Новости за 12.05.2024

An outspoken archbishop challenging the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian told a rally in Yerevan that he would not avoid taking on new responsibilities -- including as a candidate for the premier’s post -- if his movement is able to bring about Pashinian’s impeachment in parliament.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed removing longtime ally Sergei Shoigu as defense minister and replacing him with former First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, the upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, said on May 12.

As Georgian protesters prepared for another mass rally in central Tbilisi, government officials vowed to arrest demonstrators who attempt to block the parliament building ahead of discussions on the controversial "foreign agent" bill that has been condemned by the United States, the EU, and others.

Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny was posthumously awarded the 2024 Dresden Peace Prize in the German city on May 12. His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, accepted for her husband, who died in February in a Russian prison.

Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, North Macedonia's first female president, was inaugurated on May 12, although she declined to use the country’s full official name during the ceremony, angering opposition leaders.

Iran's judiciary has said that Sadegh Zibakalam -- a university professor and critic of the government -- has been jailed and faces sentencing on multiple charges.

Emergency crews battled the elements as they searched for victims in hard-to-reach areas of northern Afghanistan, where at least 315 people have died in flash flooding caused by heavy rainfall.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) just released its annual report on freedom of religion in the world. The sections on Central Asia make for grim reading. Constitutionally, people in Central Asia can practice whatever faith they choose. In practice, however, only the state-approved forms of Islam and the Russian Orthodox Church are acceptable to authorities in Central Asia. Other groups face a myriad of problems; discussions of religion posted on social networks that... Читать дальше...

Tens of thousands of Georgians converged in Tbilisi to voice their opposition to the country's controversial "foreign agent" bill. Now they are planning to do it all over again on the eve of the parliament's final reading of the legislation.