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Armenia No charges have been pressed in an ongoing investigation of the cause of a deadly fire that killed 15 soldiers and injured at least six others at a military barracks on January 19. The […]
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Armenia Armenia’s Investigative Committee is proceeding with criminal cases opened against two members and one supporter of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. The suspects were detained last week on charges of paying residents of the Ararat […]
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Armenia Turkey has lifted its ban on air cargo shipments from Armenia. The agreement was reached following four rounds of negotiations on the normalization of relations last year. Armenia and Turkey appointed special envoys for […]
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Armenia Armenian authorities have moved to ratify the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC is an international tribunal responsible for prosecuting war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. […]
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Armenia The International Monetary Fund has approved a new three-year lending program to Armenia. The IMF agreed to loan $171 million, following the expiration of the previous Stand-By Arrangement worth $415 million. The global financial […]
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Armenia Armenia and Hungary have agreed to restore diplomatic ties, which were cut following the extradition of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan in 2012. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó reached […]
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Armenia Four lawmakers from the Armenia Alliance have resigned from their posts in protest of the parliamentary opposition bloc’s decision to end its boycott of the National Assembly. The four deputies are from the Resurgent […]
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Armenia Armenia and Azerbaijan have been exchanging accusations of ceasefire violations along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and in Artsakh throughout the week. Azerbaijani armed forces fired on military and civilian targets near the Machkalashen village of […]
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Armenia The Armenia Alliance and I Have Honor Alliance have ended their boycott of the Armenian National Assembly. Deputies from the opposition factions returned to parliament on November 15 after boycotting sessions for more than […]
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Armenia The bodies of a 31-year-old woman and her two children were found in their home in Pemzashen village in the Shirak province of Armenia. Shirak’s prosecutor’s office has opened a criminal investigation on charges […]