A Russian national detained in Armenia late last week was allowed to return to Moscow on Wednesday, avoiding extradition to the United States where he is wanted on charges of money laundering and illegal arms trade.
A senior representative of a fringe opposition group that has so far avoided participating in electoral processes in Armenia has urged a jailed activist who presented a bid last week to run for a mayor in his home village to stay out of the election.
A senior official in Nagorno-Karabakh considers it impossible that the Armenian side could have agreed in Moscow to territorial concessions to Azerbaijan after claims to that effect made by a former defense minister.
International mediators continue to believe that Nagorno-Karabakh’s final status should be determined by its predominantly Armenian population in a referendum, a senior Armenian official insisted on Wednesday.
Prosecutor-General Gevorg Kostanian has asked Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) to look into a media report that exposed a luxury house in the United States belonging to Finance Minister Gagik Khachatrian’s sons, it emerged on Thursday.
A senior European Union diplomat on Wednesday praised continuing international efforts to de-escalate and resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and said the EU looks forward to further Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks.
Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh have accused Azerbaijani forces of beheading three Armenian soldiers and mutilating the dead bodies of more than a dozen others during recent heavy fighting around the disputed territory.
President Serzh Sarkisian has predicted that his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) will win next year’s parliamentary elections and remain in power for at least five more years.
The Armenian Apostolic Church considers Pope Francis a “friend” of Armenia and expects tens of thousands of people to greet him during his upcoming visit to the country, a senior clergyman said on Wednesday.
An independent Armenian newspaper on Friday stopped law-enforcement authorities from detaining and questioning one of its correspondents who has reported on alleged corruption in the Defense Ministry.
Two men were arrested in Stepanakert late on Thursday on suspicion of involvement in an assault on a local opposition leader which caused outrage in both Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.
The commander of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Armenian-backed army, General Levon Mnatsakanian, has accused one of his predecessors, Samvel Babayan, of exploiting recent heavy fighting with Azerbaijani forces for political purposes.
A leader of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) insisted on Thursday that the government is not serious about its latest pledge to combat corruption and create a level playing field for all businesses.
Former President Robert Kocharian insisted through a spokesman on Friday that he is not behind a new opposition party set up by former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and has still not decided whether to return to active politics.
The time is still not ripe for Armenia to formally recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent republic, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian said on Wednesday.
Opposition leader and former President Levon Ter-Petrosian travelled to Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday to discuss with its leaders the recent escalation of the conflict with Azerbaijan.
President Serzh Sarkisian reportedly threatened to sack more Armenian officials late on Wednesday when he held an emergency meeting with senior members of the ruling Republican Party (HHK) related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
An Armenian journalist demanded on Monday that the chief of the national police service, Vladimir Gasparian, apologize for publicly offending her.
Russia urged the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to “reduce military risks” and resume peace talks as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov headed to Yerevan on Thursday.
The Armenian military on Monday claimed to have obtained more evidence of war crimes allegedly committed by Azerbaijani troops after recovering the bodies of 18 Armenian soldiers killed in and around Nagorno-Karabakh this month.
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