ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY
Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has set the date for the upcoming presidential election, which will seal the end of President Robert Kocharian’s ten-year rule.... MORE
SOARING TRADE BOOSTS RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN ECONOMIC TIES
Armenia’s trade with Russia has increased dramatically this year, paralleling the growing Russian economic presence in the country, which has sparked concerns about Armenia’s economic... MORE
STUNG BY ARMENIAN RESOLUTION, TURKEY MULLS OPTIONS
Stung by the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s October 10 approval of a resolution characterizing the massacres and deportations of Armenians by the Ottoman authorities during... MORE
ARMENIAN EX-PRESIDENT BREAKS LONG SILENCE, SIGNALS COMEBACK
Levon Ter-Petrosian, Armenia’s former president acclaimed in the West for his conciliatory stance on the Karabakh conflict, has rocked the domestic political arena with his... MORE
ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT OPPOSITION UNDER FIRE AFTER KEY VOTE
The two opposition parties represented in the Armenian parliament are facing embarrassing accusations of secret collaboration with the government after effectively acquiescing to the reappointment... MORE
RUSSIANS CLOSE TO BUYING ANOTHER MAJOR ARMENIAN ENTERPRISE
A Russian financial-industrial group looks set to acquire an Indian-owned company that develops the bulk of Armenia’s gold reserves. The deal, if it goes through,... MORE
ARMENIAN OPPOSITION SEEKS SINGLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Armenia’s fragmented opposition, reeling from its crushing defeat in recent parliamentary elections, is looking to join forces ahead of the presidential ballot due early next... MORE
ARMENIA DEEPENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN
Armenia and Iran have agreed to give new impetus to their bilateral relations and press ahead with the implementation of more multimillion-dollar energy projects. The... MORE
INTELLIGENTSIA EXCHANGE SPARKS DEBATE, RAISES HOPES IN AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA
The surprise and controversial exchange of intelligentsia delegations between Azerbaijan and Armenia on June 28 generated heated debates in both societies. The move, the first... MORE
U.S.-BORN POLITICIAN RESHAPES ARMENIAN OPPOSITION CAMP
The May 12 parliamentary elections in Armenia, swept by political allies of President Robert Kocharian and Prime Minister Serge Sarkisian, were a massive blow to... MORE