French President Nicholas Sarkozy has promised Armenians he will eventually secure the adoption of a law that would make it a crime to deny that the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks amounted to genocide.
With two months to go before the May 6 Armenian parliamentary elections, serious disagreements have emerged within the Armenian National Congress, the main opposition umbrella group headed by former President Levon Ter-Petrossian.
Armenia has announced that it plans to boycott the 2012 Eurovision song contest that will be hosted by neighboring Azerbaijan in May.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has accused leaders in neighboring Azerbaijan of seeking to block progress on resolving the conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia's ruling party says it "regrets" a decision by France's Constitutional Court invalidating a law that made it a crime to deny that the killings of some 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 constituted genocide.
Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Azerbaijani Ambassador Javanshir Akhundov to explain Baku's purchase of some $1.6 billion in weapons from Israel, Iran's state media reported.
France's Constitutional Council has ruled that a law concerning the mass killings of Armenians nearly a century ago violates the country's constitution, prompting relief from Turkey, which had vowed to curb bilateral ties over the legislation.
Two dozen Azerbaijani and Turkish protesters gathered outside the Armenian Mission near the United Nations on February 27 to mark the 20th anniversary of Azerbaijan's war with Armenia over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenian deputies representing the opposition Heritage faction in parliament filed a court complaint on February 21 against a decision by Yerevan authorities to construct trade kiosks in Mashtots Park.
Patrick Lorin, Armenian Water and Sewerage’s CEO, agreed to meet with villagers of Dashtavan to comment on their issues with the company on February 3, 2012.
The Armenian parliamentary elections due in May will not simply be a struggle between rival political parties with diverging priorities and platforms.
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