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CELL PHONE NETWORK FAILURE HIGHLIGHTS ARMENIA’S TELECOM WOES
The long-awaited liberalization of Armenia's underdeveloped mobile phone sector could not have had a more unexpected and illogical outcome: the near-collapse of the country's main... MORE
ARMENIAN NUCLEAR PLANT TO FUNCTION FOR ANOTHER DECADE
Armenia appears to have decided to keep its vital nuclear power station at Metsamor operational for another decade, despite persisting Western concerns about the safety... MORE
ARMENIAN OPPOSITION CONSIDERS SUPPORTING CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
The Armenian authorities have been given a major boost in their standoff with the opposition with the Council of Europe's effective endorsement of their draft... MORE
RUSSIAN TAKEOVER OF ARMENIAN POWER GRID PROMPTS CONCERN
Armenia is under fire from the United States and other Western donors over the legally questionable transfer of its electricity distribution network to Russia's Unified... MORE
U.S. CONTINUES LARGE-SCALE ASSISTANCE TO ARMENIA
Reflecting the influence of the Armenian community in the United States, the U.S. Congress is blocking yet another attempt by the White House to sizably... MORE
ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN REPORT MORE PROGRESS TOWARD KARABAKH PEACE
Armenia and Azerbaijan have reported further progress in their decade-long negotiations on the Karabakh enclave following the June 17 meeting of their foreign ministers in... MORE
ARMENIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS REMAIN INTRA-GOVERNMENT CONTESTS AMID OPPOSITION APATHY
Over the past 15 years Armenians have grown accustomed to a great variety of political groups vying for power in their country. They must therefore... MORE
TALYSH ISSUE, DORMANT IN AZERBAIJAN, REOPENED IN ARMENIA
On May 20-22, in Armenia's resort town of Tsaghkadzor, an event billed as the "First International Conference on Talysh Studies" was hosted by Yerevan State... MORE
AMENDMENTS TO KEY LAWS UNLIKELY TO FOSTER ARMENIA’S DEMOCRATIZATION
The Armenian authorities claim to have taken a further step toward meeting their membership commitments to the Council of Europe with the May 20 passage... MORE
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MOSCOW SIGNALS IT MAY REDEPLOY SOME FORCES FROM GEORGIA TO ARMENIA
Meeting with the staff of Komsomolskaya pravda on May 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, with reference to the possible closure of Russian bases in... MORE