The European Union governments have given the formal go-ahead to the start of negotiations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia on “association agreements” that would significantly upgrade their relations with the EU.
Tens of thousands of people walked to a World War Two memorial in Yerevan on Sunday as Armenia marked the 65th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany which had taken a heavy toll on its population.
The second most important party in Armenia’s governing coalition strongly condemned on Friday an influential businessman close to President Serzh Sarkisian for describing it as the brainchild of his predecessor Robert Kocharian.
Armenia and Azerbaijan remain committed to a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict based on “basic principles” that were proposed to them in late 2007, international mediators insisted on Thursday amid fresh recriminations between the conflicting parties.
Chinese President Hu Jintao described Armenia as a “trustworthy friend” of his country and called for the expansion of bilateral political, economic and cultural ties as he met with his visiting Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sarkisian, on Sunday.
The Armenian government’s tax revenues jumped by nearly 20 percent in the first quarter of this year, slashing the state budget deficit to a level equivalent to just over 1 percent of GDP, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday.
Catholicos Garegin II met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and prayed in an abandoned Armenian church in Baku as he ended a landmark visit to Azerbaijan late on Monday, it was reported on Tuesday.
Backtracking on a campaign pledge, U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday again declined to describe the 1915 massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide as he honored the victims of “one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.” (UPDATED)
Armenia will not walk away from its historic agreements with Turkey for now and is only suspending their parliamentary ratification despite Ankara’s refusal to unconditionally normalize bilateral ties, President Serzh Sarkisian said late Thursday. (UPDATED)
Armenia’s governing coalition on Thursday suspended further parliamentary discussions of the normalization agreements with Turkey, citing Ankara’s “unacceptable” conditions for their ratification by the Turkish parliament. (UPDATED)
Armenia inaugurated on Wednesday a new thermal power plant that will allow it to considerably cut back on use of natural gas for electricity production.
Armenian prosecutors have taken over a criminal investigation into the suspicious death of a young man in police custody, which is casting a renewed spotlight on notorious interrogation techniques of the Armenian police.
Cash remittances sent home by scores of Armenians working abroad have increased this year after a sharp drop in 2009, according to latest official statistics.
A flurry of high-level diplomatic activity aimed at salvaging the Turkish-Armenian normalization agreements continued in Washington on Tuesday, with President Barack Obama reportedly pressing Turkish Prime Minister to honor the U.S.-brokered deal. (UPDATED)
President Serzh Sarkisian met with leading Armenian-American critics and supporters of his policy of rapprochement with Turkey in Washington on Monday, it emerged on Tuesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama discussed with his visiting Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sarkisian, prospects for the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations and the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during their first-ever talks held in Washington on Monday. (UPDATED)
President Serzh Sarkisian on Friday downplayed recent criticism of the Armenian government’s economic policies voiced by his predecessor Robert Kocharian and said the latter has never left the political arena.
Organizers of an international human rights conference in Yerevan joined on Tuesday thousands of Armenians in demanding the immediate release of opposition supporters remaining in prison, sparking jubilant scenes at a rally held by the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
The European Union pledged on Tuesday to provide Armenia with 157 million euros ($213 million) in fresh assistance designed to support political and economic reforms stemming from its participation in the EU’s Eastern Partnership program.
The International Monetary Fund has disbursed a fresh $73.6 million installment of a vital loan to Armenia, again praising the Armenian authorities’ response to the global financial crisis and their broader macroeconomic policies.
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