The estimated number of people in Armenia living in poverty in 2010 was higher than in 2008 when the country was largely unaffected by the global economic recession.
A key member of Armenia's three-party governing coalition has remained noncommittal over an offer of cooperation from ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian at the latest rally of his main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
The leading religious leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia have called for a withdrawal of snipers from the front lines in the disputed breakaway Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh to stop bloodshed amid more reported casualties in the conflict zone.
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian says the armed forces of Armenia and the breakaway Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh remain prepared to withdraw snipers from their frontline positions in order to bolster the cease-fire regime in the Karabakh conflict zone.
A subsidiary of Russia's state-controlled national electricity company has confirmed plans to end its eight-year management of Armenia's Metsamor nuclear power station.
More than 100 entrepreneurs from Armenia and Turkey are meeting in Yerevan to explore business opportunities in each other's country during a U.S.-sponsored conference.
Armenian police have pledged to investigate corruption allegations against Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian that he rejects as "blackmail."
An Armenian opposition leader has challenged President Serzh Sarkisian to prove his commitment to hold democratic elections by enacting radical changes to the law and not allowing government resources to be used by his ruling Republican Party.
The Armenian military has pledged to respond "disproportionately" to the deaths of two Armenian soldiers in skirmishes with Azerbaijani forces reported in the breakaway Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
A U.S. businessman of Armenian descent has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of pedophilia.
The editors of some of Armenia's leading newspapers have downplayed the significance of a Constitutional Court decision meant to limit libel lawsuits against the media.
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Armenian authorities to pay 18,500 euros ($25,500) to yet another Yerevan family that was evicted from its home as a result of controversial redevelopment in the center of the capital city.
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