“SOME PROGRESS” AT ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI TALKS.
For the firsttime, the OSCE-sponsored talks on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict made"some progress," all sides told Moscow media May 18. Speaking at the conclusionof the latest... MORE
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE.
In response to a risingtide of criticism for his closing of a Russian-language paper, for the death of aninmate, and for his criticism of the... MORE
ARMENIAN SECURITY SHAKEUP LINKED TO INMATE’S DEATH.
Armenian President LevonTer-Petrosyan's decision to replace senior officials in his security servicescomes amid rising public suspicions that security officers were responsiblefor the death last week... MORE
TENSE PRE-ELECTION SITUATION IN ARMENIA.
Journalists in both Moscow andYerevan charged that Armenian authorities had closed the Russian-languagepaper Golos Armenii for political purposes, as part of a broader effort byPresident... MORE
ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES CONSTITUTION.
The Armenian parliament hasapproved a draft constitution, Itar-Tass said May 12. The document, which theopposition said yields too much power to the president, will be... MORE
RUSSIAN BASE ANGERS ARMENIANS.
The Russian military base at Gyumri isoffending the local population because Russian servicemen have electricitywhen the local population does not, Krasnaya zvezda said April 28.... MORE
BAKU RELEASES 35 ARMENIAN POWS.
Azerbaijani authorities released 35 Armenian prisoners of war May 11 in response to Armenian releases of Azerbaijanis the day before, Interfax and Turan reported. The... MORE
RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE PAPER CLOSED IN ARMENIA.
Despite appeals from the Russian government, the Russian-language paper Golos Armenii shut its doors May 11 because it had not paid the rent for its... MORE
ARMENIA FREES AZERBAIJANI POWS.
Karabakh authorities freed 15 Azerbaijani prisoners of war May 9, and Yerevan said it would free 23 more, Golos Armenii and Interfax reported May 9.... MORE
ARMENIA, LEBANON SIGN TRADE AGREEMENTS.
During a visit to Beirut, Armenian Prime Minister Grant Bagratian signed a series of trade and investment agreements with the Lebanese government, Armen press reported... MORE