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Tue, 14 May 2013 12:28:51 +0000
Azerbaijan Starts Military Exercises Near Nagorno-KarabakhAzerbaijan's land and air forces are taking part in the exercises, which are taking place near its mainly Armenian-populated breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh and are expected to last until the end of the week.
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Mon, 13 May 2013 06:07:04 +0000
Belarusian, Armenian Presidents MeetBelarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka holds talks in Yerevan with Armenia’s leadership, including President Serzh Sarkisian.
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Thu, 09 May 2013 17:11:21 +0000
Interview: EU's Enlargement Chief Finds Many Ways To Say ‘More Work Needed’Stefan Fuele, the European Union commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy, has called on the EU-hopeful countries of the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans to do more to prove their commitment to democratic values. Correspondent Daisy Sindelar spoke to Fuele during his visit to RFE/RL headquarters in Prague on May 9.
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Thu, 09 May 2013 13:32:16 +0000
Armenian President Marks Victory Day In Nagorno-KarabakhArmenian President Serzh Sarkisian took part in celebrations of Victor Day, which is also marked in the mainly Armenian-populated territory as the Day of Nagorno-Karabakh's Army and the anniversary of the "liberation of the town of Shusha."
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Tue, 07 May 2013 09:21:42 +0000
Aliyev Calls Nagorno-Karabakh A 'Major Impediment' To Regional IntegrationAzerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has described the unresolved issue of his country's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region as a "major impediment" to regional integration.
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Mon, 06 May 2013 09:33:09 +0000
Armenian Ruling Party Wins Big In Disputed Yerevan VoteThe Central Election Commission said on May 6 that with ballots counted in almost two-thirds of Yerevan’s 464 electoral precincts, President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) had over 58 percent of the vote, more than enough to return Mayor Taron Markarian to office.
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Wed, 01 May 2013 18:16:04 +0000
Report: World Media Freedom At Low PointMedia freedom throughout the world declined last year to its lowest point in almost a decade, according to a new report from Freedom House, a U.S.-based democracy-monitoring organization.
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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:06:35 +0000
Mysterious NGOs Benefit From Armenian Government's LargesseActivists in Armenia recently obtained a list of 31 nongovernmental organizations that have received more than $1 million in state grants. But finding most of these mysterious groups has proven virtually impossible.
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Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:19:28 +0000
Armenia Commemorates Victims Of WWI-Era Mass KillingsThousands of people gathered at a Yerevan memorial to remember the 1.5 million Armenians who were killed in World War I-era Ottoman Turkey.
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