A Syrian refugee receiving help at the Red Cross office in Yerevan, Armenia. Photo: ICRC.
A sizeable community of ethnic Armenians has found itself under fire in northeastern Syria in the wake of Turkey’s offensive. Armenian authorities have stated that they are willing to help them relocate. [Read more…]
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan with the President of Moldova Igor Dodon, President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Iran Hassan Rouhani and the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Eight heads of state gathered this week in Yerevan at the annual meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union. The event included a one-on-one meeting between the Russian and Armenian leaders as well as Iran announcing its intentions to join the Russia-led trading bloc. [Read more…]
Robert Kocharyan. Official picture.
The trial of ex-President Robert Kocharyan, which began on 12 September, has been rocked by tumult with competing protests and the recent death of a key witness. [Read more…]
Sanitek's overturned bins next to the new green bins provided by Yerevan Municipality. Photo: Hovhannes Ishkhanyan/OC Media.
Yerevan’s authorities have taken over waste-collection from Lebanon-based contractor Sanitek after the summer’s ‘rubbish crisis’. [Read more…]
Photograph: Harutyun Nazaryan/SCR
Russian Railways has threatened to pull out of Armenia’s rail sector in response to an investigation by the Armenian government, triggering the latest row between the two countries. [Read more…]
Artur Vanetsyan. Official Picture.
Accusations of incompetence and corruption have been exchanged between Armenia’s Prime Minister and the former head of the National Security Service, following the latter’s resignation in mid-September. [Read more…]
A concert in solidarity with anti-mining protesters on 1 July in Jermuk. (William Hollister / OC Media)
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has given the green light for the controversial Amulsar Mine project to go ahead despite a report concluding that mining company Lydian failed to properly assess the risks. [Read more…]
Nikol Pashinyan (centre) in Stepanakert with Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan (left) and the President of Nagorno-Karabakh, Bako Sahakyan (right) (official photo)
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has called for ‘unification’ between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, in a wide-ranging speech that was delivered amidst an atmosphere of tension between authorities in Yerevan and Stepanakert. [Read more…]
Protesters blocking the entrance of a court in Yerevan on 20 May. (Knar Khudoyan / OC Media)
Protesters gathered outside courts across Armenia on Monday after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called for supporters to block the entrances, describing the courts as ‘puppets’ of the former government. [Read more…]
Gevorg Gorgisyan (Armlur.am)
Reflecting on the time since snap parliamentary elections last December in which the Bright Armenia Party took 18 seats, the secretary of the party’s parliamentary faction, Gevorg Gorgisyan, says their mission has been and remains to keep the ruling party in check and to make them deliver on the promises of the Velvet Revolution. [Read more…]
