
2026 Armenian parliamentary elections
Five arrested in Armenia over alleged vote-buying scheme linked to Karapetyan’s party
Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia party denied the accusations.

Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia party denied the accusations.

Armenia is set to hold parliamentary elections in June.

Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan’s comments follow similar remarks made recently by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has framed the opposition as a ‘war party’.

The ENA, the country’s main power grid operator, later stated that the outage was caused by major damage to a nearby transformer substation.

With critics alleging democracy in Armenia is under attack, is its status as the country’s strategic brand coming to an end?

Armenia is set to hold its parliamentary elections on 7 June.