It's easy to get lost in Suren Manvelyan's eyes. Manvelyan, 36, is an Armenian photographer who's attracting quite a bit of attention for his sumptuous macro images of the human eye.
Armenian Public Council Chairman Vazgen Manukian, who narrowly missed unseating incumbent President Levon Ter-Petrossian in the September 1996 presidential ballot, has expressed regret that there will be no real alternative to President Serzh Sarkisian in the presidential election scheduled for February 18, adding that the authorities and the opposition share the blame for that situation.
Armenia's first president, the leader of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) opposition union Levon Ter-Petrossian says he will not run for president in February 2013.
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says member countries of the Collective Treaty Security Organization (CSTO) have accepted Uzbekistan's decision to suspend its membership.
Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian lashed out at Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh at a meeting with European Union representatives in Brussels on December 17.
Any lingering doubts about whether incumbent Serzh Sarkisian would be reelected for a second term as Armenian president in February 2013 have now been dispelled, at least for the moment.
The leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), successful businessman Gagik Tsarukian, has announced his decision not to run as a candidate in the country's upcoming presidential election.
According to the anticorruption group Transparency International (TI), high levels of bribery, abuse of power, and secret dealings continue to “ravage” societies around the world, despite a growing public outcry over corrupt governments.
It will be President Vladimir Putin’s second trip outside Russia this week, following a visit to Turkey on December 3.
The explosion of a land mine along the border between Azerbaijan and the Armenia-controlled district of Agdam has severely injured an Azerbaijani army officer.
Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, the United Nations released a cautiously optimistic report suggesting the epidemic has begun to stabilize or even shrink in nearly every part of the world. But the countries of the former Soviet Union are an exception to the trend.
HIV/AIDS is relatively rare in Armenia, with just over 1,300 officially registered cases, but the rate of infections is growing. Health care professionals say that in many cases, Armenians contract the virus while living abroad and contribute to its spread back home. Produced by Lilit Harutyunyan, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service
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