[ last updated 15:41 ] The Armenian government has submitted new, much more modest proposals for additional U.S. economic assistance under the Millennium Challenge Account program almost six months after its initial application was found to be unrealistic.
[ last updated 15:44 ] Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian said on Wednesday that a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict requires “painful” concessions from both sides and again warned Azerbaijan against resorting to military action.
[ last updated 15:46 ] The Soviet-style militarized structure of the Armenian Defense Ministry is an obstacle to Armenia’s closer cooperation with NATO and should be brought closer to Western standards, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday.
[ last updated 15:49 ] The ArmenTel operator and his recently chosen Lebanese competitor have until the end of this week to iron out their differences hampering the launch of Armenia’s second mobile phone network, Transport and Communications Minister Andranik Manukian warned on Wednesday.
[ last updated 15:50 ] Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey on Tuesday urged Turkey to carry out a detailed study of claims that millions of Armenians were the victims of genocide under Ottoman rule during World War I.
[ last updated 15:40 ] “Hayots Ashkhar” says the Armenian opposition would be wrong to draw inspiration from the revolution in Kyrgyzstan, repeating government assertions that there are no prerequisites for regime change in Armenia.
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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