[ last updated 15:52 ] Armenia’s intensifying presidential race appears to have split thousands of participants of the 1992-1994 war with Azerbaijan into two rival camps supporting Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian and his leading opposition challenger, former President Levon Ter-Petrosian.
[ last updated 15:54 ] A recently dismissed judge who was behind one of the most sensational acquittals in Armenia’s history expressed support on Tuesday for Levon Ter-Petrosian and said he is ready to campaign for the former president’s victory in the forthcoming presidential election.
[ last updated 15:56 ] Turkey is preparing to amend a controversial law on freedom of speech that has been criticized repeatedly by the European Union and could slow EU accession talks with Brussels.
[ last updated 15:50 ] “Haykakan Zhamanak” says that Ara Harutiunian, prime minister of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, is set to be replaced by Marat Musayelian, chief of Karabakh President Bako Sahakian’s staff.
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