Caucasus Conflicts

New customs tariffs will leave Armenia facing less choice in consumption

January 04, 2020

The tariffs will affect goods not be imported from the Eurasian Economic Union, of which Armenia became a member five years ago

Yerevan airport serves record-high number of passengers in 2019

December 30, 2019

The transfer of Russian tourists through the Yerevan airport en route to Georgia due to the Russian flight ban may be partially responsible for the boost in numbers

Criminal charges of abuse of authority brought against head of Armenian Constitutional Court

December 28, 2019

Hrayr Tovmasyan has been charged with abuse of power, but he will continue to carry out his role as head of the Constitutional Court

Armenia reopens investigation to uncover mastermind of 1999 parliament terror attack

December 26, 2019

The investigation is being reopened on the request of the widow of one of those killed in the attack – former Speaker Yuri Bakhshyan

Armenia avoids electricity price hikes for repayment of nuclear station repair loan – for now

December 25, 2019

Energy experts say that an increase in the price of electricity is ultimately unavoidable

Survey in Armenia reveals most pressing public concerns, popular officials and sources of discontent

December 23, 2019

Most people are now worried about unemployment and low pensions, while corruption has become a secondary concern

Chief obstetrician of Armenia detained in adoption case of orphans – organ harvesting suspected

December 19, 2019

His accomplices illegally took away newborns from mothers – some claimed that the babies had allegedly died at birth

White House refuses to support Armenian Genocide resolution adopted by US Congress

December 18, 2019

A State Department statement says the US President’s administration is not going to change its attitude towards the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

Armenian draft evaders have until end of year to avoid criminal prosecution

December 12, 2019

The government intends to give a last chance to draft dodgers who left the country and avoided service to pay and return to their homeland – by the end of the year

Armenian Constitutional Court judges offered pension equal to salary for early retirement in bid to ‘reclaim court’

December 10, 2019

The head of the Constitutional Court is the government’s main target in its newest attempt at dealing with the body’s connections to the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia

‘Washingtonian palms’ come to Abkhazia after former destruction by palm weevil

December 07, 2019

60 palms were brought from Italy and will be planted on the promenade in Sukhum, in place of the dozens of palms that died in 2019 from the invasion of the stink bug

Update: Armenian, Azerbaijani FMs exchange verbal blows after negotiations in Bratislava

December 06, 2019

From the mutual accusations, the details of the negotiations became clear - each side remains firm in its demands for the settlement of the Karabakh conflict

Op-ed: What’s happening in Azerbaijan – a revolution from above or image correction?

Opposition in Azerbaijan

December 05, 2019

The political palette of the past year in questions and answers

Armenian PM’s wife invites Azerbaijani First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva to Karabakh – but with conditions

December 04, 2019

In doing so, Anna Hakobyan answered the words of Mehriban Aliyeva that she dreams of listening to mugam (folk music) in Karabakh

Son of Armenian nationalist party head dumps paint on Griboyedov monument in response to act of vandalism in Russia

December 03, 2019

In mid-November, an Armavir City Duma (Russian Federation) member doused a memorial board portraying Armenian national hero Garegin Nzhdeh with paint and demanded it be taken down

Armenian restaurant faces public ire, boycott after owner shoots dog in public

December 02, 2019

Facebook users are demanding the restaurant owner be punished to the full extent of a new law forbidding cruelty to animals

Large opposition bloc to boycott snap parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan

December 02, 2019

The opposition is demanding electoral reform ‘in exchange’ for its participation

Armenia to introduce controversial new ‘health’ tax

November 29, 2019

The Ministry of Health proposes that employed citizens give away 6% of their salaries, which will cover health-related expenses for the unemployed as well

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