Riot police fired stun grenades outside the Armenian parliament on Wednesday as they clashed with protesters continuing to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
Amid continuing antigovernment protests in Yerevan, the Armenian opposition moved on Monday to force an emergency parliament debate on its demands for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his cabinet.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian on Friday dismissed a senior Russian official’s warning that Armenia will cause irreparable damage to its relations with Russia if it moves closer to Western powers and shares “sensitive” information with them.
The Armenian government accused Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Friday of torpedoing peace talks between Baku and Yerevan with his latest demands for a change of Armenia’s constitution.
Azerbaijan’s demands for Armenia to change its constitution are not on the agenda of ongoing peace talks between the two countries, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan insisted on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s political team announced on Friday plans to impose more taxes on the Armenian Apostolic Church amid continuing antigovernment protests in Yerevan led by a senior clergyman.
Protesters led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian poured into Yerevan’s central Republic Square on Thursday to try to surround the seat of Armenia’s government during a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Armenia and Azerbaijan orally agree on the key terms of a bilateral peace treaty discussed by them, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday in remarks contrasting with his foreign minister’s recent statements.
An archbishop trying to oust Prime Minister Nikol has found himself under investigation after accusing the Armenian authorities of bugging his hotel room in Yerevan.
Azerbaijan remains reluctant to recognize Armenia’s borders through a bilateral peace treaty, parliament speaker Alen Simonian indicated on Wednesday.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian on Tuesday accused the Armenian Apostolic Church of meddling in politics and said the government should impose more taxes on it in response to antigovernment protests led by one of its archbishops.
The Armenian government on Monday did not deny or confirm reports that Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi cancelled at the last minute a visit to Armenia scheduled for Sunday, the day that he died in a helicopter crash.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian’s Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Friday effectively joined other opposition parties in voicing support for street protests in Yerevan against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Monday hit out at his predecessor and dozens of other retired diplomats involved in ongoing protests against the Armenian government’s territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.
Thousands of people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation again rallied in Yerevan on Friday on the second day of demonstrations led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian and backed by virtually all Armenian opposition groups.
Hundreds of people protesting against the Armenian government’s decision to cede key border areas to Azerbaijan continued to march to Yerevan on Monday, with a senior clergyman leading them insisting that their campaign is gaining momentum.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian will not attend Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a fifth term as president scheduled for Tuesday, Armenian parliament speaker Alen Simonian said on Monday.
Police continued to block on Friday all roads leading to a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province one day after arresting dozens of local residents trying to prevent the handover of adjacent territory to Azerbaijan.
Political allies Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian are stepping up scathing personal attacks on a senior clergyman leading nearly two-week protests in Armenia’s northern Tavush province against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan made by the government.
Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Thursday in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan made by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s government.
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