Azerbaijan on Monday claimed it has destroyed an Armenian Osa air defense system along with its crew, in the Karabakh conflict zone. Armenian sources confirm an incident occured, but gave no details, and say there were no casualties.

Armenian Foreign Minister Nalbandyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov have both hinted they may meet after the visit of the OSCE Minsk Group co-Chair to the region scheduled for early summer.

In Stepanakert Kasprzyk met with the President of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Bako Sahakyan and other officials. No other information was released.

RFE/RL said it will appeal the ruling, which it called "another blatant attempt" at silencing its reporting in the country.

The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games opened in Baku on Friday evening with a grand ceremony attended by the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his wife

Commentary: Georgia is currently debating important changes to its constitution. Parliament is leading a nation-wide debate, before starting the process of adopting the changes next month.

Armenia is represented by Artsvik, with the song Fly with me. Azerbaijan is represented by Diana Hajieva with her song Skeletons. Georgia did not qualify for the finals.

Today, 9 May is Europe Day. The day is celebrated in EU member states and in candidate and associate member countries in commemoration of the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950.

There has been a negative assessment of the decision of the OSCE Permanent Council, meeting in Vienna last Thursday (4 May) not to renew the mandate of the Organisation's office in Yerevan. The OSCE Permanent Council operates on a consensus basis, and despiter months of negotiations Azerbaijan continued to veto the extension of the mandate

President Sargsyan paid a visit to the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies branch in Stepanakert