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Azerbaijan buries its dead soldier, but Yerevan is not contrite

22 May 2018

On Tuesday, Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson Tigran Balayan told the Armenian media that the Azerbaijani side was carrying out engineering works at the Nakhchivan sector of the border, and that this "poses a danger to Armenian military positions".

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Monday Commentary: Russia's struggle between stagnation and innovation

21 May 2018

"I expected that a shrewd operator like Putin would have understood that he needed to ride the wave of change, not try to stop. The fact that he did not may indicate other concerns, not least internal power struggles", writes Dennis Sammut.

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Azerbaijani soldier killed in combat in the Nakhchivan sector of border with Armenia (Updated)

21 May 2018

The soldier was named as Ali Adil Tatarov. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence said that he was killed in combat "during the suppression of another provocation by the Armenian Armed Forces".

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OSCE Envoy holds first meeting with new Armenian Foreign Minister

18 May 2018

Kasprzyk, who is a veteran of the process having been special envoy of successive OSCE Chairmanships for more than two decades, has had to move fast to establish contacts with a new set of players in the tightly knit Karabakh peace process.

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Editorial: Discrimination is wrong! Diversity should be celebrated, not attacked!

17 May 2018

17 May is marked as the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). The event helps highlight serious issues of discrimination against the gay community in the Caucasus, Eurasia and beyond

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Karabakh conflict mediators will meet with the new Armenian leadership in June

16 May 2018

During a meeting with the co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Process, Azerbaijan's foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov said his country "was ready to resume active negotiations as soon as possible".

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Analysis: What happened in Armenia, and why?

15 May 2018

Recent events in Armenia have raised many questions, but so far there are only answers to a few of them. Benyamin Poghosyan discusses the developments of the last few weeks in this analysis prepared for commonspace.eu

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Mammadyarov and Morgherini discuss new bilateral agreement

15 May 2018

The European Union and Azerbaijan have reiterated their comminemnt to further develop relations between them and to work to finalise a new bilateral agreement.

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Monday Commentary: Social values should not become Georgia’s new fault-lines

15 May 2018

Georgians must not allow debates between liberals and conservatives on social issues, important and vital as they are, to become new fault-lines within their society, argues Dennis Sammut in this week's Monday Commentary

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Azerbaijan buries its dead soldier, but Yerevan is not contrite

Monday Commentary: Russia's struggle between stagnation and innovation

Azerbaijani soldier killed in combat in the Nakhchivan sector of border with Armenia (Updated)

OSCE Envoy holds first meeting with new Armenian Foreign Minister

Editorial: Discrimination is wrong! Diversity should be celebrated, not attacked!

Karabakh conflict mediators will meet with the new Armenian leadership in June

Analysis: What happened in Armenia, and why?

Mammadyarov and Morgherini discuss new bilateral agreement

Monday Commentary: Social values should not become Georgia’s new fault-lines