[ last updated 16:23 ] International mediators urged Armenia and Azerbaijan on Thursday to take the final step towards a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, saying that a framework peace accord is now within their reach.
[ last updated 16:28 ] The Armenian authorities reaffirmed on Thursday their determination to maintain their effective four-year ban on a leading independent television company, thwarting its fresh legal attempt to resume broadcasts.
[ last updated 16:30 ] U.S. lawmakers are questioning the apparent dismissal of the US ambassador to Armenia over a statement he made in which he recognized the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide.
[ last updated 16:34 ] The acrimonious war of words between outgoing parliament speaker Artur Baghdasarian and opposition leader Artashes Geghamian continued on Thursday as senior members of their parties publicly questioned each other’s opposition credentials.
[ last updated 16:35 ] Armenia’s national currency, the dram, has gained nearly five percent in additional value against the U.S. dollar over the past month, resuming its controversial appreciation blamed by the Armenian authorities on increased remittances from abroad and the greenback’s worldwide weakening.
[ last updated 16:36 ] A convoy of Russian military trucks and other hardware left a Soviet-era base in Georgia on Thursday en route to Armenia, in the latest pullout of Russian military equipment from the Caucasus Mountain nation.
[ last updated 16:22 ] “Haykakan Zhamanak” says the visit to Azerbaijan and Armenia by high-ranking American, French and Russian diplomats spearheading the Karabakh peace process is “unprecedented in terms of its seriousness.”
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