[ last updated 17:10 ] Echoing statements by the European Union, the Council of Europe urged the Armenian authorities on Monday to allow an independent investigation into the post-election violence in Yerevan, release political prisoners and scrap their controversial restrictions on freedom of assembly.
[ last updated 17:14 ] Tax authorities have launched a rare financial inspection of Armenia’s leading newspapers critical of the government, sparking fears of renewed government restrictions on the local press.
[ last updated 17:16 ] Armenia accused Azerbaijan on Monday of seeking to walk away from a framework peace agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh which international mediators hope will be finalized in the coming months.
[ last updated 17:09 ] “What happened on that day [March 1] was not beneficial for Serzh Sarkisian in the first instance,” opposition parliamentarian Armen Martirosian tells “Zhamanak Yerevan.”
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