On Saturday, the Armenian capital marked its birthday with city wide celebrations

The Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet in Geneva on Monday (16 October) in the latest effort to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. While the stakes are high, expectaions about the results are low.

The US President said he was referring the deal to Congress and would consult allies on how to alter the deal.

International mediators visited the region last week and met the two presidents, afterwards announcing that the two countries had agreed to re-engage in discussions.

According to Armenian sources 19 year old Chaplin Margharyan was killed by Azerbaijani gunfire on Tuesday (10 Ocotber) on the international border between the two countries.

Opening the summit, President Putin said the meeting will chart the path for further strengthening interaction within the CIS and the leaders will exchange opinions on what should be done to make the Commonwealth and its structures more efficient.

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament proposes the set-up of trust funds for Eastern neighbours as part of a series of recommendations ahead of the Eastern Partnership summit to be held in Brussels in November

President Trump's decertification of the Iran deal will put in jeopardy a number of regional projects, says Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed

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Summits of the presidents of the CIS and EEAU will be held in Sochi this week. There is specualtion the long expected Aliyev-Sargsyan summit may take place there as well