Velvet revolution

“This is a historic high”: Prime Minister of Armenia on new jobs

Nikol Pashinyan

June 24, 2022

The employment rate is on the rise in Armenia: since the Velvet Revolution of 2018, more than 125,000 jobs have been created in the

Armenian opposition takes to streets - will there be a second Velvet Revolution?

Armenia

April 25, 2022

Armenian opposition begins struggle to overthrow Pashinyan. The opposition announced that from Monday, April 25, it will start a series of permanent street actions

Acting PM Pashinyan: Steel revolution will replace Velvet

2021 Parliamentary Elections in Armenia

June 18, 2021

Steel revolution will replace the Velvet one, leader of the "Civil Contract" party, acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced during the final meeting with voters on the main square of Yerevan

Moscow or Brussels? Why Armenian PM Pashinyan has been stamped as a pro-Western politician

Nikol Pashinyan

January 29, 2021

The statements of the oppositionist Pashinyan before coming to power differ sharply from the foreign policy course that he led already as prime minister

Armenia becoming more investor friendly – US State Department

Armenia

September 12, 2020

The country still needs to improve the government institutions that contribute to ensuring a competitive environment, the report says

“There’s no going back” – ex Armenian president releases videos on April 2016 war

Karabakh conflict

August 08, 2020

Serzh Sargsyan spoke about the April 2016 war and promised to organize an in-person press conference after the state of emergency is lifted

Investigative committee questions former Armenian prime minister about the events of the 2016 April War

April war of 2016

May 12, 2020

The committee began its work about a year ago and will soon finish the investigation. Then, people will get answers to some of the questions they have been asking. Though perhaps not all of them, since, as the chairman said, “we are talking about state secrets.”

Quality of life improvements, fighting corruption and oligarchs: how Armenia has changed 2 years since the revolution

Nikol Pashinyan

May 08, 2020

“There is a well-known formula: if a country wants to consider itself democratic, it is necessary to conduct three cycles of fair elections. We have had only one so far. As soon as there will be three, we can assume that we are moving in the right direction” – political analyst

Former Armenian President Sargsyan – criminal or victim of political persecution?

January 22, 2020

Sargsyan’s lawyers say the accusations against him are politically motivated

Sick, corrupt general released from prison in Armenia – activists demand treatment and punishment

Corruption scandals in Armenia

January 16, 2020

A group of activists from Etchmiadzin, the hometown of Manvel Grigoryan, demands he receive treatment – and be punished.

Armenia: details of ex-PM’s resignation made known one year later

April 23, 2019

The victory of Armenia’s Velvet Revolution was announced on 23 April 2018 – Armenia's parliamentary speaker gives the details of how it all happened