Новости за 10.05.2024

Young people -- mostly from Generation Z -- have become the defining element of Georgia's protests, providing energy, numbers on the streets, and, in some cases, inspiration for their elders.

Armenian Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian led a second day of mass protests in Yerevan on May 10, urging university students to boycott classes and join his movement. Galstanian and his supporters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over a land deal that cedes some territory to Azerbaijan, a compromise that the government sees as a necessary step toward peace.

Iranian rappers Vafa Ahmadpor and Danial Maghaddam were arrested after the release of a music video titled "Standby," which is critical of the authoritarian measures in place in Iran.

A court in Russia's autonomous republic of Tatarstan has fined a 63-year-old woman for violating the “territorial integrity” of Russia for appeals on social media to learn the Tatar language.

The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan began two days of fresh negotiations in Kazakhstan on May 10, focusing on a peace treaty between the two South Caucasus states.

At a Europe Day celebration in Tbilisi, EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski told a crowd of Georgians to "keep the course toward the EU." His comments come amid an ongoing crackdown on demonstrations against a so-called "foreign agent" bill, which protesters say will stifle civil society and hurt the country's bid to join the EU. A vocal critic of the controversial bill was detained by Georgian police at his home on May 9.

A mosque in the Bosnian city of Banja Luka has reopened exactly 31 years after it was destroyed. The Arnaudija Mosque was built in 1595 but was torn down by Serbian forces during the 1992-95 Bosnian War. It's the last of 16 mosques that were destroyed in the city to be restored.

The United States wants to force a gradual shift in Iran’s “decision-making calculus” by signing a defense deal with Saudi Arabia and securing the normalization of relations between Riyadh and Israel.

A senior Iranian official has issued a stark warning that Tehran might change its nuclear doctrine and begin to build nuclear bombs if the nation's existence is threatened.

Mural tributes to prominent women who shaped Serbia's 19th and 20th century history adorn several cities, thanks in part to support from the Dutch Embassy in Belgrade.

Russian President Vladimit Putin has put forward to the State Duma the reappointment of Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister, speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on May 10.

Students have joined marches led by an outspoken Armenian archbishop, blocking streets in Yerevan as part of a "day of disobedience" to protest a land deal negotiated by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his government with rival Azerbaijan.

Georgian security forces arrested several more demonstrators while unidentified men again attacked protesters as rallies against the government’s plan to enact a controversial "foreign agents" continue.