[ last updated 16:08 ] The director general of Armenia’s rail network on Tuesday effectively confirmed its impending takeover by Russia’s state-run railway, a deal which will place yet another chunk of the Armenian economic infrastructure under Russian control.
[ last updated 16:11 ] Armenia will ask the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor its upcoming presidential election despite misgivings about the work of Western-led observer missions, officials in Yerevan said on Tuesday.
[ last updated 16:13 ] Armenia’s two largest private broadcasters defended on Tuesday their coverage of the intensifying presidential race which has been strongly criticized by an independent media watchdog.
[ last updated 16:06 ] "Aravot" reports that according to a new opinion poll commissioned by it, Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian and Levon Ter-Petrosian would get 19.2 percent and 9.2 percent of the vote respectively if the presidential election was held this Sunday.
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