Suren Musayelyan works as a digital editor for RFE/RL's Armenian Service. Prior to his current job he worked for a number of local Armenian media outlets, including ArmeniaNow Online Magazine and Noyan Tapan news agency.
Armenia is facing its gravest church-state clash since gaining independence, as tensions continue to grow between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Senior representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan have held a discussion in Brussels, the first meeting between senior officials from the two countries since the latest escalation of violence in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Dozens have been injured after Armenian opposition protestors clashed again with police as they continue to reject the government's handling of the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute with Azerbaijan.
Armenia says three of its soldiers have died in fighting along the border with Azerbaijan, raising fears the Caucasus neighbors may be edging toward another war.
An Azerbaijani soldier and two Armenian soldiers have been killed in the latest fighting along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, according to military officials in Baku and Yerevan.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of cease-fire violations along their border, hours after three Azerbaijani soldiers were reportedly wounded by an explosive device at a Nagorno-Karabakh checkpoint.
One Azerbaijani soldier was killed and six Armenian servicemen wounded in Nagorno-Karabakh in skirmishes reported late on October 14.
Armenia's election is aimed at ending a political crisis. But there are fears the results could spark fresh violence in Yerevan.
Armenia's political crisis has morphed into "a deep societal crisis -- meaning a substantial loss of trust in the government" and "frustration with the opposition."
Armenia's minister for education, science, culture, and sports has dismissed calls for his resignation by an influential, diaspora-backed opposition party, which staged a rally to protest his policies.
Armenian politicians are reaching out to voters more than ever before ahead of this weekend's national elections. It's more than just a return to old-fashioned campaigning.
Armenia says it is negotiating with Iran over the price Yerevan will pay for natural-gas imports from the Islamic republic.
The Armenian capital of Yerevan has been hosting the eighth annual Golden Apricot international film festival, which aims to restore the country's languishing film traditions.
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian this month faced the uneasy task of comforting parents whose sons were found dead after suffering vicious treatment in the army.
On October 10, 2009, Armenia and Turkey signed two protocols aiming at normalizing relations. The signing of what many political pundits termed a “historic” deal took place in Zurich. But a year on, the future of the protocols remains unclear, as no parliamentary ratification of the documents has taken place in either country.
Armenian lawmaker Zaruhi Postanjian is known for her tireless activism in the cause of human rights.
