Across the country, citizens attending all-night vigils, watched President Erdogan's speeches in Istanbul and Ankara on large television screens placed at city centres

"Russia effectively uses the complicated geopolitical situation of Armenia to strengthen its grip on Yerevan, and uses its alliance with Armenia as an efficient tool to further its position in the South Caucasus", writes Benyamin Poghosyan in this commentary for commonspace.eu

Opinion: "At a work-shop with young people from 14 countries in Borjomi last weekend I was once more reminded of the great resource of hope, ideas, energy and good-will that lies largely untapped, but that is much needed if we are going to seriously engage in tackling global and regional challenges ahead", writes Dennis Sammut in this op-ed.

The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Brussels on Tuesday in an effort to create conditions for a Presidential summit as soon as possible

Vazgen Petrosyan was 20 years old and served with the military formations of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. He was likely killed by sniper fire, although there are as yet no details of the incident

Speaking in Yerevan at the end of his visit to Armenia last week EU special envoy Herbert Salber said that violence in the Karabakh conflict zone must stop, and tragic incidents that lead to civilian casualties, as happened on 4 July, were unacceptable.

Several Armenian soldiers critically wounded as a result of strikes which Azerbaijan says were conducted "in order to prevent another planned provocation by Armenia and as revenge for the civilians killed in the Alkhanly village"

International community reacts to incidents that resulted in the death of civilians in the Karabakh conflict zone

The European Union continues to support a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the resumption of negotiations

In a speech in Strasbourg this week High Representative Federica Morgherini spoke about the importance of the International Criminal Court. Her message is of particular importance in the Caucasus region