[ last updated 15:37 ] Armenia has made progress in curbing corruption and improving the rule of law in the past eight years, but it is still governed worse than most countries of the world, according to a World Bank survey released on Friday.
[ last updated 15:42 ] The governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) will help to ensure the freedom and fairness of next year’s parliamentary elections and “understands” concerns expressed in that regard by its junior coalition partner, an HHK leader said on Friday.
[ last updated 15:44 ] President Robert Kocharian issued on Friday decrees giving official titles and top state awards to a dozen journalists from TV stations, news agencies and newspapers controlled by or loyal to his administration.
[ last updated 15:47 ] Fighting involving ethnic Armenians and others in a Volga River town left one person dead and at least three injured this week, officials and news reports said Friday, fueling fears of a rise of ethnic violence across Russia.
[ last updated 15:35 ] Former parliament speaker Artur Baghdasarian assures “Iravunk” that there are no major disagreements between President Robert Kocharian and Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian.
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