Raising more Armenian opposition concerns about vote rigging, the European Union is preparing to deploy a “hybrid rapid response team” tasked with countering possible Russian interference in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
The European Union’s top official, Charles Michel, has said that the EU keeps “working very hard” to help Armenia and Azerbaijan negotiate a comprehensive peace agreement.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have briefly discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during their latest visits to Brussels.
European Union leaders and six former Soviet republics have swiftly agreed on a final joint declaration of their Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels, avoiding a repeat of the squabbling between Armenia and Azerbaijan that triggered delays at the last summit two years ago.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian believes that the current Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit in Brussels is not “the right platform” where relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan can be discussed and resolved.
The leaders of the European Union and the six Eastern Partnership countries will meet in Brussels on November 24 in an effort to deepen ties between the EU and the former Soviet republics.
NATO will renew its calls for a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at the end of its latest summit that began in Warsaw on Friday, the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
Armenia has to specify the implications of its upcoming accession to a Russian-led alliance of ex-Soviet states before it can negotiate new major agreements with the European Union, a senior official in Brussels said on Wednesday.
The European Commission has presented updates on the progress made by the countries in its Eastern Partnership program. The report outlines what was accomplished by its six eastern neighbors as well as highlighting policy areas were improvements are needed.
A draft of the European Union’s Vilnius summit declaration seen by RFE/RL acknowledges the European "aspirations" of its six Eastern Partnership countries but has left a blank space regarding EU-Armenia relations.
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that deplores different types of pressure being exercised by Russia on the European Union’s Eastern neighbors, including Armenia.
Armenia's surprise decision to join Russia's customs union came as it was poised to sign a key political and free-trade deal with the EU at a summit in November -- and both Brussels and Moscow have said countries can't have both. Can Armenia have its cake and eat it too?
The European Union is seeking an official clarification from Yerevan to ascertain the implications of Armenia’s plans to join the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan for its European integration, officials in Brussels said on Wednesday.
The European Union has warned Armenia to ensure that its efforts to integrate with the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan do not run counter to its impending Association Agreement with the EU.
The European Union is pressing ahead with its preparations for an unprecedented conference of international donors that should approve large-scale economic assistance to Armenia, according to a top EU official.
The head of an umbrella structure uniting Europe’s leading center-right parties has brushed aside Armenian opposition criticism of his unequivocal endorsement of the official results of Armenia’s disputed presidential election.
Armenia cannot sign a far-reaching Association Agreement with the European Union if it joins the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, a spokeswoman for Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, said on Friday.
The European Union on Monday criticized Azerbaijan for freeing an Azerbaijani army officer who hacked to death an Armenian lieutenant in Hungary more than eight years ago.
The European Union has urged the Armenian authorities to hold more democratic elections in the future, while reiterating its largely positive reaction to their handling of last month’s legislative polls.
The European Union on Tuesday reacted positively to the Armenian authorities’ handling of weekend parliamentary elections and said it will press ahead with plans to deepen political and economic ties with Armenia.
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