ST. PETERSBURG (RFE/RL) — The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan appeared to have rekindled hopes for a resolution of the Nagorno Karabagh conflict with what officials described as “constructive” talks held here on June 6.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Armenian counterpart, Serge Sargisian, met for the first time on the sidelines of a summit [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — On March 17, President Robert Kocharian defended through a spokesman his administration’s continuing refusal to allow Armenia’s leading independent and pro-opposition newspapers and online publications to resume news reporting.
All of those media outlets suspended or were forced to suspend their work as a result of a 20-day state of emergency imposed by [...]

YEREVAN (Combined sources) — Briton John [...]