Telecom operators AzerTelecom and Telecom Armenia have signed a partnership agreement that will allow Armenia to access international internet via Azerbaijani territory. Under the agreement, the Azerbaijani provider will expand its network to provide international traffic services and establish routing to Armenia.

A Baku court has sentenced eight more Russians accused of cybercrime and drug trafficking. They were previously detained amid tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia.

The European Commission has provided Armenia with €34 million in financial support. The funds are intended to offset the negative impact of Russian trade sanctions on private businesses.

The majority of Georgians still support the country's accession to the European Union, but increasingly doubt that the government's current course is bringing the country closer to that goal. This is according to the results of an annual public opinion survey conducted as part of the EU NEIGHBOURS EAST program.

According to a report by Hraparak, an unspoken competition for the presidential seat has flared up in Armenia among representatives of the ruling Civil Contract party. The source reports that this standoff is due to reports of incumbent President Vahagn Khachaturyan's significant health problems, which presumably will prevent him from completing his term in office.

The Moscow City Court upheld the arrest in absentia of former Dagestan People's Assembly deputy Akhmedpasha Umakhanov. This decision is necessary for placing him on the international wanted list.

The sons of the Chechen leader, Akhmat, Adam, and Ali Kadyrov, met with Prince Turki bin Mohammed Al Saud in Saudi Arabia. Ramzan Kadyrov announced this on his Telegram channel.

Moscow sent a note of protest to Yerevan over the damage to the "Mother Armenia" memorial to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War in Gyumri. This was stated by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, who used the incident to launch a new series of accusations against the Armenian authorities.

For 30 years, while Azerbaijani territories were under occupation, fruitless negotiations were repeatedly held, and France, Russia, and the United States, as co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and with a mandate to achieve peace and liberate our territories from occupation, were unable to force Armenia to withdraw from Azerbaijani territory, stated Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, speaking at the opening of the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank Group in Baku.

In the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia, a court sentenced Shalva Khizanishvili to six years and nine months in prison. He was accused of espionage and illegal possession of weapons.