More than a thousand people blocked a major street in central Yerevan late on Saturday in continuing demonstrations held in support of an armed opposition group demanding President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation.
Riot police clashed late on Friday with hundreds of people near a police compound in Yerevan occupied by gunmen affiliated with an Armenian opposition group.
Zhirayr Sefilian, a jailed opposition leader, on Tuesday urged the Armenian authorities to negotiate with him an end to their continuing standoff with armed members of his Founding Parliament movement occupying a police station in Yerevan.
Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of trying to walk away from confidence-building agreements that were reached by the presidents of the two warring nations at their recent talks mediated by the United States, Russia and France.
NATO will renew its calls for a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at the end of its latest summit that began in Warsaw on Friday, the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
President Serzh Sarkisian on Tuesday again defended Armenia’s ongoing transition to the parliamentary system of government, saying that it is making the country “freer and stronger.”
Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian called for an end to President Serzh Sarkisian’s rule and sweeping political and economic reforms in Armenia as his new political party held its founding congress on Friday.
Representatives of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) have criticized some key provisions of Armenia’s new Electoral Code, saying that they could undermine “public trust” in next year’s Armenian parliamentary elections.
An Armenian opposition activist went on trial on Friday almost five months after being arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer which he denies as politically motivated and baseless.
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian on Wednesday effectively pledged to liberalize lucrative imports of fuel and other essential commodities to Armenia in the face of opposition skepticism about his government’s latest anti-corruption drive.
Representatives of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) met with Armenian civic activists on Wednesday at the start of a fact-finding visit to Yerevan aimed at assessing the Armenian authorities’ stated commitment to electoral and other reforms.
The Armenian government denied on Tuesday opposition claims that it wants to postpone the full entry into force of a controversial pension reform to avoid renewed street protests ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections.
A powerful explosion on a commuter bus in Yerevan that left two passengers dead was not a terrorist attack, Armenian law-enforcement authorities said on Tuesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian ordered the Armenian police to tighten security after an explosion on a bus reportedly killed two passengers and wounded seven others in Yerevan late on Monday.
An unknown assailant threw a hand grenade towards former President Robert Kocharian’s private residence in Yerevan, the Armenian police said on Friday.
Hundreds of people rallied in Yerevan on Wednesday to condemn Russia’s large-scale arms sales to Azerbaijan which they believe made possible the April 2 outbreak of deadly fighting around Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh have successfully repelled Azerbaijan’s military offensive in Karabakh despite having no “powerful sponsors” abroad, President Serzh Sarkisian said on Tuesday.
After more than three days of fierce fighting, the Armenian and Azerbaijani militaries announced on Tuesday afternoon that they have agreed to stop hostilities in and around Nagorno-Karabakh. (UPDATED)
Armenia will bolster Nagorno-Karabakh’s security through a defense treaty that will be signed with the Armenian-populated territory, President Serzh Sarkisian said on Saturday, responding what he called unprecedented Azerbaijani truce violations.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian has ruled out his Civil Contract party’s participation in negotiations on Armenia’s new Electoral Code planned by other opposition groups and the pro-government majority in parliament.
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