The presidents of Armenia and Turkey, Levon Ter-Petrosian and Suleyman Demirel, met on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York October 24,... MORE

Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Orientation Seyed-Mustafa Mir-Salim opened in Yerevan the government-sponsored days of Iranian culture, amid rhetoric on both sides about a... MORE

Armenia´s National Assembly adopted October 10 a new citizenship law which precludes dual citizenship. The law affects primarily diaspora Armenians who were until now able... MORE

Armenia, which is proud of its economic growth over the past year,(the only CIS nation to have a positive figure by that measure)nonetheless must confront... MORE

The normally pro-Armenian Russian press has begunto shift its position largely in response to the efforts by Armenianpresident Levon Ter-Petrosian to exclude the ARF-Dashnak organizationfrom... MORE

The Armenianauthorities have reached agreement with both Turkmenistan andGeorgia to regularize gas deliveries to Yerevan, Armenian mediareported August 16. Earlier, Armenia had had to pay... MORE

Armenianswho want to emigrate are paying up to $1500 to justice ministryofficials have their passport nationality changed from "Armenian"to "Jewish," Golos Armenii reported August 16.

Formal legal proceedings began August7 in Erevan against 11 members of the alleged Dro secret organization,said to form part of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation(Dashnaksutyun)... MORE

Armenia's National Security Ministryannounced August 4 that 14 individuals arrested since July 28,mostly members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaksutyun)and led by Vahan Hovanessian, one... MORE

Armenianhuman rights activist Paruir Hairikian called on all oppositionparties to unite in selecting a single candidate to oppose incumbentLevon Ter-Petrosyan in next year's presidential vote,... MORE