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

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".

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

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

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

It was all smiles when the new Armenian leader met the Russian president in Sochi on Monday (!4 May) on the margins of the summit of the Eurasian Economic Union

The incident allegedly happened around 22.35 on Sunday evening (13 May) when the sergeant was on duty at an undisclosed military outpost. Azerbaijan has not reported the incident but says Armenia violated the cease fire 98 times during the last 24 hours

Participants hailed the importance and symbolism of the first republics and how they inspired the regaining of independence in 1991.

The former prime minister has assumed the role of Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party in a move that has been welcomed by his supporters and some of his critics

In a telephone conversation on Tuesday, Morgherini and Pashinyan agreed on the importance of the partnership between the European Union and Armenia and looked forward to meeting in person at the earliest opportunity