http://www.rferl.org/archive/Armenia/latest/655/655.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Armenia http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Armenia/latest/655/655.html en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:55:12 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Azerbaijan's land and air forces are taking part in the exercises, which are taking place near its mainly Armenian-populated breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh and are expected to last until the end of the week. http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan-armenia-military-exercises-karabakh-nagorno/24985746.html http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan-armenia-military-exercises-karabakh-nagorno/24985746.html Tue, 14 May 2013 12:28:51 +0000 Azerbaijan Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka holds talks in Yerevan with Armenia’s leadership, including President Serzh Sarkisian. http://www.rferl.org/content/lukashenka-armenia-visit/24984142.html http://www.rferl.org/content/lukashenka-armenia-visit/24984142.html Mon, 13 May 2013 06:07:04 +0000 Belarus RFE/RL's Belarus Service, RFE/RL's Armenian Service Stefan Fuele, the European Union commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy, has called on the EU-hopeful countries of the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans to do more to prove their commitment to democratic values. Correspondent Daisy Sindelar spoke to Fuele during his visit to RFE/RL headquarters in Prague on May 9. http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-fuele-eu-enlargement-fule-stefan/24981706.html http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-fuele-eu-enlargement-fule-stefan/24981706.html Thu, 09 May 2013 17:11:21 +0000 Features Daisy Sindelar Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian took part in celebrations of Victor Day, which is also marked in the mainly Armenian-populated territory as the Day of Nagorno-Karabakh's Army and the anniversary of the "liberation of the town of Shusha." http://www.rferl.org/content/armenia-victory-day-sarkisian-karabakh/24981425.html http://www.rferl.org/content/armenia-victory-day-sarkisian-karabakh/24981425.html Thu, 09 May 2013 13:32:16 +0000 Armenia RFE/RL's Armenian Service Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has described the unresolved issue of his country's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region as a "major impediment" to regional integration. http://www.rferl.org/content/aliyev-nagorno-karabakh-impediment-regional-integration/24979001.html http://www.rferl.org/content/aliyev-nagorno-karabakh-impediment-regional-integration/24979001.html Tue, 07 May 2013 09:21:42 +0000 Azerbaijan The Central Election Commission said on May 6 that with ballots counted in almost two-thirds of Yerevan’s 464 electoral precincts, President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) had over 58 percent of the vote, more than enough to return Mayor Taron Markarian to office. http://www.rferl.org/content/armenia-yerevan-election/24977918.html http://www.rferl.org/content/armenia-yerevan-election/24977918.html Mon, 06 May 2013 09:33:09 +0000 Armenia Emil Danielyan Media freedom throughout the world declined last year to its lowest point in almost a decade, according to a new report from Freedom House, a U.S.-based democracy-monitoring organization. http://www.rferl.org/content/freedom-house-media-freedom-low-point/24974229.html http://www.rferl.org/content/freedom-house-media-freedom-low-point/24974229.html Wed, 01 May 2013 18:16:04 +0000 News RFE/RL Activists in Armenia recently obtained a list of 31 nongovernmental organizations that have received more than $1 million in state grants. But finding most of these mysterious groups has proven virtually impossible. http://www.rferl.org/content/mysterious-ngos-armenia-government-largesse/24973068.html http://www.rferl.org/content/mysterious-ngos-armenia-government-largesse/24973068.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:06:35 +0000 Armenia Anush Martirosian Thousands of people gathered at a Yerevan memorial to remember the 1.5 million Armenians who were killed in World War I-era Ottoman Turkey. http://www.rferl.org/content/armenia-1915-killings-ottoman-turkey/24966763.html http://www.rferl.org/content/armenia-1915-killings-ottoman-turkey/24966763.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:19:28 +0000 Armenia