[ last updated 16:51 ] President Robert Kocharian led on Thursday low-key official commemorations of the 18th anniversary of a powerful earthquake that killed some 25,000 people and devastated much of northwestern Armenia.
[ last updated 16:53 ] An elderly woman and her three grandsons were reportedly in a serious condition on Thursday after setting themselves on fire in protest against what they see as a government cover-up of the recent killing of a family member.
[ last updated 16:56 ] Armenia condemned on Thursday Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova for joining Azerbaijan in strongly criticizing Sunday’s referendum in Nagorno-Karabakh on a constitution that declares the disputed territory an independent state.
[ last updated 16:59 ] The longtime government-appointed governors of two Armenian regions were dismissed and expected to be replaced by other loyalists of Prime Minister Andranik Markarian’s Republican Party (HHK) on Thursday.
[ last updated 17:02 ] The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved an amendment to bar the U.S. Export-Import bank from financing a railway corridor that links Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
[ last updated 16:50 ] “Hayots Ashkhar” stands by its view that the Armenian opposition will fail to form a united front ahead of next spring’s parliamentary elections and will therefore make it much easier for the authorities to retain their control of the National Assembly.
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