An Armenian high school student arrested over two weeks ago after confronting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in a church in Yerevan was unexpectedly released from custody on Tuesday.
A political ally of billionaire Samvel Karapetian was arrested on Tuesday on charges which his opposition movement described as politically motivated and linked to its weekend massive rally in Yerevan.
For the first time since 2022, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will not attend an annual international conference in Turkey that brings together dozens of foreign leaders.
Senior lawmakers representing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s party played down on Tuesday Armenia’s lingering tensions with Russian that were exposed during his most recent visit to Moscow.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian touted his economic record on Monday at a meeting with about two dozen owners and top executives of leading Armenian companies which some analysts linked to the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
An Armenian court has struck down a travel ban imposed on Catholicos Garegin II earlier this year amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s attempts to depose the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Samvel Karapetian, a billionaire emerging as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s main election challenger, released his first video address to supporters since his arrest last June as thousands of them demonstrated in Yerevan at the weekend.
Six people died and eleven others were seriously injured on Friday in one of the worst car accidents reported in Armenia in recent years.
Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman leading one of the main opposition contenders in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections, has ruled out any post-election deals that would lead to former President Robert Kocharian’s return to power.
Ignoring calls by defense lawyers and Armenia’s human rights ombudswoman, prosecutors have again refused to set free a high school student who was arrested almost two weeks ago after confronting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in a church in Yerevan.
Despite the war with Iran, the United States remains committed to implementing an agreement to open a U.S.-administered transit corridor for Azerbaijan through Armenia, according to the State Department.
Armenia’s human rights ombudsman appeared to add her voice on Thursday to growing calls for the release of a high school student who was arrested on March 29 after confronting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in a church in Yerevan.
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