Four dozen angry parents of Armenian soldiers killed in the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh were detained on Wednesday as they tried to prevent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian from laying flowers at Armenia’s main military ceremony.
Armenia’s main opposition groups announced another change of tactics on Friday, citing the failure of their attempts to topple Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian with street protests launched in May.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian described his latest talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev as “not easy” but gave no other details on Thursday.
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet again in Brussels on August 31 for talks to be hosted by the European Union’s top official, it was announced on Thursday.
A leader of the main opposition Hayastan alliance on Wednesday condemned the ruling Civil Contract party’s reported plans to install a longtime associate of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian as chairman of Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC).
The Armenian government indicated on Tuesday that it is pressing ahead with its plans to set up a ministry of interior as part of a major structural reform of the national police and two other agencies.
A leader of Armenia’s main opposition coalition said on Monday that it has no plans to stop boycotting sessions of the parliament and trying to topple Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian with street protests.
The Armenian military has allegedly moved to call up dozens of opposition activists who have actively participated in opposition demonstrations aimed at toppling Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leader insisted on Thursday that a new highway that will replace the existing corridor connecting the territory with Armenia will be safer and more reliable for its population.
The Armenian police sacked on Tuesday the top police official of a small town where a gunman killed two local residents and wounded five others in disputed circumstances over the weekend.
The head of Armenia’s Civil Aviation Committee, Tatevik Revazian, resigned on Monday after four years in office.
Citing financial constraints, the Armenian government signaled on Monday that it will put on hold plans to introduce a system of national health insurance that would cover the country’s entire population.
Police fired stun grenades and made many arrests late on Friday in fresh clashes with opposition supporters who continued to demonstrate in Yerevan to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
The Armenian opposition will not end or suspend its month-long street protests despite failing so far to oust Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, one of its leaders said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian rejected opposition demands for his resignation and again blamed Armenia’s former leaders for the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday amid continuing anti-government protests in Yerevan.
Armenia’s leading opposition alliances began on Monday coordinated small-scale demonstrations in Yerevan in preparation for mass protests aimed at toppling Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Opposition lawmakers on Thursday accused Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party of obstructing parliamentary hearings on Turkish-Armenian relations in order to avoid upsetting Turkey.
Armenia’s leadership again indicated on Wednesday that it did not ask Russian peacekeepers to bar a group of Armenian opposition lawmakers from entering Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia is ready to open more Russian classes in its schools, Education Minister Vahram Dumanian said on Tuesday, citing a recent influx of migrants from Russia.
Pro-government lawmakers on Friday pushed through the parliament a bill that allows Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to appoint an acting mayor of Vanadzor, Armenia’s third largest city where his party was defeated in a local election held in December.
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