Arsene Tchakarian, the last surviving member of a famed group of immigrant Resistance fighters in France during World War II, has died at age 101, his family said on August 5.
A group of several dozen people attacked nine gay-rights activists in Armenia's Syunik region, the Pink Armenia activist organization has reported.
Georgia's president, Giorgi Margvelashvili, condemned Russia's illegal ocupation of part of his country on August 1 as he opened two weeks of military exercises with the United States and several other NATO members.
Military exercises called Noble Partner 2018 kicked off on August 1 at the Vaziani base near Georgia's capital, Tbilisi. Some 1,300 troops from Georgia, 1,170 from the United States, and around 500 others are taking part in the drills.
Former Armenian President Robert Kocharian is the latest and biggest fish to face legal trouble under the leadership of new Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow is "concerned" that Armenia's new leadership is making what he called "political" moves against pro-Moscow former political leaders who have been targeted in an anticorruption campaign.
Representatives of jailed former Armenian President Robert Kocharian blasted his arrest, calling it "obvious political and personal persecution" and demanded his immediate release, as the government steps up actions against the country’s previous leaders.
The Armenian chief of a Russian-led security bloc has been released on bail after being charged in connection with the violent crackdown that erupted following the country's 2008 presidential election.
Former President Robert Kocharian has been taken into custody by Armenian authorities after being charged in connection with the deadly crackdown on opposition protests following the disputed presidential election in 2008.
The Armenian chief of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has been charged with overthrowing Armenia's constitutional order amid a probe into Yerevan's 2008 postelection crackdown that brought Serzh Sarkisian into power for a decade as president.
Armenian authorities have charged former President Robert Kocharian with "overthrowing the constitutional order" and are seeking his pretrial detention on charges related to the crackdown on antigovernment protesters in 2008.
Armenian authorities have charged former President Robert Kocharian with "overthrowing the constitutional order" and are seeking his pretrial detention on charges related to a crackdown on antigovernment protesters in 2008.
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