A Kazakh journalist and civic activist was stabbed in the stomach on an overnight train Sunday before he was due to meet with European officials to discuss shrinking press freedoms.
Argam Abrahamyan, son of the former Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, who was elected to parliament on April 2, announced today on his Facebook page that he's stepping down as mayor of Artashat in order to assume his parliamentary mandate.
According to the lists submitted by NGOs to the CEC, there was again observer abundancy during the Yerevan municipal council elections held on May 14.
Azerbaijan violated the Karabakh ceasefire more than 55 times yesterday and last night, firing 1,200 rounds of various caliber small arms, this according to the Artsakh Ministry of Defense.