Armenia on Tuesday pointedly declined to react to Russian officials’ apparently unfounded claims that Syrian rebels shot and killed ethnic Armenians when they captured Kessab, a small town close to Syria’s border with Turkey.
President Serzh Sarkisian defended on Thursday his desire to quickly expedite Armenia’s accession to a Russian-led union of ex-Soviet states, which appears to have surprised even Moscow.
RFE/RL Armenian Service Director Harry Tamrazian has sat with U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick for an exclusive interview in which the senior American diplomat talks about the latest developments and prospects in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process, other related issues.
Presidents Serzh Sarkisian of Armenia and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan pledged to reinvigorate the protracted search for a compromise solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during face-to-face talks held in Vienna on Tuesday.
Armenian opposition lawmaker Zaruhi Postanjian has defended her controversial statements made at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) session in Strasbourg last week amid continuing criticism that by challenging President Serzh Sarkisian over his alleged gambling habit she “offended the nation”.
A senior official from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday welcomed the first-ever sale of Armenian Eurobonds that netted the government $700 million.
Armenia’s planned accession to a Russian-led customs union will have no fundamental impact on its relations with the United States and Washington’s security agenda in the region, U.S. Ambassador John Heffern said on Tuesday.
The European Union is still eager to pursue deeper ties with Armenia even if Yerevan goes ahead with plans to join a Russian-led customs union, according to EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele.
Tax administration in Armenia has improved considerably in recent years even if there is still “serious work” that remains to be done by tax authorities, President Serzh Sarkisian said on Tuesday.
The European Union and Armenia are inching closer to finalizing their Association Agreement in time for a key summit due in November, the EU’s Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele said during a visit to Yerevan on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian stopped short of ruling out Armenia’s accession to a new Russian-led bloc of former Soviet republics over the weekend, raising more questions about its integration with the European Union.
A millionaire businessman connected to the Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Tuesday heaped praise on Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian blamed by this and other opposition groups for the country’s economic woes.
The mayoral election campaign in Yerevan officially drew to a close on Friday, with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and its opposition challengers making the last pitch for votes in various parts of the capital.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) is confident about winning enough votes to be represented in Yerevan’s new municipal council, a leader of the opposition party said on Friday.
General Vladimir Gasparian, the chief of the Armenian police, praised opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Tuesday night just hours after his forces clashed with opposition protesters attempting to march towards the presidential palace in Yerevan.
Riot police used force to stop opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian and thousands of his supporters from marching towards the presidential palace in Yerevan on Tuesday at the end of daylong protests against President Serzh Sarkisian’s inauguration for a second term. (UPDATED)
Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian voiced support for opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian’s continuing street protests and criticized President Serzh Sarkisian’s response to last month’s disputed presidential election on Wednesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian has indicated that he will not make sweeping changes in Armenia’s government after winning a second term in office, saying that its economic record has been satisfactory so far.
President Serzh Sarkisian criticized Raffi Hovannisian on Monday for disputing the legitimacy of his reelection and claiming to represent most Armenians, saying that only a tiny segment of the country’s population is participating in demonstrations organized by his main election challenger.
Robert Kocharian was a more successful president than his successor Serzh Sarkisian, according to a leader of the Armenian National Congress (HAK), an opposition alliance highly critical of both men.
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