By Tigran Avetisian YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenia’s leaders rushed to congratulate Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Monday on his victory in Russia’s weekend pres- idential election, saying that it will[...]
NEW YORK — The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will hold its 56th session this year on the theme “The Empowerment of Rural Women and Their[...]
YEREVAN — The Fourth Annual Conference of Armenian Writers in Foreign Languages took place in Armenia this year from October 10 to 15. Sessions took place at the Writers Union[...]
ST PETERSBURG (Dow Jones) — Russia and seven other post-Soviet states, including Ukraine, signed an agreement on creating a free-trade zone Tuesday, in another step in Moscow’s drive to rebuild[...]
MOSCOW (Reuters) — The former vice president of oil group Yukos, Vasily Aleksanyan, died on Monday, October 2, of complications from AIDS, according to reports, a condition that Russian rights[...]
By Tigran Avetisian STEPANAKERT (RFE/RL) — The reported downing of an Azerbaijani spy drone over Nagorno Karabagh will restrain Baku’s appetite for another war with the Armenians, the Karabagh Armenian[...]
TEHRAN, Iran (RFE/RL) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated Iran’s strong interest in expanding its “historic, deep and friendly” relations with Armenia as he met with Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian[...]
ANKARA (Guardian) — Turkey has pursued its diplomatic offensive against Israel by confirming it is suspending defense industry contracts and threatening further sanctions, after that country’s refusal to apologize for[...]
MERSIN, Turkey (Firant news agency) — BDP’s Mersin Akdeniz Municipality has named a park and built a monument, both in honor of Hrant Dink. Dink, chief editor of the[...]
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — President Serge Sargisian has pointedly declined to deny one of his ministers’ claims that he would like to found a second house of Armenia’s parliament where representatives[...]
By Edmond Y. Azadian The social unrest sweeping across the Middle East has caught up with Egypt, long considered one of the most stable nations in the region and a[...]
