GUL ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ARMENIA
On September 3 Turkish President Abdullah Gul announced that he had accepted an invitation from Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian to attend the soccer match between... MORE
TURKEY AND ARMENIA: FROM SECRET TALKS TO “SOCCER DIPLOMACY”?
On July 24, the presidents of Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan formally inaugurated the Turkish section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad, which will eventually provide the first... MORE
TURKEY OFFERS “DIALOGUE” TO ARMENIA
Turkey has offered to enter into a “dialogue” with neighboring Armenia that would aim at improving the historically strained relations between the two nations. The... MORE
POSSIBLE RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY
Among the “frozen conflicts” left over from the implosion of the USSR in December 1991, the economic implications of Armenia’s 1988 to 1994 conflict with... MORE
AZERBAIJAN SEES ARMENIA DIFFERENTLY AFTER ELECTIONS
“Democracy in Azerbaijan is at least no worse than in Georgia, but the comparison with Armenia is almost impossible,” said Khazar Ibrahim, the head of... MORE
NEW ARMENIAN LEADER FORMS CABINET
On April 22 Armenia’s new President Serzh Sarkisian completed the formation of his cabinet comprising representatives of four political parties and key loyalists of his... MORE
NEW ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TAKES OFFICE, KEEPS UP REPRESSION
Serzh Sarkisian was sworn in as Armenia’s new president on April 9 amid a lingering political crisis triggered by his extremely controversial victory in last... MORE
KARABAKH PEACE IN QUESTION AFTER ARMENIAN VOTE
Armenia’s post-election political crisis and Azerbaijan’s apparent attempts to take advantage of it are dealing a serious blow to international mediators’ hopes for a near-term... MORE
BLOODY CRACKDOWN ENDS ARMENIAN POST-ELECTION UNREST, FOR NOW
The unrest sparked by Armenia’s February 19 presidential election, praised by the West but considered fraudulent by many Armenians, could have hardly had a worse... MORE
ARMENIA IN TURMOIL AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PRAISED BY WEST
Armenia is facing its most serious political crisis in years in the wake of the February 19 presidential election that was controversially won by Prime... MORE