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RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN GAS TALKS INCONCLUSIVE
By Emil Danielyan
The Armenian government and Russia’s Gazprom energy giant have failed to reach a final agreement on the price of Russian natural gas for Armenia, which is due to rise significantly next year. The issue ...COUNCIL OF EUROPE ‘STILL AWAITING’ ARMENIAN PRISONER RELEASE
By Ruben Meloyan and Ruzanna Stepanian
The Armenian authorities have yet to satisfy Council of Europe demands for the release of opposition members arrested and imprisoned for their political activities, a senior official from the Strasbourg-based ...GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION SNUB DIALOGUE OFFER
By Astghik Bedevian
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Tuesday again failed to broker a “dialogue” between the governing coalition and its radical opponents over ways of ending Armenia’s post-election crisis. In separate ...DASHNAKS RECLAIM PARLIAMENT POST
By Ruzanna Khachatrian
A leading member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) was elected deputy speaker of parliament on Tuesday in line with the nationalist party’s power-sharing agreement with President ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1737 The first publication of the "Hatjakhapatoom" periodical by the Astvatsatoor publishers in Constantinople.
- 1923 The Shahoomyan irrigation canal opens near Yerevan.
- 1963 Tigran Petrosyan wins the Botvinnik-Petrosyan final match at the World Chess Championship in Moscow.
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