Though an armistice is largely holding, border disputes remain common, and a final peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia is elusive.

Ameriabank is one of the largest banks in the country with assets exceeding 1 trillion drams ($2.019 billion).

In this personal story, Aybaniz Ismayilova describes her hometown of Minjivan in the Zangelan region of Azerbaijan – a town now cheering its de-occupation, yet a deeply wounded one destroyed during 27 years of occupation.

Havard-educated Sandu won last year’s presidential election by a landslide against Socialist Igor Dodon – widely viewed as Russia’s man in the country sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania.

Armenia's current energy policy is focused on developing indigenous energy sources, mainly renewables.