After five years at the head of Armenian diplomacy Edward Nalbandian comes across as a confident and articulate diplomat. The challenges however do not become easier.

The Armenian Foreign Minister had talks with British Foreign Secretary William Hague on regional and global issues.

On the eve of the opening of an exhibition of her work in London Nicholas Maltby talked to Ulivi Pepinova about her work, her life and her vision on relations between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.

Huge outcry after Orthodox priests lead mob in violent breakup of rally marking the International Day against homophobia in Tbilisi on 17 May.

The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Krakow, but in Baku new legislation aims to stop any other contact between the two societies.

Homophobia remains widespread in the Caucasus region reflecting a wider lack of tolerance for anybody that is "different". However slowly but surely things are changing.

Flags will fly at half mast on all public buildings as Georgia prepares to bury three soldiers killed in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan where the soldiers where serving with Georgia's ISAF contingent.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister told the Permanent Council in Vienna the organisation should be "action oriented" but said that the role of its office in Baku had to be "reviewed".

Former President of the self-declared NKR said that signing a cease fire agreement saved many lives.

The clumsy way in which the Georgian Dream coalition has gone about selecting its candidate means that Giorgi Margvelashvili has to work hard between now and October to secure the support of the Georgian public, and his election is not a done deal.