[ last updated 18:36 ] The U.S. government on Wednesday explicitly disavowed its Yerevan-based ambassador’s public acknowledgement of the Armenian genocide, insisting that he expressed his personal views and did not signal a change in Washington’s policy on the issue.
[ last updated 18:44 ] Armenia’s first-ever anti-tobacco drive officially kicked off on Wednesday with the introdcution of a complete ban on smoking in hospitals, cultural and educational institutions and public transportation facilities.
[ last updated 18:45 ] Opposition leader Stepan Demirchian appeared on Wednesday to assert his pro-Western credentials by publicly contrasting multimillion-dollar U.S. assistance to Armenia and Russia’s takeover of Armenian state assets as part of a controversial debt settlement.
[ last updated 18:48 ] The next round of Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks has been postponed by at least one week because of Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian’s continuing illness, his spokesman clarified on Wednesday.
[ last updated 18:50 ] One Azeri soldier was killed and one wounded in a ceasefire breach along the tense line dividing Azerbaijan and Armenian-occupied territory, Azeri television channels reported Wednesday.
[ last updated 18:35 ] “Economic growth in Armenia is not accompanied by a shrinkage of the informal sector [of the economy], which puts the country’s security and defense at risk,” writes “Azg.”
11 January 2005 -- Watch RFE/RL’s exclusive interview by Harry Tamrazian
with Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian, following his meeting with Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister in Prague to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh
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