Muslims throughout the Caucasus region on Monday join the Muslim ummah worldwide in celebrating Eid al Adha, the feast of the Sacrifice. In Azerbaijan, Turkey and other parts of the Turkic world, the festival is popularly known as Gurban Bayram.

Turkey is teetering between Russia and Ukraine: while not supporting Crimea's reunification with Russia, Ankara opposes Western sanctions against Moscow, writes thje Russian newspaper.

A statement by the EU delegation in Tbilisi reaffirms the support of the European Union for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders.

Statement released by Azerbaijani MFA accuses the Armenian Prime Minister of contradicting “the spirit and the essence of the negotiations on the settlement”.

Richard Giragosian reflects on Nikol Pashinyan's recent speech in Stepanakert and discusses how it fits in wider pan-Armenian processes in this commentary for commonspace.eu

The Armenian Prime Minister arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday for a working visit ahead of the opening of the seventh Pan-Armenian games on Tuesday

In a lıve broadcast on facebook Pashınyan urged Armenıan women to set up micro enterprises

Nugzar Tsurtsumia, who is a Greco-Roman style wrestler, has won gold in the 55kg category in the Ziolkowski, Pytlasinski & Poland Open held in Warsaw on August 2-4.

The Asian Development Bank has approved USD 415 million loan to improve Georgia's North–South road corridor. Work is expected to start next year

The information is contained in 9th issue of the bi annual report "The Human Rights Situation in the Armed Forces of Armenia" recently published by the Armenian NGO "Peace Dialogue".