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A 23-year-old soldier serving at a Russian military base in Armenia has been charged with beating an Armenian woman to death, lawyers for the victims' daughter say.
A Russian soldier has been arrested as a suspect in the beating death of a woman in northwestern Armenia. The incident has again has again caused outrage in the city of Gyumri after past killings by soldiers from a Russian military base there.
The whereabouts of a Russian soldier arrested in Armenia over the killing of a local woman have been unknown for days.
Armenian authorities say they have detained a Russian soldier on suspicion of killing a woman in the northwestern city of Gyumri.
Armenia’s snap parliamentary elections respected fundamental freedoms and were characterized by “broad public trust” and “genuine competition,” international observers say, calling for further electoral reforms to preserve public trust.
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his political rival, Serzh Sarkisian, were among early voters in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, in snap parliamentary elections on December 9. The landmark vote comes after a peaceful change of government prompted by April protests.
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s alliance scored a landslide victory in Armenia’s snap parliamentary elections, capturing more than 70 percent of the vote and giving the Caucasus nation what he called a "revolutionary majority."
Weekend elections will test whether tens of thousands of Armenians' demands for a political reboot have been rewarded.
Armenian police say the fugitive nephew of former President Serzh Sarkisian has been detained in the Czech capital.
An appeals court in Armenia has reinstated the pretrial detention of former President Robert Kocharian, who is accused of overthrowing the country's constitutional system.
Armenia did not request a postponement of a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit that had been scheduled to be held in Yerevan on December 6, a spokesman for acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has said.
An Armenian military aircraft has crashed during a training mission, killing its two pilots.
Thousands of supporters of acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian have rallied in Yerevan ahead of next month's snap general elections.
Thousands of supporters of acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian rallied in Yerevan, the country's capital, on November 24.
Armenia’s top court has overturned an earlier decision by a lower court to release former President Robert Kocharian from custody following coup charges leveled against him.
Eleven political parties and alliances have submitted documents to vie for seats in the Armenian parliament in the snap elections scheduled for December 9.
Armenia says it stands by its ambassador in Berlin despite a German television report on an Armenian mafia group in Germany that allegedly has ties to Yerevan's envoy.
The Russian business newspaper Kommersant is reporting that Armenia may lose its temporary leadership position on a Russian-led defense organization as a result of its ouster of the current chairman.
Yerevan has recalled Mikayel Minasian, the son-in-law of former Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian, from his ambassador posts in the Vatican and Portugal.
Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian says he made clear to U.S. national-security adviser John Bolton last week that Armenia will pursue its national interests and maintain "special relations" with its neighbor Iran.
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