Crisis in Crimea creeps up on the Caucasus
In the past two months, Georgia has reported incursions into its airspace by Russian aircraft, and Azerbaijanâs border with Armenia has seen a build-up of military forces. Armenia and Azerbaijan...
View ArticleOne hundred years of attitude
ISTANBUL â On Friday, Armenians worldwide will mark the centenary of the massacres and mass deportations of their ancestors by Ottoman officials in 1915. On the same day, Turks will commemorate the...
View ArticleLosing control in the Caucasus
Nagorno-Karabakh, the former Soviet Unionâs oldest and most dangerous conflict, is waking up again. The 1994 ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan is under severe strain. Where there was...
View ArticleArmenian president appoints new PM
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan appointed gas executive Karen Karapetyan as the country’s new prime minister Tuesday, after the last premier stepped down last week following unrest. “The president...
View ArticleOne hundred years of attitude
ISTANBUL — On Friday, Armenians worldwide will mark the centenary of the massacres and mass deportations of their ancestors by Ottoman officials in 1915. On the same day, Turks will commemorate the...
View ArticleLosing control in the Caucasus
Nagorno-Karabakh, the former Soviet Union’s oldest and most dangerous conflict, is waking up again. The 1994 ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan is under severe strain. Where there was occasional...
View ArticleArmenian president appoints new PM
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan appointed gas executive Karen Karapetyan as the country’s new prime minister Tuesday, after the last premier stepped down last week following unrest. “The president...
View ArticleArmenia’s disputed move toward true democracy
YEREVAN — Armenia plans to change its system of governance in a bid to improve democracy — but critics claim it’s all smoke and mirrors. In early April, just as Yerevan prepares to ratify a landmark...
View ArticleArmenian strongman does a Putin
Armenia’s parliament appointed ex-President Serzh Sargsyan as the country’s prime minister on Tuesday as mass protests against his continued rule paralyzed the capital Yerevan. Sargsyan was elected...
View ArticleArmenian prime minister to resign amid protests
The prime minister and former president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, announced his resignation on Monday amid ongoing mass protests in the capital of Yerevan. Sargsyan made the announcement in a...
View ArticleArmenia ponders life without strongman Sargsyan
Protesters are still celebrating in the streets of Yerevan after 10 days of demonstrations forced Armenia’s longtime leader Serzh Sargsyan to step down on Monday. But amid the jubilation there is...
View ArticleArmenian MPs to elect new prime minister
Armenian lawmakers will vote to elect the country’s new prime minister on May 1, the country’s parliamentary speaker said Thursday, following mass protests that triggered the resignation of the...
View ArticleOpposition leader named new Armenian prime minister
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan was elected Armenian prime minister by the country’s parliament on Tuesday, following weeks of mass protests against his predecessor. Thousands of supporters gathered...
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