https://www.azatutyun.am «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայանը միջազգային լրատվական եւ հեռարձակող կազմակերպություն է, որի հաղորդումները սփռվում են Կենտրոնական եւ Արեւելյան Եվրոպայումշ Կովկասում, Կենտրոնական Ասիայում, Ռուսաստանում, Միջին Արեւելքում եւ Բալկանյան երկրներում: https://www.azatutyun.am/Content/responsive/RFE/hy-AM/img/logo.png https://www.azatutyun.am hy Բոլոր իրավունքները պաշտպանված են 2014 - «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան 60 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:17:26 +0400 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s Strong Armenia alliance is negotiating with at least two other major opposition groups over his proposal to jointly challenge Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian after the disputed parliamentary elections held on June 7. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33786436.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33786436.html Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:00:09 +0400 in English Billionaire Samvel Karapetian has said that his Strong Armenia bloc will join forces with other opposition groups to continue challenging Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian after the disputed parliamentary elections held on June 7. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33783870.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33783870.html Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:38:03 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian pledged on Wednesday to “crush” the leaders of Armenia’s three main opposition groups that won at least 37 percent of the vote in the June 7 parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33783130.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33783130.html Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:02:10 +0400 in English Two more opposition parties announced on Tuesday that they will ask Armenia’s Constitutional Court to invalidate the official results of the June 7 parliamentary election rejected by them as fraudulent. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33782372.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33782372.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:11:35 +0400 in English Justice Minister Srbuhi Galian declined to clarify on Wednesday how the Armenian government will try to enact a new constitution demanded by Azerbaijan in the absence of a two-thirds majority in Armenia’s newly elected parliament. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33777630.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33777630.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:43:26 +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 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 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 Visiting Yerevan on Tuesday, a senior Turkish diplomat declined to say when Turkey will partially open its border with Armenia in line with a 2022 agreement reached by the two sides. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33750550.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33750550.html Tue, 05 May 2026 19:11:34 +0400 in English Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered 17 political parties and two alliances, including the one led by billionaire Samvel Karapetian, for parliamentary elections in which 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