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Jail scandal fells second Georgia minister before vote

August 23, 2021 at 2:33 p.m.

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's Interior Minister Bacho Akhalaia handed in his resignation on Thursday as President Mikheil Saakashvili sought to soothe protests over a prison abuse scandal that erupted across...

Georgian president names new PM as elections loom

December 24, 2018 at 8:21 a.m.

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili named his close ally, Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili, as the new prime minister on Saturday ahead of parliamentary elections due in October. Saakashvili,...

Georgian president names new PM as elections loom

August 23, 2021 at 10:02 a.m.

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili named his close ally, Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili, as the new prime minister on Saturday ahead of parliamentary elections due in October. Saakashvili,...

Iran’s “gay” Eurovision jibes strain Azerbaijan ties

August 23, 2021 at 7:36 a.m.

BAKU (Reuters) - Iran has withdrawn its ambassador from Azerbaijan after clerics criticized Baku's hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest, further souring relations between the Islamic Republic and its secular...

Iran’s “gay” Eurovision jibes strain Azerbaijan ties

December 24, 2018 at 4:30 a.m.

BAKU (Reuters) - Iran has withdrawn its ambassador from Azerbaijan after clerics criticized Baku's hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest, further souring relations between the Islamic Republic and its secular...

Azeri police hold critics days before Eurovision contest

August 23, 2021 at 7:27 a.m.

BAKU (Reuters) - Days before Azerbaijan comes under global scrutiny as it hosts the Eurovision song contest, police detained at least 10 protesters in central Baku on Monday during a...

Azeri police hold critics days before Eurovision contest

December 24, 2018 at 4:16 a.m.

BAKU (Reuters) - Days before Azerbaijan comes under global scrutiny as it hosts the Eurovision song contest, police detained at least 10 protesters in central Baku on Monday during a...

Hackers break into Azerbaijan Eurovision websites

December 24, 2018 at 3:54 a.m.

BAKU (Reuters) - A group of hackers calling themselves Cyberwarriors for Freedom attacked the official websites of the Eurovision song contest on Thursday, demanding that the host nation, Azerbaijan, cancel...

Armenia president’s party wins election-early results

December 24, 2018 at 2:46 a.m.

YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan's Republican Party won a parliamentary election, early results showed on Monday, in a poll that was seen as a test of democracy in...

Armenia president’s party wins election

December 24, 2018 at 2:38 a.m.

YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan's Republican Party won a parliamentary majority, election results showed on Monday, strengthening his position ahead of a presidential election next year. The Republican...

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