When looking at the dominant forms of government in the past century, countries with autocratic regimes were in the majority for the longest time. A downward trend in autocracies only began after the end of the Second World War, accelerated by the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. Since then, the two variants of government have been in a neck-and-neck race and were almost equally split in 2022.
The US and the EU will not come and solve Armenia's problems, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said in parliament, commenting on the results of the Brussels meeting, Trend reports.
„We have illusory or unrealistic expectations that some allies or relatives will come and solve our problems. It is necessary to fix and consolidate the fact that we should solve all our problems ourselves“, he said.
A new analysis by the energy think tank „Ember“ has found that several countries in Europe could soon face bottlenecks in their national transmission energy grids, as more solar and wind power will be generated than these networks have capacity for.
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will not attend meeting of Council of Foreign Ministers of CIS scheduled for April 12 in Minsk, Trend reports citing Armenian media.
Press Secretary of the Ministry Ani Badalyan has not commented on reasons of the mentioned step.
Georgia, together with 12 NATO member countries and partners, will take part in the international naval exercise “Sea Shield 24”, which will be held in Romania from April 8 to 21, the press service of the Romanian Ministry of Defense reported.
According to the information, in addition to Georgia and Romania, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the USA, Turkey and France will take part in the exercises.
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are planning to create a joint venture in the railway sector.
As Trend reports, the presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev expressed their support for the initiative to create this joint venture.
It is assumed that the management of the enterprise will be carried out jointly by the railway administrations of the two countries.
Armenia is committed to the normalization of relations with Azerbaijan, said Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Trend reports.
He made the remark at the press conference ahead of the joint EU-US-Armenia high-level meeting to be held in Brussels today.
Средства спутниковой связи на геостационарных орбитах исключаются из перечня государственной собственности, приватизация которой запрещена.
Как сообщает в пятницу Trend, этот вопрос нашел свое отражение в поправке к закону "О приватизации государственного имущества", которая обсуждалась сегодня на заседании Милли Меджлиса (парламент) Азербайджана.
Armenia refuses to recognize any „Karabakh government in exile“, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, Trend reports.
He noted that some circles displaced from Azerbaijan's Karabakh are taking actions posing a threat to the national security of Armenia, stating about “governments in exile”, and so on.
„Such statements are a threat to national security“, the prime minister pointed out.
A new meeting of the “3+3” consultative platform is expected to be held this year, said Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali, Trend reports.
He expressed hope for Georgia's presence at this meeting.
The ambassador noted that this format is the most effective for solving problems in the South Caucasus.
