3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (408+ words) Armenian Defence Minister Suren Papikyan has said the government intends to make its ‘activities more public’ wherever possible. He didn’t specify what activities he was referring to. The comments came amid renewed public scrutiny of the Armenian army following a…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (499+ words) Russian–Armenian tycoon and opposition leader Samvel Karapetyan has filed a lawsuit against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, demanding that he publicly apologise for ‘insulting’ him during the pre-election campaign and pay ֏3 million ($8,300) in compensation. Karapetyan, who heads the Strong…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (223+ words) The parliamentary elections in Armenia have drawn to a close, yet the country’s political arena is only just heating up. Kocharyan was initially detained in July 2018, just two months after Pashinyan swept to power, and then again in December of…...

4+ day, 40+ min ago   (68+ words) Amy Carlon, the US Chargé d’Affaires in Azerbaijan, also attended the meeting. The territory had been under Armenian control until the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War of 2020. Local officials have denied the reports, saying no such advances took place in the past…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (552+ words) Armenia has lodged a complaint within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) over the restrictions imposed by Russia since May on a long list of Armenian imports to Russia. ‘Here, not only is our communication with Russia important,…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (638+ words) The charges against Armenian opposition figure Andranik Tevanyan have been changed from espionage to publishing state secrets. While not explicitly mentioned, the earlier charge – filed days before Armenia’s June parliamentary elections – implied Tevanyan was spying on behalf of Russia and…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1647+ words) South Ossetia is hosting snap presidential elections on 18 September, with former Russian official Marat Kambolov likely to win. On 18 September, South Ossetia will hold snap presidential elections as a consequence of former President Alan Gagloev’s unexpected resignation in June to…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (505+ words) Norat Ter-Grigoryants, who served as Armenia’s Chief of the General Staff in 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, has reportedly renounced his Armenian citizenship as a protest against Armenia’s government who ‘have betrayed’ Armenians and ‘want to destroy them through the…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (497+ words) Controversy has erupted in Armenia after the Aravot newspaper quoted a local official as saying that Azerbaijan had attempted to advance towards the Hakari Bridge, which connected Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. Local officials have denied the reports. After officials in Armenia’s…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (356+ words) Khachatur Galstyan, the prosecutor in the case against Catholicos Karekin II and six senior bishops, has resigned from his post. The Prosecutor General’s Office said his departure was his ‘own request’ and unrelated to the criminal case, which three judges…...