[ last updated 17:01 ] President Serzh Sarkisian completed the formation of his coalition government on Monday with the appointment of five more ministers, among them an influential figure close to his predecessor Robert Kocharian.
[ last updated 17:03 ] In what was the first opposition rally authorized by the Armenian government in two months, thousands of people assembled in Yerevan at the weekend to voice support for former President Levon Ter-Petrosian and his imprisoned loyalists.
[ last updated 17:04 ] The Armenian authorities have accepted the Council of Europe’s demands to stop their crackdown on the opposition and restore civil liberties restricted in the wake of last February’s disputed presidential election, senior pro-government lawmakers said on Monday.
[ last updated 17:06 ] Turkey's foreign minister said Monday he is seeking a dialogue with the new government installed in Armenia to try to normalize ties between two neighbors who have no diplomatic relations.
[ last updated 17:00 ] “There is no market-based economy in Armenia,” Hrant Bagratian, a former prime minister and opposition politician, writes in “Haykakan Zhamanak.”