Azerbaijan’s president snubs EU-hosted talks on Nagorno-Karabakh Ilham Aliyev will not attend meeting with Armenian PM amid anger over French decision to supply military aid to Yerevan The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023
Death of the Armenian dream in Nagorno-Karabakh was predictable but not inevitable Thirty-five years ago, more than 100,000 Armenian protesters took to the streets to convince Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that Nagorno-Karabakh – an ethnically Armenian enclave stuck geographically in the neighboring republic of Soviet Azerbaijan – ought to be joined to Armenia. The Conversation · Oct 3, 2023
‘This is a forced migration’: the ethnic Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh Tens of thousands have packed their lives into their vehicles and fled the disputed region for Armenia The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023
Kosovo accuses Serbia of being behind ‘terrorist attack’ against it and calls for ‘clear action’ from EU and west – Europe as it happened Kosovo deputy prime minister says incident on 24 September was ‘open act of aggression’ and says it represents risk to entire region The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023
Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control of Nagorno-Karabakh as the Armenian exodus slows The Armenian government said Monday that over 100,000 of Nagorno-Karabakh's estimated 120,000 residents have crossed into Armenia. WEKU · Oct 3, 2023
'Silence is deafening': Armenian-Australians highlight Aust govt's inaction More than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Canberra Times · Oct 2, 2023
‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled ‘What is left for the UN to monitor?’ asks one refugee who crossed the border to escape The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023
Last bus of fleeing Armenians leaves Nagorno-Karabakh to bring end to exodus: ‘It’s a ghost town’ Images emerge of abandoned streets in wake of Azerbaijani forces taking control of the region The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023
Armenian exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh ebbs as Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh has left the region, completing a weeklong grueling exodus in which more than 80% of its residents have fled after Azerbaijan reclaimed the area in a lightning military operation The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023
Nagorno-Karabakh’s tragedy has echoes of Europe’s dark past. But a remedy lies in Europe too As more than 100,000 people flee to avoid rule by Azerbaijan, it’s time for the EU to consider the prospect of membership for Armenia The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023
Azerbaijan issues warrant for former separatist leader as U.N. mission arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh Ex-Nagorno-Karabakh leader Arayik Harutyunyan faces arrest warrant as UN mission visits region. Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians flee due to fear of reprisals. UN mission is first in region in 3 decades. Protest in Athens, Greece, against dissolution of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Hindu · Oct 2, 2023
UN team in Nagorno-Karabakh, a first in 30 years, as ethnic Armenians flee The visit marks the first time in about three decades that the international body has gained access to the region. Al Jazeera · Oct 1, 2023
Azerbaijan issues arrest warrant for former separatist Nagorno-Karabakh leader Azerbaijan's prosecutor general says the country has issued an arrest warrant for former Nagorno-Karabakh separatist leader Arayik Harutyunyan The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023
Armenia grapples with multiple challenges after the fall of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenia finds itself facing multiple challenges after being suddenly thrust into one of the worst political crises in its decades of independence following the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023
Al Jazeera · Sep 30, 2023 Armenia says more than 100,000 people fled Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says exodus amounts to ‘ethnic cleansing’, a claim Azerbaijan strongly rejects.
Radio France Internationale · Sep 30, 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh almost empty as most of population flees to Armenia More than 100,000 ethnic Armenians – almost the entire population – have left Nagorno-Karabakh since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the breakaway region's militants to disarm, the Armenian government said on Saturday. Armenia is seeking aid from the European Union to help it cope with the influx of refugees.
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023 Almost all of Nagorno-Karabakh's people have left, Armenia's government says Armenia's government says an ethnic Armenian exodus has nearly emptied Nagorno-Karabakh of residents since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the breakaway region’s militants to disarm
The Conversation · Sep 29, 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh: the world should have seen this crisis coming -- and it's not over yet As a result of the Azerbaijani attack on the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19 and the forced exodus that followed it, this region will soon be empty of Armenians – for the first time in more than two millennia.
The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023 ‘Centuries of history lost’: Armenians describe journey to safety after fall of Nagorno-Karabakh ‘All you can see is a sea of cars stretching to the horizon ... people cooking by the side of the road’
The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023 More than 70% of Nagorno-Karabakh's population flees as separatist government says it will dissolve Armenian officials say more than 70% of Nagorno-Karabakh's original population have fled the region for Armenia
WEKU · Sep 29, 2023 The fall of an enclave in Azerbaijan stuns the Armenian diaspora, shattering a dream The swift fall of the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani troops and exodus of much of its population has stunned the large Armenian diaspora around the world.
The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023 The fall of an enclave in Azerbaijan stuns the Armenian diaspora, extinguishing a dream The Armenian diaspora has been stunned by the swift fall of the Armenian-majority enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani troops and the exodus of much of its population
The Conversation · Sep 28, 2023 Ukraine recap: Ukraine and allies maintain optimism despite slow progress on the battlefield At a press conference after talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, this afternoon, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg sounded like a man determined to take a “glass half full” attitude when he said that “every metre that Ukrainian forces regain is a metre that Russia loses”.
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Why this week's mass exodus from embattled Nagorno-Karabakh reflects decades of animosity The exodus of about 70,000 ethnic Armenians this week from Nagorno-Karabakh in the southern Caucasus Mountains has been a vivid and shocking tableau of fear and misery
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh state will ‘cease to exist’ from January, separatist leader says More than 70,000 ethnic Armenians have now fled the breakaway region