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New Armenian Group Demands Hard Line On Karabakh
A group of prominent opposition figures and intellectuals announced on Thursday the launch of a new movement that will campaign against Armenian territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. The leaders of the Miatsum (...
Business Group Cries Foul Over Government ‘Vendetta’
An Armenian business group owned by a fugitive opposition-linked businessman on Friday claimed to be heading for financial ruin because of what it described as a “political vendetta” waged by the government. The SIL...
Ter-Petrosian Said To Join New Unrest Probe
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian will name a representative to a new body tasked with conducting an independent investigation into the post-election clashes in Yerevan, a senior member of his Armenian National...
OSCE Hails New Armenian Unrest Probe
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) welcomes President Serzh Sarkisian’s decision to form a supposedly independent body that will investigate post-election violence in Yerevan, the head of its...
Watchdog Finds Decreased Press Freedom In Armenia
Press freedom in Armenia has decreased markedly over the past year, an international media rights group said on Wednesday, pointing to a temporary ban on independent news reporting imposed by the Armenian government in...
Decision on Djugha
In the 16th Assembly of IKOMOS Armenian delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Culture Gagik Gyurjyan presented a project “on destruction of Djugha historic cemetery”. “We’ve presented the case in the forum of...
Ter-Petrosian Halts Protests, Blasts ‘Immoral’ West
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian on Friday called a “temporary” halt to his year-long campaign of anti-government demonstrations, citing the need to stave off greater Armenian concessions on Nagorno-Karabakh which...
“No One Should Doubt The Credulousness Of Our Information”
On October 15 the Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia made a statement on the incident that was provoked on the eve at the intersection of Mashtots and Tumanyan Streets. Representatives of the Ombudsman's...
Police Confront Opposition Activists Ahead Of Yerevan Rally
Police tried to stop groups of young people publicizing the Armenian opposition’s upcoming rally in Yerevan for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, ignoring criticism from the country’s human rights ombudsman. The...
Armenian Parliament Asked To Extend Unrest Probe
A special parliamentary commission investigating the bloody aftermath of Armenia’s last presidential election has asked the National Assembly to extend its mandate by two months to allow for a Western-backed change in...