Pro-government lawmakers openly questioned on Friday the official justification for the forcible dispersal of opposition protesters camped in Yerevan’s Liberty Square last February as it emerged that there were no fingerprints on weapons which the Armenian police claim to have found there.

Opposit...

By: RFE/RL

YEREVAN (Combined Sources)--The current situation, which has developed in Armenia contains many elements of an apparent social crisis, ARF Supreme Council of Armenia Representative Armen Rustamian told reporters Wednesday during a press conference at Armenia's National Press Club.

"Since ...

By: Asbarez.com

Since his inauguration less than two months ago, Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has been hobbled by a daunting set of challenges, ranging from internal political tension that shows little sign of dissipating to a looming economic crisis driven by sharp price rises for food and energy that is onl...

By: By Richard Giragosian

Witnesses: Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA) Committee Chairman, The Honorable Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs U.S. Department of State

Opening Statement by Chairman Howard L. Berman at hearing, “The Caucasus: Frozen Conflicts and Closed Borders”

Between the Bl...

By: US House Foreign Affairs Committee

U.S. Justice Department has released materials establishing the use of paid lobbying by Armenian President, then Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan, to conduct personal image and reputation-building in the U.S. and Europe, costing some $331,666, probably more, during 6-7 months covered under the material...

And chances that they may be overcome in the near future are minimal, says our guest Armen Kharazian, whom we interviewed about the Nagorno Karabakh peace process - By Emma Gabrielian

Question: It is an election year (Armenia just conducted a presiden...

Armen Kharazian was the Director of Research and Analysis for the Armenian Assembly of America in 2005-2008. He holds an MA degree (2003) from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. 

Zhamanak: Following the presidential election in Armenia, a number of senior Armenia...

By: Zhamanak

by Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin and Matyas Eorsi

Crying foul over chicanery at the polls and the honeyed tones of
European diplomacy.

[The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has threatened
to suspend Armenia's voting rights in the body unless it makes<br /...

By: Transitions Online

Below is the complete list of statements and testimonies made during the hearings:

Statement - Rep. Alcee Hastings (R-FL)

By: United States Congress

Private transfers from abroad to Armenia reduce people's incentive to work, Permanent Representative of IMF to RA Nienke Oomes told ArmInfo. She said that this is one of the negative effects of large scale inflows of private transfers to the republic. "When people receive remittances from abroad, th...

By: ArmInfo