Armenia

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"

'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

Strikes and blocked roads in Armenia: how the opposition is trying to overthrow the PM

Opposition Prime Minister candidate Vazgen Manukyan called on the army and police to join the opposition movement and together to achieve the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan

Why residents of south Armenia block PM's entrance into region

Hundreds of people blocked the Yerevan-Goris highway, but Nikol Pashinyan managed to fly over the closed road by helicopter and still communicate with the residents of Syunik region

Armenia: mourning procession for Karabakh dead – march, protest, statements

The first of three days of mourning began with an appeal to the people of Prime Minister Pashinyan, in which he again stated that he did not intend to leave - both from power and from responsibility

Candlelight procession in Yerevan in memory of victims of second Karabakh war

The action was organized by the opposition of Armenia, demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister. But the march passed without political slogans, the participants silently walked to the military pantheon "Yerablur"

Armenia continuing to surrender territories to Azerbaijan? Protest in Syunik border region

Residents of Syunik region blocked the road near the city of Kapan and demand that the government resolve issues with the border with Azerbaijan. The governor is ready to resign if their demands are not met