Kosta Dzugaev, who holds the title of "Honored Scientist of the Republic of South Ossetia" said unification with Russia was the only long term guarantee for the security of the South Ossetian people given the historical events of the last hundred years.
EU foreign ministers discussed the situation in Eastern Mediterranean and Belarus in a video conference on Friday (14 August), ahead of their meeting in Berlin at the end of the month.
Hulusi Akar arrived in Azerbaijan on Wednesday evening (12 August) to observe the end of the first phase of military exercises between the armies and air forces of Turkey and Azerbaijan which have been taking place in recent days.
The agreement may change the power balance in the wider Middle East and can also increase Chinese interests in Armenia, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed for commonspace.eu
Speaking in the territory's parliament on Tuesday (11 August), Arayik Harutyunyan once again spoke about moving the parliament building to Shushi, but this time he also raised the the possibility of moving the presidential residence to the town.
In a terse statement issued in Brussels on Sunday evening (9 August) EU Foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell described the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean as "extremely worrying".