Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accused the opposition of intending to ‘revise’ the peace settlement with Azerbaijan, saying it would lead to war.
It was also reported that security forces opened fire at an aircraft while attempting to shoot down a drone.
He now awaits permission to attend his father’s wake scheduled for 15 May.
As in previous years, donations remained the main source of political parties’ income in 2025 as well.
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Armenia to choose between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
Regional * Armenia’s Catholicos Karekin II has congratulated the newly elected Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Shio III. Armenia * Responding to recent comments from Russian President Vladimir Putin suggesting Armenia should choose between closer ties with the EU and its current membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that ‘until this moment, when there is no need to make a choice [...] we are not placing such an issue on the agenda’
The parliamentary elections are set for 7 June.
Two people involved in a road traffic accident assaulted police officers who arrived at the scene.
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The senior bishop, who will now be known as Shio III, is widely seen as the government’s favoured candidate.
The soldiers said more than 500 families in a Makhachkala neighbourhood could lose their homes.
Putin also issued a veiled threat, drawing a parallel between Armenia’s path towards the EU and Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.
The plan aims to ‘reduce the popularity’ of Pashinyan’s government.
Armenia * Armenia’s pre-election campaign began on 8 May. The ruling Civil Contract party began its campaign in the Syunik region. The head of the Armenia Alliance faction, former President Robert Kocharyan, claimed that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government had jeopardised Armenia’s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel Larapetyan’s nephew, Narek Karapetyan, suggested in a Strong Armenia Alliance rally that they would replace Pashinyan’s last c
Sonata Coulter is a Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US State Department.
These are the latest of similar criminal cases involving Karapetyan’s affiliates in the last several months.
Haji Valiyev was the chair of a veterans’ rights organisation.
Rekhviashvili, whose family is from Abkhazia, tells OC Media how he slipped the piece into the exhibition of a microstate that recognises Abkhazia.
The Kremlin’s anger comes at a time of sharpened tension between Moscow and Yerevan.
Those sentenced included both politicians and protesters.
The final vote on the succession of the late Patriarch Ilia II is set for 11 May.
Drone debris landed in the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny, but there are no reports of casualties at the time of publication.
Levan Jangveladze, the brother of famed mob boss Merab Jangveladze, was shot to death in Tbilisi’s upscale Vake neighbourhood in March 2025.
Armenia * Today, pre-election campaigning kicked off in Armenia for the 7 June parliamentary elections. * Yesterday, Russia summoned Armenia’s Ambassador Gurgen Arsenyan, claiming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi had ‘voice[d] terrorist threats against Russia’ during his speech at the European Political Community summit in Yerevan earlier this week. * Armenian authorities have arrested an undisclosed number of people over allegations of vote buying and attempts to obstruct the free vo
The charges mark the first time that police have been held accountable for violence inflicted on protesters since 2024.
The director worked in the North Caucasus for many years and founded a film workshop in Nalchik whose graduates include Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko.
Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel Karapetyan claimed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been speaking under the influence of mushrooms.
‘We firmly reject the anti-Azerbaijan allegations’, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizada said in response.
As EU leaders met in Yerevan for a key summit, Macron set Armenian social media ablaze with his walkabouts, selfies, and duet with Pashinyan.
