2 May: The cabinet of ministers that has worked under the leadership of Vladimir Putin since May 2008 will on Wednesday gather for its last meeting.The current cabinet will resign after President-elect Putin is sworn in on May 7. Outgoing President Dmitry
A report from Freedom House highlights stark differences in media freedom between countries in East and Central Europe and Eurasia but the picture in the South Caucasus remains bleak
Mayday used to be an important hoiliday in the former USSR and is still celebrated in Russia and many of the former Soviet Republics, although it does not have today the ideological significance of the past.
1 May: Azerbaijan takes over the Chairmanship of the United Nations Security Council today. It takes over the Chairmanship from the United States and hands it over to China at the end of the month under a rotating procedure according to alphabetical order
In the seventh part of its series of briefings on the 2012 Parliamentary elections in Armenia, LINKS Analysis looks at the results of two opinion polls released a few days before the elections, and their credibility.
30 April: Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited three Armenian servicemen and five civilians held captive in Azerbaijan on April 25. This was confirmed this morning by a spokesperson of the ICRC. Currently there ar
29 April: Monitors from the OSCE will visit the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone tomorrow as tension continues on the line of contact seperating Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. The Monitoring is part of a regular monitoring procedure and has been communica
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan took time off from the election hustings to visit an exhibition of Georgian Armenian Artists entitled "The Homeland's call"