A 29-year-old judge has been assigned to preside over the trial of Catholicos Garegin II just days after one of his colleagues recused himself from the unprecedented case decried by Armenian opposition and Diaspora groups.
Armenia should call a referendum on joining the European Union by December or risk losing its membership in a Russian-led trade bloc, a senior Russian diplomat warned on Tuesday.
A worldwide coalition of Christian churches has reaffirmed support for the Armenian Apostolic Church and deplored “undue interference” in its internal affairs following the start of Catholicos Garegin II’s trial.
A senior member of the main opposition Strong Armenia alliance, Aram Vartevanian, was elected a deputy speaker of the Armenian parliament on Monday, taking up a position legally reserved for the opposition minority.
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan by phone on Saturday one year after hosting landmark peace talks between them at the White House.
Armenian authorities have filed fresh criminal charges against Gagik Tsarukian, a jailed businessman whose party was one of the main opposition contenders in the June 7 parliamentary elections.
An Armenian judge unexpectedly recused himself from the trial of Catholicos Garegin II moments after it began on Friday amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s continuing efforts to depose the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Friday again rejected Russia’s calls to hold soon a referendum on Armenia’s accession to the European Union and said his country wants to remain part of a Russian-led economic bloc for now.
One month after being arrested on charges rejected by her as politically motivated, an Armenian opposition politician is still not allowed to see or even talk by phone to her 13-year-old daughter and other relatives.
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday accused Armenia’s leadership of trying to “blackmail” Moscow and misleading Armenians about economic consequences of its pro-Western foreign policy that has led to Russian sanctions against Yerevan.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian indicated on Thursday that his government will complete soon the controversial nationalization of Armenia’s national electric utility owned by billionaire and opposition leader Samvel Karapetian.
An Azerbaijani appeals court on Thursday upheld lengthy prison sentences against seven former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh captured by Baku in 2023.
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