A new transit agreement reached earlier this month between the Georgian government and Russia's Gazprom on how Georgia will be compensated for the transit of Russian natural gas across its territory to Armenia has incurred widespread criticism. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
A large crowd in Istanbul on January 19 marked the 10th anniversary of the murder of Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist who had long pushed for reconciliation between the country's Turkish and Armenian communities.
Eight athletes have been disqualified from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics in Beijing and London after drug retests, including two Belarusians and six athletes from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and China.
There are a number of events on the 2017 schedule -- seemingly symbolic or plainly decisive -- that are keeping diplomats, military minds, and Eurocrats awake at night and could alter Europe's course for years to come.
Officials say at least four soldiers were killed and several others wounded in a border clash between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces early on December 29.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the leaders of several former Soviet republics in St. Petersburg on December 26, a day after the 25th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
President Barack Obama has approved legislation that would consolidate oversight of U.S. nonmilitary broadcasting in the hands of a single chief executive, an overhaul that supporters laud as a much-needed reform but critics warn could endanger journalistic independence.
Iran's President Hassan Rohani has arrived in Yerevan for an official visit. He joined Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian to review troops at a formal welcoming ceremony on December 21. (RFE/RL's Armenian Service)
Iranian President Hassan Rohani visited Armenia on December 21 as part of a swing through three former Soviet republics.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has warned of the "danger of authoritarian populism" and the risk of a retreat on the protection of basic human rights in a region stretching from the ex-Soviet Union across Europe to the United States.
An Armenian court last week declared the state-owned Nairit synthetic rubber plant bankrupt in response to a request by the national power utility Electricity Networks of Armenia, which is owed some 1.24 billion drams ($2.6 million) in unpaid electricity bills by Nairit's management. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
The parliament of Armenia has voted to extend for seven years a bilateral agreement with the United States on preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
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