[ last updated 16:57 ] President Robert Kocharian on Thursday congratulated George W. Bush on his convincing electoral victory despite receiving no such felicitations from the U.S. president after his own, disputed reelection last year.
[ last updated 17:00 ] Raising fresh questions about its transparency and integrity, the government unexpectedly announced Thursday the name of Armenia’s second mobile phone operator as a result of what it described as a competitive “tender” that took less than a day.
[ last updated 17:02 ] Nearly month-long shortages of aviation fuel have complicated Armenia’s air communication with the rest of the world, forcing passenger jets flying out of Yerevan to make intermediate landings for refueling.
[ last updated 16:55 ] "We are neither France, nor Germany or Great Britain to have our preferences on the election of the leader of the world’s most powerful country. Especially given that it doesn’t mater at all to Armenia who will be America’s next president,” writes "Aravot."
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