Law-enforcement authorities in Armenia said on Thursday that they have issued an international arrest warrant for a former senior customs official who they believe masterminded an apparent attempt on the life of Gagik Khachatrian, head of the State Revenue Committee (SRC).
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad welcomed Armenia’s rapprochement with Turkey and offered to mediate more fence-mending negotiations between the two neighbors during an official visit to Yerevan on Wednesday.
The World Bank (WB) is going to lend more than $60 million to programs of rural road rehabilitation in Armenia, its Yerevan representative announced on Friday.
The Armenian opposition alleged widespread vote buying and other irregularities on Sunday as voting progressed in Yerevan’s mayoral elections marked by a relatively high voter turnout. The polling was also marred by reported attacks on and intimidation of several journalists. (UPDATED)
The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) has significantly cut its benchmark lending rate, citing easing inflationary pressures and the need to shore up the crisis-hit Armenian economy.
The Armenian authorities shed more light Thursday on how they plan to spend a $500 million anti-crisis loan that will be provided to them by the government of Russia.
Senior Armenian government officials met NATO leaders in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss their country’s continued cooperation with the Western alliance and regional security issues.
Dozens of members of Armenia’s two largest pro-government parties reportedly again brawled in Yerevan late on Monday, heightening political tensions ahead of next week’s municipal elections. (UPDATED)
Two young opposition activists were attacked and beaten up by unknown men in downtown Yerevan late on Wednesday while publicizing a rally to be held by the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Friday.
Armenia’s government will fail to sell any ground-breaking agreements with Turkey to the domestic public as long as it holds dozens of “political prisoners” and refuses to engage in dialogue with its political opponents, the main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Tuesday.
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to meet again on May 7 to try to speed up the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, international mediators said on Monday, ending yet another round of regional shuttle diplomacy.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Thursday strongly condemned a far-reaching agreement announced by Ankara and Yerevan and said it could pull out of Armenia’s governing coalition in protest. Armenia’s main opposition forces also gave a highly negative assessment of the deal. (UPDATED)
A top U.S. negotiator spoke of a “new phase” in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process after he and fellow mediators from France and Russia held talks with Armenian leaders in Yerevan on Wednesday.
The top leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) harshly criticized on Wednesday President Serzh Sarkisian’s policy toward Turkey, saying that it has only harmed Armenia and earned Ankara a role in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. (UPDATED)
Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan gave no indications of an impending breakthrough in his country’s relations with Armenia on Thursday as he visited Yerevan to attend a meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organization.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan was expected to arrive in Yerevan to participate in Thursday’s high-level meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organization and possibly hold fresh fence-mending talks with his Armenian counterpart.
