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International mediators brokering a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict spoke of progress made by President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia and President Ilham Aliev of Azerbaijan after their meeting on the sidelines of a European Union summit in Prague May 7. At a press conference following the meeting hosted ... [full story]

Turkey's state run Television and Radio Corporation (TRT) began radio broadcasting in Kurdish and Armenian languages. Kurdish radio programs began on April 1 while Armenian radio programs began on April 2, the TRT said in a written press release. Armenian programs would be broadcast everyday between 07.00-07.30 a.m. and 18.00-18.30 ... [full story]

Armenia and Iran have “common interests” in the region and should deepen their already close political and economic relations, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said during an official visit to Yerevan on Friday. “We are content with the course of [bilateral] relations but do not find it satisfactory ... [full story]

Gagik Shamshian, a well-known Armenian photojournalist, was beaten up and hospitalized on Friday in an attack strongly condemned by the country’s human rights ombudsman and leading media watchdogs. Shamshian suffered severe injuries to his genitals in an angry dispute with security guards at Yerevan’s Bryusov State Linguistic University ... [full story]

Inga & Anush defeated their competitors in the Armenian national final and will defend the Armenian colors in the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. Twenty-one songs were presented in the national final, and the winner was picked by a combination of SMS voting and an expert ... [full story]