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Police in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, clashed with dozens of nationalists who tried to march to the presidential residence.
An appeals court in Yerevan has ordered the release of prominent opposition youth activist Tigran Arakelian.
The Armenian parliament has given its support to a presidential proposal on a national prison amnesty. Last month, President Serzh Sarkisian proposed an amnesty for prison inmates to mark the 22nd anniversary of Armenia's independence, celebrated on September 21.
An Armenian court has sentenced former presidential candidate Vardan Sedrakian to 14 years in jail for the attempted murder of a rival in the February election.
The Armenian government has adopted a preliminary road map toward joining a Moscow-led Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia.
A new cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church has opened in Moscow.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele says Brussels is still eager to pursue deeper ties with Yerevan even if Armenia goes ahead with plans to join a Russian-led Customs Union.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said Armenia cannot sign association and free trade agreements with the European Union while also belonging to a Russia-led Customs Union.
The EU commissioner responsible for European neighborhood policy travels to Yerevan on September 12 for a two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from the Eastern Partnership countries.
Armenia's parliament is discussing President Serzh Sarkisian's announcement last week that Yerevan intends to join the Russia-led Customs Union.
Two prominent Armenian activists have been hospitalized after they were attacked by unknown assailants.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian says his country has decided to join the Russia-led Customs Union.
A court in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, has sanctioned the pretrial detention of opposition activist Dmitry Harutiunian.
An Armenian soldier has reportedly been shot dead along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan's Naxcivan Autonomous Republic.
Armenia's police have proposed a ban on promoting "non-traditional sexual relationships" in the country.
Armenia's Defense Ministry has announced that, for the first time, women now can be students at the nation's military schools.
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka holds talks in Yerevan with Armenia’s leadership, including President Serzh Sarkisian.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian took part in celebrations of Victor Day, which is also marked in the mainly Armenian-populated territory as the Day of Nagorno-Karabakh's Army and the anniversary of the "liberation of the town of Shusha."
Rafi Hovannisian, the main challenger to Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian in the election in February, is currently in Moscow for a one-day visit.
Serzh Sarkisian has been sworn in for a second term as Armenia's president in the capital, Yerevan, amid an opposition challenge to the credibility of his reelection that included an "alternate inauguration."
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