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https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33696271.html Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:00:34 +0400 in English Reportedly citing technical problems, Iran closed its border with Armenia to individual travelers early on Wednesday for the second time since the start of large-scale U.S. and Israeli air strikes against the Islamic Republic. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33695260.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33695260.html Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:33:56 +0400 in English The first group of Armenians stranded in the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states due to Iran’s war with the United States and Israel returned to Yerevan early on Tuesday on a special flight from Oman. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33693210.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33693210.html Tue, 03 Mar 2026 18:39:44 +0400 in English Following stern warnings issued by Russia, Armenia’s government has insisted that despite a U.S.-Armenian nuclear agreement finalized last week, it has still not decided which foreign company should build a new nuclear plant in the country. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33680716.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33680716.html Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:18:57 +0400 in English Russia indicated on Thursday its readiness to restore two short sections of Armenia’s Russian-led railway network leading to the Azerbaijani and Turkish borders. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33676332.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33676332.html Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:07:27 +0400 in English The government will continue to strengthen Armenia’s armed forces despite reaching peace agreements with Azerbaijan and cutting defense its spending this year, Defense Minister Suren Papikian insisted on Tuesday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33647193.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33647193.html Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:17:54 +0400 in English Unemployment in Armenia appears to remain in double digits, having shown no signs of major decrease in the past year despite official jobs data touted by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33640372.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33640372.html Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:12:33 +0400 in English Dozens of men believed to be law-enforcement officers manhandled journalists outside Armenia’s main cathedral late on Thursday as they escorted renegade clerics who were met with a furious reception from thousands of people demonstrating in support of Catholicos Garegin II. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33628203.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33628203.html Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:42:34 +0400 in English One political ally of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has been appointed to the governing board of the American University of Armenia (AUA) and another hired as adjunct lecturer after the ruling Civil Contract party accused the AUA of pro-opposition bias. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33620841.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33620841.html Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:22:51 +0400 in English Armenia’s official poverty rate has fallen in the past year but is still well above the government’s target set in 2021, according government data. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33611194.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33611194.html Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:37:54 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has claimed that Armenia’s public debt has more than doubled during his time in office mainly because of arms acquisitions, prompting strong rebuttals from opposition politicians and some analysts. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33602359.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33602359.html Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:47:58 +0400 in English Amid ongoing international arbitration proceedings, the Armenian authorities took on Monday another step towards nationalizing the national electric utility owned by Samvel Karapetian, a jailed billionaire emerging as a major opposition figure. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33594076.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33594076.html Mon, 17 Nov 2025 21:04:41 +0400 in English A senior member of Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party insisted on Tuesday that it is not trying to buy votes in a large community west of Yerevan that will elect a new local government on November 16. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33573279.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33573279.html Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:06:28 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Monday blamed Armenia’s former governments for his administration’s failure to significantly reduce poverty in the country during his more than seven-year rule. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33572370.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33572370.html Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:22:21 +0400 in English The Armenian Apostolic Church has accused authorities of illegally stripping it of access to a medieval monastery where a defrocked priest held on Sunday a liturgy attended by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33572346.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33572346.html Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:18:15 +0400 in English The secretary of Armenia’s Security Council, Armen Grigorian, has received a visiting delegation from Azerbaijan that comprised individuals who defended or even participated in a nine-month blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh that preceded Baku’s September 2023 recapture of the region. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33568637.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33568637.html Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:39:47 +0400 in English Amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s continuing attempts to depose Catholicos Garegin II, the Armenian parliament approved on Wednesday government-backed legislation allowing authorities to halt broadcasts of a TV channel controlled by the Armenian Apostolic Church. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33567031.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33567031.html Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:54:48 +0400 in English Armenian election monitors on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party of trying to bribe voters in a large community west of Yerevan ahead of an upcoming local election. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33566946.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33566946.html Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:16:15 +0400 in English Amid a continuing military buildup in Azerbaijan, the Armenian government announced on Thursday plans to cut its defense expenditures by more than 15 percent next year. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33540760.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33540760.html Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:05:44 +0400 in English