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Arzumanyan Was Handed To Russian Law-Enforcement Bodies
The Armenian ex-foreign minister Alexander Arzumanyan was set free on September 6 after the investigative group was back from the Russian Federation. Yesterday the investigative group submitted the material to the RA...
Court Prolongs Oppositionist’s Arrest
A court in Yerevan allowed the National Security Service (NSS) on Friday to keep Aleksandr Arzumanian, a former foreign minister opposed to the government, for two more months, ignoring protests from his lawyer. The...
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Hovannisian Poised For Another Presidential Bid
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian indicated on Friday that he will again try to run for president despite not being considered eligible by the Armenian authorities for the election due early next year. The U.S.-born...
Prosecutors Demand Jail Terms For ‘Coup Plotters’
A state prosecutor demanded on Monday prison sentences of up to three years for two arrested opposition activists and one of their supporters accused of plotting to topple Armenia’s government. The demand came at the...
Armenia: Public Radio Refuses Deal With Radio Liberty
Negotiations to renew Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s broadcast agreement in Armenia have ended, reportedly putting the station’s Yerevan office on the verge of closure. As of August 9, the station’s Armenian service’...
Jailed Editor ‘Suspends’ Hunger Strike
The editor of an Armenian pro-opposition newspaper serving a prison sentence for draft evasion has suspended a hunger strike which he began last Friday after being denied an early release from jail, his lawyer said on...
Yerevan Press Club Celebrates Its 12th Anniversary And Gives Annual Award
On July 18 Yerevan Press Club marked its 12th anniversary. On the same day, at the Journalists Union of Armenia Yerevan Press Club Annual Award Ceremony was held. The Award was established and is conferred since 1998 to...
Karabakh Armenians Elect New Leader
Polls closed across Nagorno-Karabakh late Thursday in a presidential election which is widely expected to formalize the handover of power from the unrecognized republic’s outgoing President Arkady Ghukasian to his...
Karabakh Hopes Presidential Vote Will Boost Independence Bid
Voters in Nagorno-Karabakh head to the polls on Thursday for a presidential election they hope will help the ethnic Armenian-controlled enclave's bid for independence. Officials there said the vote was another step...