Armenia

The biggest headlines in Armenia in 2020

Coronavirus, two wars, thousands of protesters in the streets, early elections – a run through of the main events in Armenia in 2020

Yerevan: a New Year’s without Christmas trees and decorations. Video.

Yerevan handed over the funds allocated for New Year’s celebration for the restoration of Stepanakert which suffered much destruction during the war. Only children’s events haven’t been canceled.

Armenia bracing for third wave of coronavirus

The Minister of Health warns that another exacerbation may begin as early as mid-January - due to active contacts between people during the New Year holidays

Armenian political crisis continues: opposition refuses snap elections, demands PM resignation

Pashinyan proposes to the opposition to hold early parliamentary elections in 2021 as a way out of the crisis, but the opposition does not refuse to demand his resignation

Armenian opposition MP demoted for 'offensive' post about PM, calling public 'trash'

MP from the Prosperous Armenia Party Naira Zohrabyan was stripped of the post of head of the parliamentary commission for the protection of human rights "for humiliating the dignity of voters"

Op-ed: why Azerbaijan needs the deployment of Turkish troops in Karabakh

Azerbaijani political scientist Shahin Jafarli discusses the need to deploy Turkish military personnel in Karabakh and draws attention to some important issues

During and after the war: where and how did Karabakh schoolchildren study

As a result of the 44-day war in Karabakh, the right to education of about 24 thousand schoolchildren, over 4,000 preschoolers and 5,000 students was violated

Everything known about Armenian PoWs in Azerbaijan

So far, 53 prisoners have returned to their homeland. Hundreds of families are in uncertainty, because they do not know what has happened to their relatives and where they are - in captivity, dead, or whether they are in hiding

Eggs thrown at MPs, fistfights break out as protests continue in Armenia

The opposition demands the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and he proposes to hold early parliamentary elections

Baku reports shootout, fatalities in Karabakh – Armenian MoD 'unaware of fighting'

Azerbaijani social networks write that the Armenian military attacked through a previously dug tunnel. Armenian Defense Ministry admits "Azerbaijani information provocation"

Turkish servicemen head out for joint Russian-Turkish monitoring centre in Karabakh

From the first week of 2021, a joint Russian-Turkish monitoring center will begin its work in Karabakh, in which 60 Turkish servicemen will serve

Snap elections, stalling negotiations - past week in the Caucasus

What happened in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia in the week of December 21-26, 2020 - short video on developments in the South Caucasus

'Let the people decide' – Armenian PM proposes snap parliamentary elections

Pashinyan believes that the opposition's demand for his resignation did not receive the support of the majority of the people, and early elections will show the real attitude of society

NK promises to return PoWs, Baku denies their existence

In total, 53 prisoners returned from Azerbaijan. The Office of the NK Ombudsman claims that it has proven facts about dozens of Armenian prisoners, which Azerbaijan does not confirm

Armenia says that Azerbaijan laying claims to half of Armenian village

We are talking about 12 houses in the village of Shurnukh in the Syunik region, where the process of demarcation, that is, the definition of a new Armenian-Azerbaijani border is underwa

How long-term loyalty to Russia cost Armenia dearly

Debts, energy, infrastructure, property - what did Yerevan pay with Moscow for support, which at the crucial moment did not wait

Armenian opposition: country needs one more Russian military base

Captured Armenian citizen arrested in Azerbaijan for 'torture' during 1st Karabakh war

By the decision of the Baku military court, 51-year-old citizen of Armenia, prisoner of war Ludwig Mkrtchyan was arrested for torture against captured Azerbaijanis