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Gordana Knezevic Discusses RTS Apology, Ratko Mladic Arrest

RFE Balkan Service Director Gordana Knezevic sat down with the "Q" program on the "CBC" to discuss propaganda during the Balkan War and the recent arrest of Ratko Mladic. More
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Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch

U.S. Hopeful Over Armenian Dialogue

Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch says Washington welcomes the upcoming dialogue between Armenia's government and the largest opposition force and hopes it will lead to free and fair elections. More
Azerbaijani activist Elnur Majidli

Charges Against Azeri Activist Shelved

Charges filed against Azerbaijani Facebook activist and blogger Elnur Majidli for advocating the overthrow of the government have been suspended. More
Changes to Armenia

Reforms Leave Armenian Schools Empty

Sweeping structural changes in Armenia's education system over the past decade will leave the country's state-run universities and colleges with barren classrooms in the fall. More
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Armenian Government Still Backs Growth Forecast

Armenian Economy Minister Tigran Davtian says the government stands by its earlier projections that the pace of economic growth in the country will nearly double this year compared to 2010. More
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) made an unexpected trip to attend the funeral of Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh (left).

Putin Pays Last Respects To Bagapsh

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin today made an unannounced visit to the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia to attend the farewell ceremony of its leader Sergei Bagapsh. More
AzerbaijanI parliament deputy Eldar Ibrahimov

Azerbaijani Villagers Protest Unemployment, Social Problems

Residents in a village in Azerbaijan's Naxcivan Autonomous Republic have held a protest against high unemployment and other social problems in the exclave. More
Umar Israilov, who was shot dead in Vienna in 2009.

Guilty Verdict In Chechen Murder Trial

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Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Among 'Worst Of The Worst'

The international human rights monitoring organization Freedom House has included Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on its list of the world's worst human rights abusers More
Sahib Karimov is one of three opposition activists whose detention has been extended.

Azeri Activists' Detention Extended

Three more Azerbaijani opposition activists arrested during an April protest in Baku had their pretrial detention extended by two months on June 1. More
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian addresses thousands of supporters who rallied in Yerevan on May 31. "It doesn’t mean that we should not take into account...the agenda and counterarguments presented by the authorities," he said.

A Yerevan Spring? Armenian Government, Opposition Move Toward Reconciliation

The Armenian government is freeing its jailed critics and opening the door to dialogue with the opposition. Why? More

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