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Co-Chairs of OSCE Minsk Group concerned over incidents on contact line in Karabakh conflict zone
Igor Popov (Russia), Robert Bradtke (USA), and Jacques Faure (France), the co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, who visited Yerevan and Baku on May 11-14, expressed their concern over incidents on the contact line in the conflict zone.
Nagorny Karabakh, Armenia, Azerbaijan, South Caucasus
Conflicts, Politics
May 14 2012, 23:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of May 7-13
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Preliminary results of parliamentary elections in Armenia, according to which 80 percent of seats go to pro-government candidates; earthquakes in Azerbaijan; oppositional rallies in Volgograd; protests against Gelman's exhibition and opposition's "folk festivities" in Krasnodar; fights and attacks with casualties in Dagestan, - look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of May 7-13, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Volgograd region, South Federal District, North-Caucasian Federal District, Dagestan, Krasnodar region, Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, Armenia
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May 14 2012, 22:10
Five Armenian residents-victims of balloon blast remain under intensive care
| Five persons injured by the explosion of balloons on May 4 are still treated at resuscitation wards of Yerevan hospitals. |
May 11 2012, 22:10
Police blames defenders of park in Yerevan in violence against public officer
| Armenian police instituted criminal case against a number of ecological activists, who for more than two months conducted rallies against the construction of the Mashtots Park in Yerevan and attempted to dismantle trade stalls on April 29. |
May 09 2012, 09:00; CK correspondent
Artur Sakunts: results of parliamentary election in Armenia cannot be considered fair
| Elections of MPs of the Armenian Parliament held on May 6 show a continuing distrust of citizens in the electoral process, since the information about violations has not received adequate response even during the pre-election campaign. This was stated by Artur Sakunts, the head of the Vanadzdor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly, at a press conference. |
May 08 2012, 23:00
In Yerevan, 10 victims of balloon explosion remain under intensive care
| At present, 10 persons injured in explosion of balloons at the meeting of the Republican Party of Armenia held on May 4 are still at resuscitation wards of Yerevan hospitals. |
May 08 2012, 22:00; CK correspondent
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, ANC leader, waives parliamentary mandate
| Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Armenia's first President, the leader of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC), waives the parliamentary mandate in favour of Grant Bagratyan, ex-Prime Minister of Armenia. This was announced by the leader of the ANC at today's rally in Yerevan. |
May 07 2012, 20:00; CK correspondent
Observers speak positively about parliamentary elections in Armenia
| The elections held in Armenia were in line with international standards; and minor violations that occurred during the voting had no effect on the outcomes, said the members of the observation mission of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and the ICES. |
May 07 2012, 12:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 30 to May 6
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May Day actions; change of Governor of Stavropol Territory; double terror act in Makhachkala; deadline for nominating presidential candidates of Nagorno-Karabakh; election of Armenian Parliament explosion of balloons at pre-election rally in Yerevan, – look these and other events in the Caucasus in the review of the week of April 29-May 6, 2012, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
Armenia, South Caucasus, North-Caucasian Federal District, Dagestan, Stavropol region, Nagorny Karabakh, South Federal District
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May 05 2012, 22:00; CK correspondent
Armenian Constitutional Court dismisses MPs' claim to abolish ban on publication of lists of voters who voted
| Today, the Constitutional Court of Armenia has denied the claim lodged by Deputies of the National Assembly to abolish the prohibition stipulated by the Electoral Code to disclose the list of those voters, who have actually cast their ballot papers. |
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- Interview with Ethan Zuckerman (Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
- Levon Barsegyan (head of Journalists' Press Club "Asparez"): GALA TV Company is working, Armenian authorities slacken pressure on media
