From 1 March, new rules for employing foreign nationals will begin, affecting both self-employed individuals and those on employment contracts. oc-media.org/explainer-wh...

Several detained journalists from the Azerbaijani independent media outlet Meydan TV have announced that they will not see their visiting relatives in protest against the installation of a glass partition in visitation rooms.

After being hit with UK sanctions, Georgian pro-government media outlet Imedi appeared to have switched security providers for their website to DDoS-Guard, a Russian company which counted the Russian Defence Ministry and Hamas as its clients.

The discovery of medical waste, including amputated human body parts, were found in an abandoned building in western Georgia, leading to the Prosecutor General’s Office charging three people with mishandling hazardous materials. oc-media.org/amputated-bo...

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his common-law wife Anna Hakobyan are separating after nearly 30 years together. Hakobyan announced the end of the relationship on social media on Friday morning.

Eagle Hills projects across Europe have failed to generate meaningful profits for host states, despite promises of long-term returns. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/when-eagle-h...

⭕ OPINION: Georgia does not need to look to the past for a supposed golden age of judicial independence, but to instead focus on building something sustainable. oc-media.org/opinion-savi...

The Committee of the government of Chechnya for State Orders has announced a procurement of specialised mobile communication services for government figures, according to information published on the state portal on 20 February.

An Azerbaijani student was arrested by agents from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) under suspicious circumstances, but subsequently released after Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a personal appeal to US President Donald Trump.

The major Georgian pro-government media outlet TV Imedi, which was recently targeted by UK sanctions, has revealed plans to establish its own bank. oc-media.org/facing-uk-sa...

Despite headlines and countless awards abroad, these films remain relatively unseen in their country of origin. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/georgias-cin...

Eagle Hills projects across Europe have failed to generate meaningful profits for host states, despite promises of long-term returns.

Adygea’s Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit by environmental activists seeking to stop plans to cut nearly 10,000 trees to allow for the construction of the Lago-Naki ski resort near the Caucasus Nature Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Nagorno-Karabakh’s former State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, who was sentenced to 20 years by an Azerbaijani court earlier in February, has said that he did not intend to appeal his sentence, refusing to ‘participate in the farce’.

Anna Dziapshipa’s 2023 collage documentary invites the viewer into her own story, examining personally what it means to be an Abkhaz–Georgian woman. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/review-self-...

The Supreme Court of Dagestan toughened the sentence of Makhachkala resident Eldar Nasrulaev in connection with the explosion and fire in August 2023 that killed 33 people. The appellate court increased his prison term from five to eight and a half years.

Georgian Parliamentary Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi is ‘ungrateful’, both as a person and towards Georgia. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/georgian-par...

Georgia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned UK Ambassador Gareth Ward in connection with the sanctions imposed by the British authorities on two pro-government TV channels.

In Chechnya, the trial has begun of two former officers of the republic’s drug control department of the Interior Ministry. The proceedings are taking place at the Gudermes District Court, according to human rights organisation Crew Against Torture.

Georgian MP Viktor Japaridze, the main shareholder of the Georgian pro-government TV channel POSTV, transferred management of his shares to another person 25 days before the UK imposed sanctions on the channel.

Opposition National Council member Gultakin Hajibayli has been questioned by Azerbaijan’s State Security Service (DTX) as a witness in the case against disgraced former presidential aide Ramiz Mehdiyev, who is accused of plotting a coup.

Three Georgian Dream MPs have been invited to attend the Alliance of Sovereign Nations summit in Washington in early March by Republican representative Anna Paulina Luna, a far-right figure known for her close alignment with the Kremlin. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/georgian-dre...

The centuries-old tradition of Berikaoba, a special masquerade to invoke spring, is now only found in a few villages in western Kakheti.

The centuries-old tradition of Berikaoba, a special masquerade to invoke spring, is now only found in a few villages in western Kakheti.

Members of the ruling Georgian Dream party criticised the UK for sanctioning two pro-government media outlets, with senior Georgian Dream member Irakli Kirtskhalia stating that ‘soon there will be neither Great nor Britain left’ of the UK. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/soon-there-w...

A court in Adygea has fined the former head of the Migration Department in one of the republic’s districts for issuing a forged temporary identity card to a Ukrainian national.

Armenia has asked Brussels to deploy a team to tackle Russian disinformation ahead of the parliamentary elections in June, RFE/RL has reported. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/armenia-requ...

On Tuesday, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution calling for a ‘lasting peace in Ukraine'. The vote underscored the diverging paths taken by the three South Caucasus republics: 🇬🇪 Georgia: Support 🇦🇲 Armenia: Abstain 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: Did not vote

Four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, demonstrators in Georgia gathered outside the Embassy of Ukraine and marched in solidarity with the country.

Azerbaijani pro-government media has claimed that protesters in Washington who were assaulted by the President Ilham Aliyev’s security detail ‘have ties to Russian intelligence services’.

Armenian Defence Minister Suren Papikyan has visited Iran and met his Iranian counterpart Aziz Nasirzade along with other high-ranking military officials, including Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, the Chief of General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces. oc-media.org/armenian-def...

Abkhazian opposition figure Eshsou Kakaliya was wounded after a shootout in Sukhumi, the Abkhazian Health Ministry reported. He received gunshot wounds to both legs and fractures to his facial bones. oc-media.org/abkhazian-op...

The UK sanctioned Georgian pro-government media outlets Imedi and POSTV for ‘involvement in Russian disinformation’. Imedi was until recently owned by a UK-based Georgian national, before being sold to a local group for a symbolic fee. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/uk-sanctions...

A large number of grebe birds have been found dead in Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea coast. According to state-run media outlet Azertac, the authorities are investigating their cause of death. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/thousands-of...

A court in sentenced Rustam Nogmov to 15 years for murdering an elderly woman in Nalchik in a seemingly random but brutal assault. Nogmov is the son of an assistant to the head of the regional department of the Federal Penitentiary Service.

A French court has ordered Georgia to pay $383 million in compensation to Turkish construction giant ENKA Renewables over the construction of the Namakhvani HPP. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/french-court...

Zeinab Zeinalli, a 25-year-old TikToker known on social media as ‘Koti’, was charged with publishing obscene statements and openly displaying disrespect for society, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Saturday.

The authorities in Daghestan have charged an unidentified teenager with allegedly making public calls for terrorist activities and justifying terrorism. oc-media.org/daghestani-t...

Georgian films are failing to reach local audiences, largely due to weak infrastructure, monopolies, political pressure, and limited distribution.

The Georgian government has moved to restrict the employment of foreign nationals without permanent residence in delivery services, passenger transport, and tour guiding.

Roza Dunaeva, a representative of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in Austria, has spent years highlighting the cases of Chechens deported to Russia.

🎥 OC Reviews: Ana Urushadze’s 2017 debut film follows a Tbilisi housewife whose secret manuscript unravels the fragile architecture of family life. oc-media.org/review-scary...

The Georgian government has announced plans to ban the import of cars older than six years starting from spring 2026. The decision has sparked public debate, with some within ruling circles also questioning it. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/georgian-gov...

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have participated in the inaugural session of the Peace Board in Washington. 🔺 The two leaders attended the session on Thursday. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/pashinyan-an...

The security detail of President Ilham Aliyev assaulted Azerbaijani protesters in Washington as they gathered to confront him on Thursday. The beatings, which took place in plain view of US police officers, were captured on film and widely circulated on social media.

Mikhail Negmatov, who is described as a ‘war correspondent’ embedded with Chechnya’s Akhmat special forces unit, has been accused of unlawfully wearing an award given to Wagner private military company fighters — the Platinum Star of the PMC hero. oc-media.org/russian-war-...

Iran’s Ambassador to Georgia acknowledged controversial wording allegedly used by the embassy to refer to the historic deportations of Georgians, but claimed that modern-day Iran was not responsible for actions committed by Safavid Iran.

The Supreme Court of North Ossetia–Alania has ruled to confiscate property belonging to former Head of the Vladikavkaz City Assembly Makhharbek Khadartsev worth ₽168.8 million ($2.2 million) in favour of the state.

Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, who previously called for Catholicos Karekin II to step down and backed PM Pashinyan’s church reform agenda aimed at ousting the Catholicos, has appeared to turn on Pashinyan. oc-media.org/pro-pashinya...

US President Donald Trump acknowledged his past difficulties pronouncing the word 'Azerbaijan' in comments at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting. Beyond repeatedly mispronouncing Azerbaijan, Trump also referred to Armenia as Albania on several occasions.