May, 2011

• 26 May

  

  91 in Favor, 1 Abstained. Armenian Parliament Approves Amnesty

  Armenia's National Assembly approved the proposal for general amnesty made by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on May 20.
• 26 May

  

  7 Injured in Istanbul Bus Explosion, Officials Say

  The explosion took place near Akmerkez, one of İstanbul's leading shopping centers, around 9 am. Initial reports said one person...
• 26 May

  

  Baku Moving to Restrict Online Free Speech?

  Azerbaijan's government, which already has tagged Skype and Wikipedia as potential threats to national security, maintains that...
• 26 May

  

  Moscow Analyst Worried About Russian Military Base in Armenia

  Director of the Center for Public Policy Research Vladimir Yevseyev recalled that Russia has a military base in Gyumri...
• 26 May

  

  Riot Police Disperse Georgia Opposition Protests. One Police Officer Dead (VIDEOS)

  Authorities in neighboring Georgia sent in riot police early Thursday as five days of opposition protests demanding the...
• 26 May

  

  Armenia Justice Minister: Amnesty will Apply to Nikol Pashinyan

  "If we attempt to follow the policy adopted by the president, we will see that there is a certain logical continuation, and...
• 26 May

  

  Medvedev, Obama and Sarkozy to Issue Statement on Karabakh: Russia President Aide

  The presidents of Russia, the US and France, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy respectively...