Armenia

Armenia: The Teflon President

Opposition parties accuse Robert Kocharian of untold number of wrongdoings - to no avail.

5 Oct 01

Former state organ Armenia Public TV is the sparring ground between presidential and governmental camps.

24 Aug 01

Can the prime minister take the bribery out of bureaucracy, where his predecessors have failed?

17 Aug 01

A presidential human rights commission finds that torture and abuse in the army are commonplace.

9 Aug 01

Azerbaijan president Heidar Aliev is facing stiff opposition from loyalists over plans to name his son, Ilham, as his successor.

31 Jul 01

A thirst for revenge for the assassination of the prime minister is set to overturn Armenia's commitment to abolition of capital punishment.

29 Jun 01

Was Vardan Oskanian's faux pas a slip of the tongue or a shrewd political calculation?

21 May 01

The once-hated Russian language is making a comeback in post-Soviet Armenia

14 May 01

Observers believe that Heidar Aliev's government is preparing the country for bad news

14 May 01

For the first time in post-Soviet Armenia, a convicted murderer faces the death penalty but campaigners claim the real killers are still at large

9 Feb 01

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