Benyamin Poghosyan discusses the state of relations between the two neighbours in this op-ed

The EU has set out the vision for making the Eastern Partnership a framework for cooperation, allowing participants to tackle common and global challenges jointly in a wide range of areas, especially in the current unprecedented situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speaking in Karabakh the Armenian premiere said "the security of the people of the Artsakh Republic and the realisation of the right to self-determination are not subject to bargaining". Baku has called the speech "irresponsible behaviour"

President Putin laid flowers at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, and promised large scale celebrations will be held later in the year.

Europe Day held on 9 May every year celebrates peace and unity in Europe.

Celebrations throughout the continent are subdued since most of Europe is under some form of lockdown due to the coronavirus.

The 200 bed hospital was built in three weeks. Nine other hospitals are expected to open by June.

"I am honored to record that there is no political, criminal, mafia force in Armenia which will be able to undermine the country's democratic stability", Pashinyan told MPs.

Victory Day is an important part of South Ossetia's political narrative, but celebrations this year will be more subdued because of the coronavirus pandemic

Military experts on both sides say April 2020 saw an increase in the number of incidents on the front line, breaking a pattern of relative calm that had lasted for nearly 18 months.