Dennis Sammut discusses the recent death of a Georgian whilst in detention in South Ossetia and says the incident has taken international ramifications and needs to be defused as soon as possible

Georgian Prime Minisiter, Giorgi Kvirikashvili was in Yerevan on Friday (2 March) for talks with the Armenian leadership.

The Armenian Parliament has voted with 90 votes in favour and 10 against to elect Armen Sarkissian as the next president of Armenia. he will be sworn in on 9 April.

Armen Sargsyan addressed the National Assembly and answered questions from MPs ahead of a parliamentary vote on Friday that is likely to see him elected President

According to voters' lists published by the Central Elections Commission 5,192,042 are included in the revised voters lists ahead of the presidential election on 11 April

"The convergence in the timing of key political processes in Armenia and Azerbaijan has heightened interest in Armenia regarding Azerbaijan's domestic developments", writes Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed

The EU wants to make a positive contribution to resolving the conflicts, using its soft power and working through the existing international mechanisms, Toivo Klaar told a policy dialogue in Brussels on Monday. The event was organised by the EPC and LINKS

"These latest developments underline the need for additional measures to ensure transparency and improve confidence", the spokesperson of the European External Action Service said in a statement

There was a sharp reaction by the Georgian authorities over the weekend at the news that Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili died whilst being detained by the security force of the self-declared republic of South Ossetia, overnight on February 22-23.

There is much to be said in favour of the call for the EU to have a kick-ass capability in the conduct of its foreign policy, but soft power should remain the Union's tool of choice, argues Dennis Sammut in this commentary