Two journalists working for an independent Armenian newspaper were forcibly removed from the parliament building in Yerevan on Friday after being controversially stripped of their accreditation.
Armenian opposition leaders accused Turkey of meddling in Armenia’s internal affairs on Friday after Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan voiced Ankara’s support for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in the context of his upcoming reelection bid.
Armenia’s government has indicated its disapproval of an Armenian cross-country skier’s refusal to advertise Azerbaijan during a recent ski race in Italy.
Samvel Karapetian, a Russian-Armenian billionaire who plans to challenge Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in Armenia’s forthcoming parliamentary elections, was taken back to prison on Friday less than three weeks after being moved to house arrest.
Faced with accusations of “political corruption,” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday defended massive yearend bonuses paid to himself and other senior government officials, saying that the money will make them less prone to corruption.
Amid renewed Armenian opposition claims that he plans to open an extraterritorial corridor for Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian remained vague on Thursday on a crucial detail of a relevant transit arrangement agreed with the United States.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian promised to address neighboring Iran’s concerns on Thursday after Tehran effectively accused his administration of aiding the Islamic Republic’s enemies.
In what amounted to a prisoner exchange, four Armenians were released from an Azerbaijani prison and repatriated on Wednesday just as Armenia sent home two Syrian men captured during the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Iran criticized the Armenian government on Wednesday for allowing angry demonstrations outside its embassy in Yerevan, saying that Armenia may be becoming an operational base for the Islamic Republic’s enemies.
The United States and Armenia released late on Tuesday the first major details of a planned U.S.-administered transit corridor for Azerbaijan which would pass through a key Armenian region.
The government will continue to strengthen Armenia’s armed forces despite reaching peace agreements with Azerbaijan and cutting defense its spending this year, Defense Minister Suren Papikian insisted on Tuesday.
Armenia’s government remains reluctant to provide lawyers representing an ethnic Armenian resident of Nagorno-Karabakh jailed by Azerbaijan with medical records which they say could facilitate his release from prison.
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