The multinational musical glitzfest known as Eurovision holds its final in Sweden. But the main sponsor of this year's contest raises eyebrows for its ties to human rights abuses in the former Soviet Union.

Stefan Fuele, the European Union commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy, has called on the EU-hopeful countries of the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans to do more to prove their commitment to democratic values. Correspondent Daisy Sindelar spoke to Fuele during his visit to RFE/RL headquarters in Prague on May 9.

Lawmakers from northwestern Iran are pushing for a 19th-century treaty between empires that no longer exist -- tsarist Russia and Persia -- to be renegotiated. In Baku, one Azerbaijani lawmaker is welcoming the idea -- saying Tehran would have to hand over territory in northwestern Iran if the treaty is reworked.

Members of Azerbaijan's first family have been shareholders in at least four offshore companies, newly revealed records show.

Family members of Azerbaijan's transport minister and a prominent Azerbaijani company that does business with the ministry have close ties, raising serious questions about a conflict of interest in the ministry's activities.

A new documentary film looks at how the people of the South Caucasus continue to deal with the consequences of the region's violent past. The film, "Memories Without Borders," looks at ordinary people living in often extraordinary circumstances, in Nagorno-Karabakh, Baku, southern Armenia, and Istanbul.

Across East and South Asia, demographers and policymakers have long struggled with the imbalance between the numbers of boys and girls being born. The natural proportion should be approximately 105 boys for every 100 girls, but, in parts of these regions, ratios have risen as high as 130 or even 140 to 100. Recently, the problem has also arisen in the South Caucasus and the Balkans.