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.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet again shortly after Armenia’s parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7.
Following President Vladimir Putin’s stern warnings to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, Russian authorities have moved to revoke the import license of a major Armenian brandy producer heavily dependent on Russia’s market.
The Russian Foreign Ministry shrugged off on Wednesday the Armenian leadership’s threats to leave Russian-led defense and trade blocs voiced by parliament speaker Alen Simonian.
The Armenian Apostolic Church said on Wednesday that law-enforcement authorities have banned at least two of its priests from visiting prisons amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s continuing efforts to depose Catholicos Garegin II.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian threatened to turn Samvel Karapetian into a “tramp” on Wednesday in an intensifying war of words with the indicted billionaire emerging as his main election challenger.
Armenia hailed on Wednesday a two-week ceasefire agreement reached by neighboring Iran and the United States overnight more than five weeks after the start of the war in the Middle East.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian phoned his Russian counterpart Valentina Matvienko on Tuesday three days after warning of Armenia’s possible exits from Russian-led defense and trade blocs.
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