YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-Medical services in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic are struggling to cope with a surge in child births more than nine months after a mass wedding that was organised and sponsored by a Moscow-based Armenian businessman.

Azerbaijan will eventually invade and occupy Nagorno-Karabakh if the Karabakh Defence Forces are forced to withdraw from the liberated territories surrounding the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic,

After repeated denials, Azerbaijan on Thursday confirmed Armenian claims that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presented his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts with a new plan to end the Nagorno-Karabakh..

STEPANAKERT (RFE/RL)-The Nagorno-Karabakh armed forces have spent the past year strengthening their frontline positions and preparing for a possible new war with Azerbaijan, their chief commander said on Tuesday.