Karlen Aslanian is a correspondent with RFE/RL's Armenian Service.
The de facto leadership of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh is ready to negotiate with Azerbaijan, but only in an international format with the participation of mediators, a senior representative in Stepanakert said on November 18.
Thousands of residents of Armenian towns and villages close to the Azerbaijani border have fled their homes since the outbreak of large-scale fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces on September 12. RFE/RL's Armenian Service is on the ground.
Armenia’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has allowed for the investigation of a judge who presided over the trial of former President Robert Kocharian and released him on bail in May.
Armenian officials say 75 were injured and more than 20 detained in clashes between police and protesters in the capital. The violence, which left three RFE/RL journalists injured, erupted when demonstrators tried to approach a police station where oppositionist gunmen have barricaded themselves,
Armenian authorities said on April 26 that they have identified the main suspect in a bus explosion in Yerevan that killed two people.
