The Armenian military on Monday claimed to have obtained more evidence of war crimes allegedly committed by Azerbaijani troops after recovering the bodies of 18 Armenian soldiers killed in and around Nagorno-Karabakh this month.
After more than three days of fierce fighting, the Armenian and Azerbaijani militaries announced on Tuesday afternoon that they have agreed to stop hostilities in and around Nagorno-Karabakh. (UPDATED)
An Armenian maverick activist who frequently lies down to protest government policy was fined 450,000 drams ($940) on Tuesday for insulting a judge and police officers -- a high-profile case that briefly landed him in prison last month.
A court in Yerevan on Friday fined yet another government loyalist 500,000 drams ($1,000) for serious fraud committed during last December’s referendum on President Serzh Sarkisian’s constitutional reform.
Legal experts from the Council of Europe met with leaders of Armenia’s parliamentary parties on Tuesday to discuss new legislation that could greatly influence the outcome of next year’s Armenian parliamentary elections.
A pressure group that opposed the passage of constitutional changes in last year’s referendum plans to seek a joint effort of civil initiatives and political parties in drafting Armenia’s next electoral code.
Amid growing uproar from opposition leaders, civil society members and independent media, an Armenian court ordered on Friday the release of a prominent activist who frequently stages lone protests against the government.
A well-known maverick activist controversially arrested and prosecuted by the Armenian authorities claimed to have been assaulted in prison as he was forced to undergo a psychiatric examination on Wednesday.
Artur Baghdasarian, a former political ally of President Serzh Sarkisian, has set up a new political group to replace his Orinats Yerkir party which critics believe has been discredited by association with the Armenian government.
A senior official said Friday that the Armenian government continues to oppose the idea of publicizing the names of voters participating in elections which its critics believe would make vote rigging much more difficult.
Armenia could become a “platform” for U.S.-Iranian commercial relations following the lifting of international sanctions against Iran, Richard Mills, the U.S. ambassador in Yerevan, said on Thursday.
A court in Yerevan on Monday fined a government supporter 500,000 drams ($1,000) for voting in place of several other citizens during the December 6 referendum on President Serzh Sarkisian’s controversial constitutional changes.
Karen Andreasian, Armenia’s state human rights ombudsman, unexpectedly resigned on Tuesday less than three months after accusing government-linked individuals of waging a smear campaign against him.
A prosecutor demanded on Friday a suspended two-year prison sentence for the only Armenian official who has been prosecuted so far in connection with serious fraud reported before and during last month’s constitutional referendum.
Prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into what the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) calls evidence of serious fraud committed in five Yerevan precincts during Armenia’s December 6 constitutional referendum.
The two-decade-long ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh has essentially come to an end, Armenia’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, pointing to increasingly serious skirmishes in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict zone.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) has failed to muster sufficient support in parliament for its appeal to the Constitutional Court against the official results of the December 6 constitutional referendum.
Two leading Armenian opposition parties have failed to have election officials recount ballots that were cast in polling stations where they claim vote rigging was particularly serious during Sunday’s constitutional referendum.
Azerbaijani forces have used a battle tank in fighting around Nagorno-Karabakh for the first time since a Russian-brokered truce stopped the Armenian-Azerbaijani war in 1994, the Armenian military said on Wednesday.
The Armenian opposition on Tuesday accused the Republican (HHK), Prosperous Armenia (BHK) and Dashnaktsutyun parties of obstructing vote recounts in many polling stations where it claims to have witnessed serious fraud during Sunday’s constitutional referendum.
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