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claim that his son exempt from compulsory military service is more intelligent that the country’s soldiers. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33726106.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33726106.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:43:45 +0400 in English Former President Serzh Sarkisian has said that his Republican Party (HHK) will encourage supporters to go to the polls and vote for other opposition groups following its decision not to run in the June 7 parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33725963.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33725963.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:29:14 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian again pledged on Friday to try to enact the kind of constitutional change that Azerbaijan has set as a necessary condition for ending the conflict with Armenia. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33704941.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33704941.html Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:49:07 +0400 in English Azerbaijan has advanced deeper into Armenia’s territory from some of the border areas seized by it after the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian opposition leader claimed on Wednesday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33695285.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33695285.html Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:11:18 +0400 in English A coalition of Western press freedom groups has for the first time included Armenia on its list of countries in wider Europe jailing journalists or other media figures. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33693323.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33693323.html Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:29:02 +0400 in English Defense Minister Suren Papikian defended on Friday his decision to expel from Armenia’s armed forces all Armenian Apostolic Church chaplains remaining loyal to Catholicos Garegin II. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33671471.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33671471.html Fri, 06 Feb 2026 19:18:50 +0400 in English A government-appointed task force will not manage to draft within the next few months a new Armenian constitution demanded by Azerbaijan, one of its members said on Friday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33664990.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33664990.html Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:03:28 +0400 in English Ignoring strong opposition objections, the Armenian parliament hastily approved on Friday government-backed legislation that will make it easier for authorities to bar local groups from monitoring the country’s upcoming general elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33657838.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33657838.html Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:15:35 +0400 in English An Armenian appeals court has declared illegal a recent search conducted in the home of an independent expert who concluded that billionaire Samvel Karapetian did not call for a violent regime change before being arrested in June. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33656941.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33656941.html Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:55:09 +0400 in English Faced with accusations of “political corruption,” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday defended massive yearend bonuses paid to himself and other senior government officials, saying that the money will make them less prone to corruption. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33649866.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33649866.html Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:32:57 +0400 in English The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), a major opposition party, signaled on Tuesday plans to maintain its alliance with former President Robert Kocharian ahead of this year’s parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33646958.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33646958.html Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:55:37 +0400 in English Helped by police, local government officials in the central Armenian town of Talin barred priests from entering a local church on Tuesday, enabling a defrocked cleric loyal to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to hold a Christmas mass there. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33641547.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33641547.html Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:00:48 +0400 in English Two journalists working for an independent Armenian newspaper have been stripped of their parliamentary accreditation after trying to interview a senior pro-government lawmaker about a property deal that has raised more questions about government corruption in Armenia. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33632076.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33632076.html Wed, 24 Dec 2025 22:09:50 +0400 in English Five men charged with beating up an Armenian opposition activist and former parliamentarian were released from custody at the weekend just hours after their arrest. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33623896.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33623896.html Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:11:57 +0400 in English Armenian Investigators have interrogated three independent experts who are said to have dealt a blow to their coup charges levelled against Samvel Karapetian, a jailed billionaire expected to challenge Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in next year’s parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33621795.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33621795.html Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:43:55 +0400 in English Yet another senior Armenian official has reportedly purchased an expensive home at a massive discount, adding to media speculation about government corruption in the country. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33621681.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33621681.html Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:43:14 +0400 in English An Armenian opposition activist was hospitalized on Monday after being reportedly beaten up and seriously injured in broad daylight. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33617526.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33617526.html Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:31:22 +0400 in English Former President Robert Kocharian reaffirmed at the weekend his plans to run in next year’s parliamentary elections, dismissing another opposition leader’s calls to stay out of the race. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33617428.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33617428.html Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:47:13 +0400 in English Samvel Shahramanian, who served until June as Nagorno-Karabakh’s president in exile, was again interrogated by an Armenian law-enforcement agency on Wednesday one day after signaling his disapproval of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s efforts to depose Catholicos Garegin II. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33612097.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33612097.html Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:17:40 +0400 in English