Ara Tadevosian
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Yerevan is rife with speculation about whether Levon Ter-Petrosian is planning to run again in next February's presidential elections.
Recent dismissal of Turkish foreign minister Ismail Cem unnerves Armenia, where he is seen as key to an improvement in relations between the two countries
Armenia is to increase its military cooperation with the West as a means of enhancing regional stability.
Opponents of Robert Kocharian are accusing the Armenian president of getting too economically dependent on Russia.
Former state organ Armenia Public TV is the sparring ground between presidential and governmental camps.
Can the prime minister take the bribery out of bureaucracy, where his predecessors have failed?
A body has been set up to try to bridge the long-standing rift between Armenia and Turkey.
Armenia's overtures to the EU are seen as new evidence of a growing pro-Western outlook
Was Vardan Oskanian's faux pas a slip of the tongue or a shrewd political calculation?
Ministers in Yerevan believe that Armenia is in danger of political and military isolation