With international efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict gaining fresh momentum, Armenia's leadership appears to be preparing ground for a possible breakthrough in its long-running negotiations with Azerbaijan.
Raising a serious obstacle to Russia's military presence in Armenia, Georgia appears to have closed its airspace to transport planes making vital shipments to Russian troops stationed in the neighboring South Caucasus state.
Turkey is sponsoring additional Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations on the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in an apparent effort to hasten the normalization of its historically strained ties with Armenia.
The United States has offered to organize and finance a first-ever exit poll in Armenia as part of an effort to promote a free-and-fair presidential election on February 19. The initiative has been endorsed by the election favorite, Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian, while causing serious misgivings among his main challengers.
With only four months to go before Armenia's next presidential election, Yerevan has endorsed controversial Russian proposals that would seriously restrict the work of Western election observers acting under the aegis of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
With only four months to go before Armenia's next presidential election, Yerevan has endorsed controversial Russian proposals that would seriously restrict the work of Western election observers acting under the aegis of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
After nearly a decade of self-imposed political retirement, Armenia's former President Levon Ter-Petrosian is seeking a return to power. His decision, anticipated for months, renders the outcome of an upcoming presidential election unpredictable.
Armenian President Robert Kocharian has ignited controversy by dismissing a judge who defied state prosecutors by setting free two businessmen embroiled in a corruption-related dispute with the government.
Levon Ter-Petrosian, Armenia's former president widely acclaimed in the West for his conciliatory line on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, is considering returning to active politics and, in particular, contesting a forthcoming presidential election.
The United States has expressed concern about Armenia's deepening economic relations with neighboring Iran, with a senior American diplomat warning that they might run counter to international sanctions imposed on Tehran over its controversial nuclear program.
