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 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:16:35 +0400 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL In what she sees as political retribution, an accomplished Armenian doctor has been fired from a state policlinic two months after bitterly arguing with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian during his parliamentary election campaign in Yerevan. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33802880.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33802880.html Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:06:32 +0400 in English An Armenian prosecutor has blocked criminal charges against a supporter of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian who publicly called for the murder of Catholicos Garegin II last December. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33799605.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33799605.html Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:04:32 +0400 in English Armenia’s Constitutional Court on Saturday rejected opposition demands to annul the official results of last month’s parliamentary elections that gave victory to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33796747.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33796747.html Sat, 04 Jul 2026 20:10:11 +0400 in English The judge presiding over the trial of Samvel Karapetian, a billionaire businessman leading Armenia’s largest opposition group, insisted on Friday that he is not acting on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s orders. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33795746.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33795746.html Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:14:09 +0400 in English An Armenian appeals court overturned on Thursday a prison sentence for an outspoken archbishop who was arrested one year ago amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s controversial campaign to oust Catholicos Garegin II. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33788891.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33788891.html Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:19:17 +0400 in English An Armenian opposition politician was briefly detained and charged with spreading antigovernment “hate speech” on Friday less than one year after his release from prison. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33784748.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33784748.html Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:13:50 +0400 in English Following Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s repeated pledges to have the leaders of Armenia’s main opposition groups imprisoned, prosecutors have asked the Central Election Commission (CEC) for permission to bring more criminal charges against former President Robert Kocharian. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33782424.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33782424.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:09:20 +0400 in English An exiled activist from Nagorno-Karabakh arrested after publicly arguing with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian was set free on Wednesday on the 23rd day of his hunger strike in prison. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33777732.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33777732.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:30:37 +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 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 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 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 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 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 Sparking more accusations of abuse of power, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has announced that Armenian law-enforcement authorities will file a high treason charge against one of the opposition leaders challenging him in next month’s parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33761919.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33761919.html Thu, 21 May 2026 18:50:27 +0400 in English Prosecutors made clear on Tuesday that they are not looking into the legality of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest 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/33760297.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33760297.html Tue, 19 May 2026 18:01:58 +0400 in English Armenian law-enforcement authorities reported at the weekend the death by suicide of a man who was taken to a psychiatric clinic after tearing down an election campaign poster of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and being arrested as a result. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33759480.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33759480.html Mon, 18 May 2026 17:57:50 +0400 in English Former President Robert Kocharian’s Hayastan alliance accused the Armenian government of trying to obstruct its parliamentary election campaign after several of its members and supporters were arrested on vote-buying charges on Thursday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33757068.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33757068.html Thu, 14 May 2026 20:49:01 +0400 in English Law-enforcement authorities pressed on Thursday criminal charges against a man arrested after using offensive language to attack Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian during Armenia’s ongoing parliamentary election campaign. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33756890.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33756890.html Thu, 14 May 2026 18:10:08 +0400 in English