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• հուլիս 24, 2026

  Armenian Farmer Detained After Row With Pashinian Loyalist

  A farmer critical of the Armenian government has been detained and held in police custody for 24 hours following a bitter political argument with a pro-government blogger who pledged to have him imprisoned.

• հուլիս 24, 2026

  Karapetian Ally Freed For Now

  A leading member of billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s Strong Armenia alliance, who has been elected to the new Armenian parliament, was released from custody at the start of his trial on Friday.

• հուլիս 24, 2026

  Armenian Prisoners ‘Injured In Azeri Custody’

  Some of the Armenian prisoners held by Azerbaijan have suffered serious injuries in Azerbaijani jails, an Armenian human rights lawyer claimed on Friday, citing their families.

• հուլիս 24, 2026

  Armenian Dairy Imports Also Banned By Russia

  Russia has banned imports of dairy products from Armenia after imposing similar restrictions on other Armenian foodstuffs amid heightened tensions between the two nations.

• հուլիս 23, 2026

  Another Tsarukian Business Closed By Armenian Authorities

  Armenian law-enforcement authorities have raided a shopping center just outside Yerevan to effectively shut down yet another business asset of Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman who challenged Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in last month’s parliamentary elections.

• հուլիս 23, 2026

  Court Refuses To Free Armenian Oppositionist Reelected To Parliament

  A court in Yerevan on Thursday refused to set free an opposition lawmaker who was reelected to Armenia’s parliament last month almost one year after being arrested on coup charges rejected by him as politically motivated.

• հուլիս 23, 2026

  Kocharian’s Bloc Picks New Parliamentary Leader

  Former President Robert Kocharian’s Hayastan alliance, one of the two opposition groups holding seats in Armenia’s parliament, named on Thursday a new leader of its parliamentary group.

• հուլիս 22, 2026

  Germany’s Merz Phones Pashinian After Talks With Aliyev

  German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for “further steps” to end the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan when he telephoned Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday the day after holding talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

• հուլիս 22, 2026

  Armenian Prosecutors Not Allowed To Arrest Opposition Leader

  The Central Election Commission (CEC) on Wednesday allowed prosecutors to indict but not arrest the incoming parliamentary leader of Armenia’s largest opposition force facing a crackdown linked to last month’s parliamentary elections.

• հուլիս 22, 2026

  Russian Demands On Yerevan Unchanged, Says Lawmaker

  Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin repeated Russia’s demands for Armenia to choose between joining the European Union and remaining part of a Russian-led bloc during his recent meeting with his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinian, a Russian lawmaker said on Wednesday.

• հուլիս 22, 2026

  Ruben Vardanyan’s Lawyer Appeals To European Court

  A Yerevan-based lawyer representing Ruben Vardanyan, a prominent Armenian businessman jailed in Azerbaijan, said on Wednesday that she has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against a 20-year prison sentence given to him early this year.

• հուլիս 21, 2026

  Another Armenian Opposition Leader Faces Arrest

  Law-enforcement authorities have moved to arrest another senior member of billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s Strong Armenia alliance in a continuing post-election crackdown on the Armenian opposition which critics say was ordered by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.

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