Новости за 09.05.2024

Tens of thousands of Armenians rallied in Yerevan on May 9 over a border-demarcation agreement that cedes some land to Azerbaijan. The leader of the protest, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian, called on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign over the deal. The outspoken archbishop has vowed to continue leading his peaceful protest in the capital.

China and Hungary will expand cooperation in several areas, including in the nuclear power industry, Hungarian Prime Minister Vitkor Orban announced in Budapest on May 9 after talks with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping.

In Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, hundreds of supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan took to the streets of the city of Swat to demand the release of their leader. Khan is in prison on charges of corruption and abuse of power. In Peshawar, hundreds of activists from the religious party Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) held a protest rally on May 9, demanding new elections. Party leaders claim that the February elections were rigged.

Longtime university professor Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is preparing for the transition from teaching politics to practicing it following her landslide victory to unseat incumbent North Macedonia President Stevo Pendarovski.

Several Georgian opposition figures were severely beaten on May 8 amid a government crackdown on mass demonstrations over a controversial bill affecting organizations that receive international funding. Surveillance footage appears to show five men attacking a member of a Georgian opposition party outside his home in Tbilisi. Despite the assault, the man said Georgian demonstrators would "win" their fight against the so-called "foreign agent" bill.

Georgia’s ambassador to France has resigned in protest against the so-called “foreign agent” bill, becoming the first senior official to do so amid ongoing demonstrations in the capital, Tbilisi.

Tens of thousands of Armenians rallied in the center of Yerevan amid calls by an outspoken Armenian archbishop for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his government to resign over a land deal with rival Azerbaijan.

Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, 70, will become North Macedonia's first female president. She was the candidate for the nationalist opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, which also won parliamentary elections, raising concerns about the country's relations with neighbors and its EU membership negotiations.

Russian border guards will withdraw from a number of regions of Armenia but will continue to be deployed on the Armenian-Turkish and Armenian-Iranian border following an agreement between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on May 9.

Just days after announcing military exercises involving tactical nuclear weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of the rising risk of a global conflict.

Russia's Constitutional Court has registered its first lawsuit against the government over its climate policy.

Three protesters against the so-called "foreign agents" law were attacked in Tbilisi last night by unidentified persons, Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri said on May 9, adding that he condemns "all kinds of attacks."

North Macedonia’s right-wing nationalist VMRO-DPMNE party has won a clear victory in both presidential and parliamentary elections, raising concerns of colder relations with Balkan neighbors and more difficult membership negotiations with the European Union.

Attackers fatally shot seven barbers before dawn on May 9 in a home in a volatile province in southwestern Pakistan, police and a government official said.

Georgians demonstrated in cities across the country on May 8 in the latest protests against a bill that opponents say would stifle civil society. Following a harsh police crackdown on earlier protests in Tbilisi, smaller rallies in Zugdidi, Kutaisi, and Gori took place without incident.