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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian could face an uphill battle to stay in power. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33749715.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33749715.html Mon, 04 May 2026 21:38:03 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian rejected on Thursday renewed opposition claims that he will make further concessions to Azerbaijan and, in particular, allow a mass influx of Azerbaijanis into Armenia in case of winning of the upcoming parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33746523.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33746523.html Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:02:26 +0400 in English Responding to an appeal from businessman and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan, Armenia’s human rights ombudswoman, Anahi Minasian, insisted on Wednesday that Azerbaijani authorities have not offered her to visit him and 18 other Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33738218.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33738218.html Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:36:30 +0400 in English 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. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33727747.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33727747.html Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:01:52 +0400 in English Amid opposition allegations of foul play, Armenia’s ruling party hastily pushed through the parliament on Tuesday legislation that banned billionaire Samvel Karapetian from giving his name to his alliance expected to be one of the main contenders in upcoming parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33726841.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33726841.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:17:09 +0400 in English Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian’s Armenian National Congress (HAK) party announced on Monday its decision to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections on its own following billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s apparent refusal to join forces with it. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33726036.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33726036.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:37:09 +0400 in English Samvel Karapetian, a billionaire controversially prosecuted by the Armenian authorities, officially unveiled on Tuesday his alliance expected to be one of the main opposition contenders in the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33721595.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33721595.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:20:45 +0400 in English Two men were detained by police following an incident near the Armenian National Assembly building in Yerevan involving Parliament Speaker Alen Simonian. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33717288.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33717288.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:51:45 +0400 in English Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday doubled down on accusations against his political rivals of planning to undermine peace with Azerbaijan if they manage to come to power as a result of upcoming parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33716387.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33716387.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:04:37 +0400 in English Armenia’s parliamentary opposition has accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of attempting to influence voters ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections by invoking the threat of war. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33714968.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33714968.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 06:42:52 +0400 in English Armenia has sent humanitarian aid, primarily medicines, to Iran amid an ongoing regional war involving the neighboring country, a senior official in Yerevan said Monday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33713508.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33713508.html Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:17:41 +0400 in English Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Monday he does not consider Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s warnings about the risk of war in the event of an opposition victory in upcoming parliamentary elections to be blackmail. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33713409.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33713409.html Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:07:40 +0400 in English Investigators in Armenia have interrogated the editor of a pro-opposition daily as part of a criminal probe into an editorial published more than a year ago in a case she believes may be linked to a pre-election crackdown on dissent. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33709119.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33709119.html Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:09:52 +0400 in English Armenia’s former President Robert Kocharian will take part in the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7 as the leader of the Hayastan Alliance and its candidate for prime minister. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33708197.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33708197.html Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:00:56 +0400 in English In an apparent reference to Russia, Armenian authorities claimed on Tuesday that security services of a foreign state are pressuring Armenians doing business there to support opposition forces during Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33700760.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33700760.html Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:02:26 +0400 in English A top aide to former President Levon Ter-Petrosian said on Tuesday that his Armenian National Congress (HAK) is discussing with billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s opposition movement the possibility of joining forces for the upcoming parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33700699.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33700699.html Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:11:44 +0400 in English Former President Robert Kocharian has given the clearest indication yet that he will top his Hayastan alliance’s list of candidates in Armenia’s parliamentary elections slated for June 7. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33699723.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33699723.html Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:40:44 +0400 in English With just over three months left before parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced on Wednesday an impending rise in Armenia’s modest pensions which his critics portrayed as an attempt to win over elderly voters. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33688050.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33688050.html Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:00:16 +0400 in English The top aide to Samvel Karapetian, a billionaire controversially prosecuted by Armenian authorities, declined to speculate on Tuesday about possible power-sharing deals between his newly established party and two other opposition groups. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33687180.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33687180.html Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:24:16 +0400 in English