International mediators brokering a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict condemned recent cease-fire violations in the region in a statement issued on May 18.
A Russian soldier convicted of murdering a family of seven in the Armenian city of Gyumri in 2015 has been sent to Russia to serve out his life sentence, the Armenian Justice Ministry says.
A Russian soldier convicted of murdering an Armenian family of seven in Gyumri in 2015 has been sent to Russia to serve out his life sentence, the Armenian Justice Ministry says.
Armenia's Republican Party (HHK), which won last month’s parliamentary elections, has proposed former Health Minister Ara Babloyan for the position of parliament speaker.
International observers have welcomed what they called an improved electoral framework in Armenia and new technologies to prevent fraud, but warned that "more needs to be done to address the root cause of apathy and frustration about politics" in the South Caucasus country.
Armenia’s state human rights ombudsman Arman Tatoyan on May 16 questioned the use of force by the country’s police against Zaruhi Postanjian, an opposition candidate running for mayor in elections over the weekend.
Armenia and the separatists who control Nagorno-Karabakh have warned that a missile strike by Azerbaijani armed forces targeting an air defense missile system in the breakaway region "will not remain unanswered."
The Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan says it has destroyed an Armenian air defense missile system in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Police hauled away an opposition candidate who went to complain about alleged vote-buying by the ruling Republic Party in municipal elections. (RFE/RL's Armenian Service)
Police in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, used force against an opposition mayoral candidate during city council elections on May 14, according to her party and video footage.
An RFE/RL reporter has been attacked for the second time in two months while investigating potential vote buying.
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