Azerbaijan has now taken over the chairmanship of the Non Aligned Movement for the next three years, with president Ilham Aliyev promising to uphold the Bandung principles on which the movement is built

Iranian president Rouhani is in the Azerbaijani capital for the summit of the Non Aligned Movement as Azerbaijan takes over the chairmanship of the organisation for the next three years

The Head of the Presidential Administration was for a long time considered as the second most important person in the country, and wielded great influence, particularly when it came to appointments of senior officials.

Commonspace.eu political editor comments on the ongoing changes in the upper echelons of the government in Azerbaijan

In the coming months, marine scientists will study these data, through laboratory work, including processing of samples, data analysis and assessment as part of a project funded by the European Union

On Saturday a statement by the European Union criticised heavy handed police tactics in breaking down an opposition rally in Baku earlier in the day.

The Deputy Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Lena Nazaryan, said women must serve in decision-making positions because they make up half of the population. Anything else is unfair.

The three diplomats are trying to mediate the holding of the next meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Bratislava in early December

At their meeting in Yerevan Nikol Pashinyan and Toivo Klaar also reviewed the current state of EU-Armenia relations and regional developments

Welcoming the Georgian leader in Yerevan Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed confidence that the development of Armenian-Georgian relations will continue without external influence.