Armenia’s main opposition forces are capable of winning next year’s parliamentary elections, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Monday.
Armenia’s political leadership downplayed on Tuesday the significance of Azerbaijan’s membership in the UN Security Council, saying that it will have no impact on the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
U.S., Russian and French mediators met with President Serzh Sarkisian in Yerevan on Friday at the start of a fresh tour of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone which they hope will help to kick-start the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process.
The United States expects Armenia to hold parliamentary and presidential elections that will be widely regarded as democratic, according to John Heffern, the new U.S. ambassador in Yerevan.
Azerbaijan’s Interior Minister Ramil Usubov attended a meeting of his counterparts from other former Soviet republics in Yerevan on Friday in what was a rare visit to Armenia by an Azerbaijani government official.
About a thousand Armenian nationals have received U.S. permanent resident visas this year after winning an annual lottery administered by the State Department, a U.S. diplomat said on Thursday.
France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Armenia on Thursday on a two-day state visit which he said will highlight “exceptional ties” between the two nations and should help to expand their bilateral trade.
Armenia’s main opposition alliance has urged its supporters to turn out in larger numbers at its rally due later this week “to participate directly in the elaboration and adoption of a program of establishment democracy”.
Representatives of Armenia’s two main governing parties on Thursday rejected opposition calls for the abolition of parliamentary elections held in single-mandate constituencies.
The reported downing of an Azerbaijani spy drone over Nagorno-Karabakh will restrain Baku’s appetite for another war with the Armenians, the Karabakh Armenian leadership claimed on Thursday.
A leading member of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) complained on Thursday about widespread popular apathy in the country, saying that most Armenians are not willing to fight against injustice.
President Serzh Sarkisian called on Armenian’s leading and often mutually antagonistic political forces to work together in meeting serious challengers facing the country as he celebrated the upcoming 20th anniversary of its independence late on Tuesday.
Armenia’s state budget deficit is continuing to fall and will be equivalent to less than 4 percent of Gross Domestic Product this year, Finance Minister Vache Gabrielian said on Friday.
The European Union and Armenia have made major progress in their negotiations on an association agreement meant to deepen their political, economic and other links, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian reiterated on Wednesday.
Officials in Yerevan announced on Monday the impending completion of a $176 million rehabilitation of Armenia’s rural irrigation networks that has been financed by the United States under its Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program.
Armenia’s human rights ombudsman, Karen Andreasian, on Thursday urged owners of kiosks in Yerevan to wage a “political struggle” against government attempts to shut them down.
A deputy chairman of President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) on Wednesday described as “nonsense” a snap presidential election demanded by the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) in its dialogue with Armenia’s leadership.
Armenia’s governing coalition and the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) worked out a mutually acceptable agenda for their dialogue during fresh talks held by their representatives on Tuesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian has officially responded to his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev’s proposals on how to end the current impasse in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, his office said on Friday.
Representatives of Armenia’s governing coalition pledged on Wednesday to consider opposition demands relating to the continuation of their dialogue with the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
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