Armenia

Armenia

• Obama marks anniversary of Armenian massacres

  President Barack Obama is again avoiding the term "genocide" in marking the anniversary of the massacres of Armenians nearly a century ago. 

• Armenia's national carrier goes under

  Armenia's national airline, Armavia, has declared the start of bankruptcy proceedings. The carrier said in Friday's statement that it will halt ... 

• Armenian court dismisses motion disputing election

  Armenia's constitutional court has rejected an appeal by two presidential candidates to annul last month's vote won by the incumbent. The court on ... 

• Armenia: Ex-candidate held in shooting of rival

  Vardan Sedrakian, a former Armenian presidential contender, has been arrested in the shooting of another fringe candidate ahead of last month's ... 

• Armenian presidential candidates dispute vote

  Two presidential candidates in Armenia who lost to the incumbent are contesting the election results, saying they were unfair. President Serge ... 

• Azerbaijanis injured in fight at French parliament

  French officials on Thursday condemned Armenian and Azerbaijani activists for clashing with one another in France's parliament. Azerbaijan and Armenia ... 

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  Armenian opposition leader keeps contesting vote

  Thousands of people have protested the outcome of Armenia's presidential election, which saw the opposition candidate they support finish second. 

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  5,000 protesters dispute Armenia election result

  About 5,000 supporters of a presidential candidate in Armenia, who has lost to the incumbent, have protested the election results. President Serge ... 

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  Sarkisian easily wins Armenian presidential vote

  Armenia's president easily won a second term, according to preliminary election results Tuesday, but his main rival claimed vote fraud and thousands ... 

• Armenian candidate withdraws motion to delay vote

  A fringe candidate in Armenia's presidential election who was shot and wounded has reversed his move to delay the vote, the fourth time in 10 days he ... 

• Wounded Armenian candidate calls for delay in vote

  The presidential candidate in Armenia who was shot and wounded has appealed to the country's Constitutional Court to postpone the election for two ... 

• Armenian soldier reported killed in tense region

  Officials in Nagorno-Karabakh say an Armenian soldier has been killed by a sniper near the no-man's-land separating the disputed territory from the ... 

• Armenia holds 2 in attack on presidential hopeful

  Armenia's National Security Agency has arrested it has arrested two suspects in the shooting of a presidential candidate, it announced Friday. 

• Armenia's presidential hopeful on hunger strike

  Doctors in Armenia have expressed concern about the condition of a presidential candidate who has been on a hunger strike outside the parliament ... 

• Armenian election on schedule despite shooting

  Armenia's presidential election will go ahead as planned after a candidate who survived an assassination attempt dropped his bid to delay the vote. 

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  Shot Armenia presidential hopeful seeks vote delay

  The shooting of a presidential candidate threw Armenia's election into disarray Friday, with the wounded victim saying he will call for a delay of the ... 

• Passenger has baby aboard flight to Armenia

  A passenger has given birth aboard a plane flying to Armenia and named her daughter after one of the flight attendants who helped with the delivery. 

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  Russia holds summit with ex-Soviet allies

  President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted leaders of five other ex-Soviet nations for economic and security talks, as the Kremlin rejected U.S.