Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia declared their independence in 1918 only to be absorbed shortly after in the Soviet State. They regained their independence in 1991.
The Monitoring Committee of PACE will today hold special hearings on the unresoved conflicts in the South Caucasus. The meeting will be held in the Estonian Capital.
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.
Nicholas Maltby talked to Azerbaijani born artist Ulvi Pepinova about her work, her life and her vision on relations between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.
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.
Tough new laws in Azerbaijan prohibit all contacts with Armenians. 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".