Naira Melkumyan
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Civil society leaders believe the state intends to restrict their activities.
Officials deny legal action against politician Vartan Oskanian is timed to foil election hopes.
Celebrations in Baku and outrage in Yerevan as convicted killer is welcomed back to Azerbaijan.
Each side blames the other for spate of cross-border shooting incidents.
Hydrogen-filled balloons injure over 100, raise allegations of negligence.
Politicians respond to public concerns about low living standards, but it's unclear whether pledges will be honoured beyond election day.
Fears that trouble in Iran would hurt carefully-crafted economic and energy ties.
While younger people have little conception of life under communist rule, some Armenians miss the positive things lost after the Soviet collapse.
Bound in by difficult neighbours and with monopolies holding down traditional economic sectors, Armenia places hope in new technologies.
After calling out supporters to demonstrate and then sending them home, Armenian National Congress has some ground to make up in order to remain serious political force.