[ last updated 14:22 ] In his first public comments since leaving office, former President Robert Kocharian on Monday defended the use of deadly force against supporters of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian and accused his predecessor of “immorally exploiting” the resulting loss of life.
[ last updated 14:26 ] The Armenian authorities will allow an “independent” investigation into the deadly post-election clashes in Yerevan which is being sought by the Council of Europe and other international bodies, a senior pro-government said at the weekend.
[ last updated 14:27 ] Pope Benedict XVI on Friday recalled the "martyrdom" of the Armenian Apostolic Church during a visit by its leader Garegin II, avoiding the word "genocide" pronounced several times by his predecessor John Paul II.
[ last updated 14:21 ] “The fact that Serzh Sarkisian preferred to leave town on May 9 and to mark the Shushi liberation day in Artsakh (Karabakh) for the first time in his capacity as president might have been understandable in a different situation,” writes “168 Zham.”
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