Footage from the opening ceremony of the European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan exhibits a person working to the stage, snatching Azerbaijan’s flag from a flag-bearer and setting it on hearth. The European Weightlifting Championship started on Friday in Yerevan. (AA) The Azerbaijani delegation has withdrawn from the European Weightlifting Championships on the Armenian capital after…
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Georgia withdraws overseas agent legislation after days of protests
The protesters are demanding authorities drop the invoice on “transparency of overseas funding,” which critics say mirrors a legislation utilized in Russia to power media and dissenting teams to close down. The plans sparked two days of large-scale protest within the nation that aspires to affix the European Union and NATO. (AP) Georgia’s ruling social…
Argentina withdraws from Falkland Islands pact with UK
Argentine International Minister Santiago Cafiero seeks new negotiations over the sovereignty of Falklands in a gathering together with his British counterpart James Cleverly throughout a summit in India. Often called the Malvinas in Spanish, the UK-ruled islands had been the topic of a brief however brutal battle after Argentina despatched troops in 1982. (Reuters Archive)…
Iraq withdraws resolution to curb use of Turkmen language in Kirkuk
Quick Information Iraq’s Prime Minister has ordered authorities to make sure Turkmen stays a part of the official languages in Kirkuk, together with Arabic, Kurdish. Türkiye has denounced the tried language ban, calling it “a violation of the elemental rights of the Turkmens, who’re one of many constituent and first parts of Iraq.” (AA Archive)…