host the 2nd International Forum “Implementing Best Practices in Poverty Reduction”. This year, the Forum is organized by the Centre for Economic Research and Reforms (CERR) together with the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Forum is…
Photo by Edoardo Ceriani on Unsplash Putin has consistently prepared for war with the West, which he considers a response to Russia’s “historic humiliation” – the collapse of the USSR. After the end of the Second Chechen War, Russia immediately began to accumulate military resources for territorial expansion in the post-Soviet space, no country within which the Kremlin…
Photo by Aleksandra Dementeva on Unsplash The Pro-Western and pro-democratic Armenian PR campaign is intensifying, flooding Armenian outlets in English all over the world. “Will the West save Armenia?”, laments the reputable Past outlet, demanding to protect the only democracy in the Caucasus from Azerbaijani dictatorship. “The West should support Armenia’s democracy, because it cannot be taken for…
Photo by Gemma Chua-Tran on Unsplash Members of the European Parliament have voted to give consent for the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (IC). All EU Member States have previously signed up to the convention but six countries have yet to ratify the accord. Following today’s…
Photo by Bernard Hermant on Unsplash The transmission system operators of Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and SOCAR signed an important Memorandum of Understanding in Sofia today, 25th April. The signing ceremony of the “Memorandum of Understanding for encouraging cooperation among Bulgartransgaz (Bulgaria), Transgaz (Romania), FGSZ (Hungary), Eustream (Slovakia) and the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR)”…
Photo by Aaron Lau on Unsplash The EU has been told it “must not shrink from taking a clear united and strong stance” against China. The demand was made by senior German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer, Foreign Policy Coordinator of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. He was commenting on the EU’s China policy which is on the…
Ukrainian children need help from around the world because of aggression by the Russian Federation. The war unleashed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine which has been characterised by extreme cruelty and the suffering of civilians. To date, more than 77,000 facts of war crimes by the Russian army have been logged in Ukraine. This…
Photo by Orkhan Farmanli on Unsplash Accordng to the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, on 11 April units of the Armed Forces of Armenia fired on the Azerbaijan Army’s defensive positions stationed in the Lachin district. As a result of this unprovoked assault, several servicemen of the Azerbaijan Army were killed or injured. The Armenian…
Photo by Aleksandra Dementeva on Unsplash The News Agency APA reports that the Monitoring Group of Human Rights Organizations has presented a new report on violations of human rights and freedoms in Armenia. The report contains detailed information on cases of violation of human rights and freedoms, ill-treatment of civilians, people detained during demonstrations, and criminal cases against…
Photo by Sander Sammy on Unsplash An army of murderers and rapists: Putin is transferring amnestied criminals to EU countries. The Russian hybrid threat is becoming more and more tangible and closer to the civilised world, the European continent in particular, and is taking on completely new forms and manifestations. It is not just the usual Kremlin threats…
