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Kyrgyzstan -- Servicemen take part in the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military exercises outside Bishkek, 21Sep2011

Ex-Soviet Allies To Hold Military Exercises In Armenia

About 2,000 soldiers from Russia and five other former Soviet republics will begin on Saturday five-day military exercises in Armenia within the framework of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

Azerbaijan -- Children wait for a bus in front of a billboard displaying a portrait of late President Heydar Aliyev, in Baku, 08Sep2012

Azerbaijan Blames ‘Armenian Lobby’ For EU Criticism

Azerbaijan on Friday rejected a European Parliament resolution condemning the pardoning of axe-killer Ramil Safarov, saying that Armenian lobby groups were instrumental in its passage.

Iran -- Protestors hold anti-US posters as they demonstrate after Friday prayers against a film mocking Islam, in Tehran, 14Sep2012

U.S. Envoy Defends Security Alert For Americans In Armenia

U.S. Ambassador John Heffern defended on Friday a security alert that was issued for American citizens in Armenia following violent protests in Libya and Egypt against a privately made film that ridicules Islam.

Armenia - Two of the men charged with beating to death military doctor Vahen Avetian at the start of their trial in Yerevan, 13Sept2012.

Restaurant Assault Trial Opens In Yerevan

Six men working for one of Armenia’s wealthiest entrepreneurs went on trial on Thursday, accused of beating to death a military doctor at a Yerevan restaurant in an incident that shocked the nation.

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“Irates de facto” says that this year’s sizable increase in agricultural production in Armenia is down to good weather, rather than the work of the Ministry of Agriculture and other government bodies.

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European flags fly in front of the European Parliament in the northeastern French city of Strasbourg on January 16, 2012, on the eve of the first session of the year and the election of the new EU Parliament president to succeed former Polish Prime Minist

EU Parliament Condemns Azerbaijan For Freeing Axe-Killer

The European Parliament condemned Azerbaijan late on Thursday for pardoning and giving a hero’s welcome to the Azerbaijani army officer who axed to death an Armenian colleague in Hungary more than eight years ago.
Armenia - The Spanish company Isolux Corsan starts the reconstruction of Yerevan-Ararat highway, 13Sept2012.

Spanish Firm Starts Armenian Highway Upgrades

A Spanish construction company launched on Thursday the first phase of a multimillion-dollar government project to upgrade Armenia’s main highways stretching more than 550 kilometers to neighboring Georgia and Iran.
Armenia - Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukian (R) and former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian (C) and Samvel Balasanian at an election campaign rally in Yerevan, 03May2012.

Oskanian Sees Cracks In Ruling Party’s ‘Political Monopoly’

Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stressed on Thursday the importance of his Prosperous Armenia Party’s (BHK) victory in the weekend municipal elections in Gyumri, saying that it could weaken President Serzh Sarkisian’s grip on power.
Syria -- People walk past a row of destroyed buildings near the Al-Hayat Hospital in the northern city of Aleppo, 10Sep2012

4 Syrian Armenians Killed After Yerevan-Aleppo Flight

Four Syrians of Armenian descent were killed and at least 11 others wounded near Aleppo airport on Tuesday night shortly after the latest flight from Yerevan to Syria’s commercial capital.

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Ֆոտոսրահ New School Year Starts In Armenia

Hundreds of thousands of students across Armenia went to secondary and high schools on September 1 at the start of a new academic year. For the youngest of them, aged between 5 and 6 years, it was their first day in school. (A photo story by Karen Minasyan.)

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Վիդեո Chess Olympic triple champions received a hero’s welcome

The grandmasters led by Levon Aronian, the world’s second highest ranked chess player, received a hero’s welcome on their return to Armenia late on Monday. President Serzh Sarkisian personally greeted them at Yerevan’s Zvartnots airport after sending his plane to Istanbul to fly them back home. ​​The five players and their coach Arshak Petrosian then headed to the city’s Liberty Square where hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the triumph. The celebration ended in a fireworks display.

Վիդեո Armenians Say Safarov Glorification ‘Immoral’

Residents of Yerevan approached by RFE/RL’s Armenian Service and asked to share their thoughts on the recent extradition by Hungary of Ramil Safarov, a convicted axe-killer of Armenian army officer Gurgen Margarian, and his subsequent pardon in Azerbaijan by President Ilham Aliyev, spoke angrily about the development, calling it wrong that the confessed murderer is being glorified and promoted as a hero in the neighboring republic.

Վիդեո NATO chief 'deeply concerned'

In an interview with RFE/RL's Armenian service (azatutyun.am), Nato's secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed concern with Azerbaijan's decision to pardon and glorify Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov.