UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid has deleted a tweet about his visit to the Armenian genocide memorial in Yerevan condemned by Turkey.
Echoing a statement by his foreign minister, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has linked the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations to Armenia accepting Azerbaijan's key demands.
Armenia’s government on Friday broke its eight-day silence on an entry ban imposed by it on a leader of France’s influential Armenian community critical of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
The Armenian authorities have declined to explain their decision to ban a leader of France’s influential Armenian community critical of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian from entering Armenia.
A vocal critic of Armenia’s government arrested two months ago died during his trial in Yerevan on Friday, sparking outcry from the country’s human rights ombudswoman and opposition leaders.
Dozens of relatives of several men killed and wounded in a small community in central Armenia rallied at the weekend to demand an objective investigation into the shooting which they blame on local government-linked individuals.
The ruling Civil Contract party has drafted legislation which critics say would allow the Armenian authorities to force opposition members of local councils to elect pro-government mayors of cities and other communities.
Opposition leader Artur Vanetsian on Tuesday announced his resignation from Armenia’s parliament and the breakup of his Fatherland party’s alliance with former President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK).
A senior U.S. State Department official has met with leaders of Armenia’s main opposition groups holding anti-government protests during a visit to Yerevan.
A leader of the Armenian opposition said on Friday that it is rethinking the tactics of its “resistance movement” almost six week after starting regular demonstrations aimed at toppling Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Opposition parliamentarians were not allowed to attend on Wednesday an international conference in Yerevan organized by Armenia’s Constitutional Court and the Council of Europe.
Law-enforcement authorities are pressing criminal charges against eight more participants of anti-government rallies organized by the Armenian opposition for the past month.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian reaffirmed on Tuesday the ruling Civil Contract party’s plans to block an opposition resolution rejecting any peace accord that would restore Azerbaijan’s control over Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Armenian opposition on Wednesday blocked more government buildings in Yerevan and pledged to continue its daily street protests aimed at toppling Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian again claimed to have turned Armenia into an established democracy on Friday as the country's main opposition groups continued daily demonstrations demanding his resignation.
Riot police on Thursday refrained from mass arrests of participants of daily opposition demonstrations in Yerevan aimed at forcing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign.
The leadership of Armenia’s parliament has threatened to strip its opposition members boycotting sessions of the National Assembly and leading ongoing anti-government protests in Yerevan of their seats.
The Armenian police made more than 400 arrests on Tuesday as opposition supporters again blocked roads across Yerevan in continuing protests aimed at forcing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign.
Police detained more than 90 people on Monday to break up fresh motorcade rallies organized by the Armenian opposition as part of its ongoing civil disobedience campaign against the government.
Armenian opposition leaders and their supporters blocked a key government building in Yerevan on Friday on the 13th day of their street protests aimed at forcing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign.
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