Several hundred supporters of a newly organized Armenian opposition group rallied in Yerevan to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of an activist who had been arrested for aiding antigovernment gunmen during a standoff with security forces.
Activists in Armenia have voiced concern that an antiterrorism provision included in a draft criminal code could be used to criminalize criticism of the government.
The ethnic-Armenian leader of Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh has arrived in the United States for a visit that has triggered a strong protest from the authorities in Baku.
The Armenian Prosecutor-General’s Office said on March 13 that it has no grounds for instructing an investigation body to interrogate former President Robert Kocharian in connection with postelection violence a decade ago.
Rights activists in Armenia are accusing state television of mocking female inmates during a TV program.
The prosecution’s case against members of two groups on trial for allegedly plotting to overthrow the Armenian government is widely perceived as less than convincing. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
A newly established opposition group held its first rally in the Armenian capital on March 10.
A senior Armenian Health Ministry official acknowledged that the government's controversial new restrictions on pharmaceutical sales touched off some problems, but he said Yerevan is moving to resolve them.
A senior member of Armenia’s ruling party on March 6 challenged other political groups to name their own candidates to be prime minister, which will be the country's top post after constitutional reform is completed next month.
Armenians hoard drugs as new rules requiring prescriptions for medicine takes effect.
Armenia’s parliament on March 2 elected Armen Sarkisian as the country’s next president.
Armenia has canceled two 2009 protocols aimed at normalizing bilateral relations with bitter regional rival Turkey, the Caucasus country’s presidential office says.
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