24 / 09 / 2009
REPORT - Armenia on the Threshold of Change
As part of the European Partnership for
Democracy's series of Working Papers on democracy assistance, Richard
Giragosian and Marine Manucharyan report on the state of political
affairs in the Republic of Armenia after the local elections for the
city of Yerevan held in May 2009. The report shows that the Armenian
society remains polarised after contested parliamentary elections of
last year which were followed by demonstrations and violently
suppressed leaving at least 10 people dead. The Armenian government
handles the political and economic crisis with even more oppression and
intimidation of anyone in disagreement. The last part of the report
explains the current development in Turkey-Armenia relations which are going through unprecedented period of thawing. Read the full report here.