As thousands protest in the Armenian capital, the Armenian government seeks to bring this crisis to a swift conclusion, even if that requires use force
News update, Tuesday, 26 July:The situation around the Erebuni Police station in Yerevan remains tense. Overnight two members from Sasna Tsrer, were injured by police fire as they tried to break a police cordon to deliver food to their besieged colleagues. Reports say that the two were hospitalised but are not in a critical condition.
Commentary: The Armenian political scene has been caught in a time-warp for the last quarter of a century. There is plurality and competition, but the participants are by and large all veterans of a war that took place in the last century, and who see politics from the prism of that war.
News update, Saturday 23 July 11.00 GMT: The last two hostages held in Erebuni police headquarters in Armenia have been released. The armed men who stormed the building on Sunday have not yet surrendered