[ last updated 16:25 ] The three top leaders of the Armenian opposition denied on Wednesday reports that they have resumed negotiations with the government on ways of defusing political tensions in the country that flared up into an open confrontation last spring.
[ last updated 16:29 ] Armenia again fared better than most other ex-Soviet states but was just a whisker away from being rated as a highly corrupt nation in a closely-watched annual report on corruption around the world released on Wednesday.
[ last updated 16:33 ] President Robert Kocharian and his three-party governing coalition have agreed in principle to increase the number of parliament seats contested under the system of proportional representation of political parties, a senior official said on Wednesday.
[ last updated 16:34 ] RFE/RL President Thomas Dine has sent a letter to President Robert Kocharian, denouncing the "Soviet-style" cancellation of the new RFE/RL Armenian Service news and analysis program, "Azatutiun," by a private Armenian television station.
[ last updated 16:23 ] “Do you remember a single case where a civil servant who made a fortune with illegal revenues resigned after being exposed by the media?” “Aravot” asks readers in a commentary purporting to prove that the Armenian authorities always ignore corruption reports.
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