https://www.azatutyun.am/z/1089 «Ազատություն» ռադիոկայանի կայքէջի անգլերեն բաժինը https://www.azatutyun.am/Content/responsive/RFE/hy-AM/img/logo.png https://www.azatutyun.am/z/1089 hy Բոլոր իրավունքները պաշտպանված են 2014 - «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան 60 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:31:28 +0400 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL An exiled activist from Nagorno-Karabakh arrested on May 18 right after publicly arguing with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in Yerevan remained on hunger strike for the 22nd day on Tuesday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33776959.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33776959.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:43:02 +0400 in English Law-enforcement authorities have detained and indicted a Russia-based Armenian national who voiced fears of post-election unrest in Armenia when he arrived in Yerevan to vote in Sunday’s legislative polls. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33776944.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33776944.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:47:51 +0400 in English Prosecutors reported new criminal charges against businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian on Tuesday just as his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) scrambled to ensure its presence in the country’s new parliament through vote recounts initiated by it. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33776884.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33776884.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:32:10 +0400 in English Former President Robert Kocharian’s Hayastan alliance said on Tuesday that it will ask Armenia’s Constitutional Court to annul the official results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections that have also been rejected as fraudulent by other opposition groups. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33776827.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33776827.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:03:05 +0400 in English Underscoring its deepening rift with the Armenian government, Russia said on Monday that the weekend parliamentary elections in Armenia were not democratic and exposed a “noticeable” decline in public support for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33775950.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33775950.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:33:02 +0400 in English The European Union on Monday congratulated Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on winning Armenia’s weekend parliamentary elections and reaffirmed support for his pro-Western foreign policy. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33775883.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33775883.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:56:52 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his Civil Contract party won Armenia’s weekend parliamentary elections with just under half of the vote, according to their preliminary official results rejected by the two main opposition contenders. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33775090.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33775090.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:47:56 +0400 in English Armenian opposition leaders accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of trying to rig Sunday’s parliamentary elections after he rushed to claim victory with less than one fifth of ballots cast counted. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33775003.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33775003.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:47:36 +0400 in English Armenia’s three main opposition groups said law-enforcement authorities continued to arrest scores of their members and supporters as voting began in parliamentary elections on Sunday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33774498.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33774498.html Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:37:10 +0400 in English Armenians voted on Sunday in parliamentary elections that will extend or end Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s eight-year rule and pro-Western foreign policy increasingly resented by Russia. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33774452.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33774452.html Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:38:42 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Friday that Armenia’s three main opposition forces must win no seats in the new National Assembly and at least one of their leaders will go to jail if he wins Sunday’s parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33773673.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33773673.html Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:34:16 +0400 in English Following mass arrests of members and supporters of billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s Strong Armenia alliance, law-enforcement officers raided on Friday the offices of a media outlet linked to it two days before Armenia’s parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33773631.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33773631.html Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:40:52 +0400 in English Armen Ashotian, a prominent opposition figure close to former President Serzh Sarkisian, was arrested on Friday on fresh corruption charges linked by his political allies to the June 7 parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33773550.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33773550.html Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:06:17 +0400 in English An outspoken Armenian archbishop who led in 2024 massive anti-government protests in Yerevan was moved to house arrest on Thursday almost one year after being jailed on coup charges rejected by him as politically motivated. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33772794.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33772794.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:11:35 +0400 in English Armenian law-enforcement authorities arrested 27 more opposition members and supporters on Thursday in a continuing crackdown on the main opposition groups running in the June 7 parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33772776.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33772776.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:22:28 +0400 in English The European Union pledged on Thursday to provide Armenia with at least 50 million euros ($58 million) in urgent economic assistance designed to help the country mitigate potentially severe consequences of a Russian embargo on key Armenian imports. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33772681.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33772681.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:45:49 +0400 in English Following their brief talks in Yerevan, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan have signed a bilateral framework agreement on practical modalities of opening a U.S.-administered transit corridor for Azerbaijan through Armenia. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33772581.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33772581.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:18:14 +0400 in English Armenian law-enforcement authorities did not arrest or charge anyone on Wednesday one day after supporters of two key opposition groups running in the June 7 parliamentary elections were physically assaulted by government loyalists in separate incidents caught on camera. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33771992.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33771992.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:06:22 +0400 in English With only four days to go before Armenia’s parliamentary elections, Russia on Wednesday continued to denounce Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s pro-Western foreign policy and urged Armenians to “save” their country. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33771875.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33771875.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:52:47 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian discussed with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan efforts to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations in a phone call reported late on Tuesday five days before Armenia’s parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33771736.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33771736.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:33:11 +0400 in English The European Union promised on Tuesday to help Armenia cope with growing economic pressure exerted by Russia in response to the Armenian government’s desire to join the EU. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33771146.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33771146.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:11:29 +0400 in English Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, made clear on Tuesday that he will not resign even if he is arrested by the Armenian authorities seeking to depose him. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33771116.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33771116.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:49:47 +0400 in English Five days before Armenia’s parliamentary elections, law-enforcement authorities on Tuesday arrested a senior member of billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s Strong Armenia bloc and raided several campaign offices of another major opposition contender led by former President Robert Kocharian. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33771072.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33771072.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:24:41 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian criticized on Tuesday Russia’s decisions to ban key imports from Armenia which highlight heightened tensions between Moscow and Yerevan ahead of the June 7 Armenian parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33770961.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33770961.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:38:39 +0400 in English Russia banned more imports from Armenia on Monday, imposing “temporary restrictions” on the sale of Armenian fruits just days before the country’s crucial parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33770350.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33770350.html Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:23:31 +0400 in English Law-enforcement authorities have refused to launch a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s pledge to “take out” Armenia’s top opposition leaders and his insults and threats addressed to refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33770292.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33770292.html Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:35:01 +0400 in English Opposition leaders running in Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections have blamed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian for Russia’s widening bans on the import of Armenian goods and warned of their devastating impact on the domestic economy. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33770244.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33770244.html Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:18:21 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Monday rejected Russian-led calls for Armenia to finally decide whether to remain part of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) or continue seeking membership of the European Union. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33770054.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33770054.html Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:47:02 +0400 in English Following Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest outburst against Nagorno-Karabakh’s exiled ethnic Armenian leadership, an Armenian court has allowed authorities to seize the building of its permanent representation in Yerevan. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33768574.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33768574.html Fri, 29 May 2026 22:45:38 +0400 in English Russia and three other ex-Soviet states making up the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) pressed Armenia on Friday to decide “as soon as possible” whether to remain part of the Russian-led trade bloc or continue seeking membership of the European Union. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33768538.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33768538.html Fri, 29 May 2026 21:04:12 +0400 in English Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan on Friday urged Armenia’s leading agribusiness firms heavily dependent on the Russian market to diversify their exports after Moscow banned the import of Armenian flowers, vegetables and strawberry amid heightened tensions with Yerevan. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33768466.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33768466.html Fri, 29 May 2026 18:46:18 +0400 in English Russia announced on Thursday “temporary restrictions” on the import of more products from Armenia, stepping up economic pressure on the Armenian government accused by it of pursuing an anti-Russian foreign policy. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33767654.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33767654.html Thu, 28 May 2026 19:12:00 +0400 in English Armenia demonstrated on Thursday new weapons acquired by it from India, France, China and Iran in recent years during a military parade in Yerevan seen by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s critics as a pre-election publicity stunt. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33767572.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33767572.html Thu, 28 May 2026 17:04:12 +0400 in English U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian ahead of Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections on Thursday, citing his commitment to opening a U.S.-run transit corridor for Azerbaijan. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33767434.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33767434.html Thu, 28 May 2026 14:01:01 +0400 in English Iran remains concerned about the Armenian government’s plans to open a U.S.-administered transit corridor for Azerbaijan along Armenia’s border with the Islamic Republic, the Iranian ambassador in Yerevan said on Wednesday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766954.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766954.html Wed, 27 May 2026 22:14:23 +0400 in English An Armenian law-enforcement agency arrested over a dozen more members and supporters of key opposition groups on Wednesday in what their leaders see as continuing attempts to help the ruling Civil Contract party win the June 7 parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766924.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766924.html Wed, 27 May 2026 20:39:40 +0400 in English In a fresh statement circulated on Wednesday, Davit Ishkhanian, one of the eight former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh jailed in Azerbaijan, claimed that Armenia’s leadership does not want Baku to free them. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766850.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766850.html Wed, 27 May 2026 18:41:25 +0400 in English After restricting imports of some Armenian goods, Russia has threatened to stop supplying natural gas to Armenia at a significant discount if Yerevan continues its European integration policy. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766669.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766669.html Wed, 27 May 2026 15:43:49 +0400 in English Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman leading one of the three main opposition groups running in Armenia’s parliamentary elections, insisted on Tuesday that he remains undeterred by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s pledges to seize his business assets and properties. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766115.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766115.html Tue, 26 May 2026 21:49:00 +0400 in English Underscoring heightened tensions with Yerevan, Russian officials continued to question on Tuesday Armenia’s membership in the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) essential for its economy. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766073.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766073.html Tue, 26 May 2026 20:10:56 +0400 in English U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reported major progress towards opening a U.S.-administered transit corridor for Azerbaijan through Armenia and reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to deepen U.S.-Armenian relations during an hour-long visit to Yerevan on Tuesday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766015.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33766015.html Tue, 26 May 2026 18:29:09 +0400 in English Ruben Vardanyan, a prominent Armenian businessman jailed in Azerbaijan, has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and claimed that Armenia risks becoming a Turkish province. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33764613.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33764613.html Mon, 25 May 2026 21:52:12 +0400 in English Former President Robert Kocharian again accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of needlessly antagonizing Russia and leading Armenia to economic ruin as he took his Hayastan alliance’s election campaign to the southeastern Vayots Dzor province on Monday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33764557.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33764557.html Mon, 25 May 2026 19:47:57 +0400 in English An exiled activist from Nagorno-Karabakh arrested on May 18 right after publicly arguing with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian remained on hunger strike for the fifth day on Monday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33764469.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33764469.html Mon, 25 May 2026 18:14:32 +0400 in English The Armenian government continued to downplay its mounting tensions with Russia at the weekend just as Moscow imposed more bans on agricultural imports from Armenia and lambasted Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33764405.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33764405.html Mon, 25 May 2026 17:08:04 +0400 in English Schoolchildren, their teachers and other public sector employees continue to attend Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s campaign rallies during work and school hours in what Armenian election observers see as abuse of power by the ruling Civil Contract party. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33762783.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33762783.html Fri, 22 May 2026 21:45:15 +0400 in English Moscow ratcheted up its criticism of Armenia’s leadership on Friday, with State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin saying that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian can no longer “dishonestly” take economic advantage of Russia while pursuing a pro-Western foreign policy. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33762726.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33762726.html Fri, 22 May 2026 19:32:39 +0400 in English Billionaire Samvel Karapetian indicated on Friday that his Strong Armenia alliance and other major opposition groups running in next month’s parliamentary elections stand ready to respond to continuing arrests of their members with street protests. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33762649.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33762649.html Fri, 22 May 2026 17:43:54 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian was accused of intensifying a crackdown on his key election challengers on Friday as law-enforcement authorities searched the homes and offices of two prominent opposition figures allied to Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33762553.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33762553.html Fri, 22 May 2026 15:24:32 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s political team played down on Thursday Armenia’s mounting tensions with Russia and the resulting risk of Russian sanctions that could cripple the Armenian economy. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33761992.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33761992.html Thu, 21 May 2026 21:04:42 +0400 in English