Eurasianet

Serzh Sargsyan’s lawyers said the timing of the charges was suspicious, coming amid a period of bad news on the border with Azerbaijan.

The announced deals could be significant, and come shortly after the two sides patched up a period of serious political tensions. But many details remain unclear.

The dispute over where the former Georgian president should be treated became sharper as he briefly lost consciousness as a result of his hunger strike.

The short-term crisis between the two neighbors has dissipated. But in the longer term, relations have gotten a lot more complicated.

Repeated attempts from Baku to force Yerevan to negotiate may be having the opposite effect, as the government is now vulnerable to being seen as easily bullied.

The recent fighting is a challenge to Moscow’s role as a peacemaker. But Russia may not have many options.

Most of the tourists came overland from neighboring Turkey and Russia.

At least 15 Armenian soldiers, and an unknown number of Azerbaijanis, have been killed in the worst fighting since last year's war.

Azerbaijan has stepped up its blockade of key Armenian roads and the two sides have repeatedly exchanged fire amid reported diplomatic progress.

The government is again registering new political parties and saying it wants pluralism. But the parties who are cooperating are being mocked as “bus opposition.”

The former president offered to end his hunger strike if the government met his demands, but the authorities appear in no mood to back down.

In a slow economy, real estate deals are moving fast. It may be because property is seen as a steady investment in turbulent times.

While the day was an occasion for Azerbaijanis to celebrate, for Armenians it was marked by political attacks and introspection.

The former Georgian president’s apparently weakening health has risen to the top of the opposition’s agenda, overshadowing recent contested elections.

A struggling economy and defeat in last year’s war appear to be driving large numbers of Armenians to leave the country.

Officials in Karabakh are remaining tight-lipped about Iranian fuel imports, and say that Baku is using the issue as a pretext to drive out the region’s Armenian population.

Inflation continues to rise in Azerbaijan, and the government is again promising to increase salaries and pensions.

More than 100 suspected of spying for Armenia have been tortured, the prosecutor said, after years of denials.

The opposition says the results were “totally rigged” and that it was taking its fight to the streets with a series of demonstrations.

And the draft budget calls for more borrowing.

Employers are now effectively required to demand proof of vaccinations from their workers. But the country’s health care system is now being pushed to the limit.

Even weakened and behind bars, the former president has managed to place himself again at the center of Georgian politics.

A dispute over whether or not Azerbaijan had expanded its military presence on the border further has sharpened a longstanding dispute between the two sides.

Restrictions had already been getting tighter, and now the government is taking further steps to outlaw criticism.

The absence of a clean, broadly trusted electoral process leaves room for ambiguity, auguring continued disputes over the government’s legitimacy.