NEW PARTY OF POWER WINS ARMENIA’S ELECTION.
Incomplete returns, available as of today, indicate that the Unity (Miasnutiun) bloc has gained at least a plurality of the parliamentary seats in the May... MORE
MIASNUTIUN FAVORED TO COME OUT ON TOP IN ARMENIA’S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.
On May 30 Armenia is holding its second postcommunist parliamentary election. The exercise will be closely watched internationally in light of the country's record of... MORE
CHINA ENTERS THE REGION BY ARMING ARMENIA.
China has just delivered eight Typhoon multiple-launcher tactical missile systems to Armenia--the first known Chinese-Armenian arms deal. The delivery was agreed upon during a joint... MORE
ARMENIAN “CRIMINAL GANG” LINKED TO FORMER RULING PARTY GOES ON TRIAL.
Nine members of what Armenian authorities describe as a "criminal gang" went on trial on May 14 in Yerevan on murder charges carrying the death... MORE
RUSSIAN, ARMENIAN AIR DEFENSE FORCES IN JOINT EXERCISE.
Russian and Armenian air defense forces, based at Chobankara and Gyumri in Armenia, began yesterday the first exercise of their modernized joint air defense system.... MORE
RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM INAUGURATED.
Russia and Armenia yesterday commissioned the command post of their joint air defense system, a step which signified that the system is operational. Russia's Air... MORE
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS KILL ARMENIAN CIVILIANS.
At least two Armenian civilians were killed and seven others wounded during a shootout yesterday among Russian border troops in the Armenian town of Gyumri.... MORE
ARMENIA WARNS OF COUNTERMEASURES TO HYPOTHETICAL “TURKISH” BASE IN AZERBAIJAN.
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian warned yesterday that Armenia would take "measures in response" to a possible establishment of a Turkish military presence in Azerbaijan.... MORE
YEZID CHILDREN “MISUSED” IN ARMENIA.
A crowd of "Kurdish" children, said by march organizers to number more than 1,000, demonstrated in central Yerevan on March 12 in support of Kurdish... MORE