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Armenia Power Struggle Intensifies Before Elections
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Armenia Power Struggle Intensifies Before Elections

21 October 2025
Tensions are mounting in Armenia ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections, with the nation’s future hanging in the balance. Despite the excitement surrounding the Trump-brokered Washington Declaration in August, it is unclear whether it can overcome the lingering division that set in after defeat by Azerbaijan in the 44-day war. Recent surveys have shown a slight majority against the proposed TRIPP.
Onnik James Krikorian
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The restoration of all regional communications is the only viable path to lasting peace in the South Caucasus
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The restoration of all regional communications is the only viable path to lasting peace in the South Caucasus

16 October 2025
Will the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) set to connect Azerbaijan with Nakhijevan and Türkiye via Armenia help establish lasting peace and prosperity for all?  Interestingly, if the Washington Declaration speaks about restoration of all communications, with reciprocal benefits for Armenia, the spotlight has been about the TRIPP and only about it. This oversight misses a vital point necessary for lasting peace and stability in the region.
Benyamin Poghosyan

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Vartan Oskanian: Depriving me of deputy immunity is injustice against all citizens of Armenia
Vartan Oskanian: Depriving me of deputy immunity is injustice against all citizens of Armenia
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Vartan Oskanian: Depriving me of deputy immunity is injustice against all citizens of Armenia

3 October 2012
The Armenian Parliament's approval of Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan's petition on depriving Vartan Oskanian of his deputy immunity is injustice not only against him, but also against all the citizens of Armenia, the ex-foreign minister of Armenia Vartan Oskanian says on his Facebook page.
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Swiss MP: "People's right to self-determination and aspiration for establishment of legal state is respectworthy"
Swiss MP: "People's right to self-determination and aspiration for establishment of legal state is respectworthy"
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Swiss MP: "People's right to self-determination and aspiration for establishment of legal state is respectworthy"

3 October 2012
The visit by the Swiss-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group led by Co-Chairs Ueli Leuenberger and Dominique de Buman to Nagorno Karabakh is over, ArmInfo's correspondent to Stepanakert reports.
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Armenia lifts visa regime for EU member-states
Armenia lifts visa regime for EU member-states
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Armenia lifts visa regime for EU member-states

3 October 2012
Armenia unilaterally lifts visa regime for the citizens of the EU member- states starting January 10 2013. The Armenian Government will adopt a relevant decision on October 4.
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Second president of Armenia: People like Vartan Oskanian should be cherished but not persecuted
Second president of Armenia: People like Vartan Oskanian should be cherished but not persecuted
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Second president of Armenia: People like Vartan Oskanian should be cherished but not persecuted

3 October 2012
The decision to satisfy Armenian Prosecutor General Agvan Hovsepyan's request on stripping Vartan Oskanian of immunity is a bright example of self-discrediting of the Armenian parliament, that will negatively affect the image of the state which Armenia does not need today, the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan issued such a statement today.
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Edward Nalbandyan and OSCE MG co-chairs discuss the damage which Azerbaijan has caused to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks
Edward Nalbandyan and OSCE MG co-chairs discuss the damage which Azerbaijan has caused to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks
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Edward Nalbandyan and OSCE MG co-chairs discuss the damage which Azerbaijan has caused to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks

27 September 2012
Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan and OSCE MG co-chairs met in New York on Wednesday to discuss the damage which Azerbaijan has caused to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks and the ways to overcome the created situation.
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Dmitriy Atbashyan: The date of the first flight from Stepanakert airport is not known yet
Dmitriy Atbashyan: The date of the first flight from Stepanakert airport is not known yet
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Dmitriy Atbashyan: The date of the first flight from Stepanakert airport is not known yet

27 September 2012
Next week the Stepanakert airport will get an official certificate that will allow reception and flight of aircrafts. However, the date of the first flight from the Stepanakert airport is not known yet, the head of Civil Aviation Department under the government of Nagornyy Karabakh Republic, Dmitriy Atbashyan, told ArmInfo correspondent.
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