Armenia politics

Armenia

Tens of thousands rally to demand Armenian PM's resignation

Tens of thousands of protesters blocked streets and gathered around government buildings in Armenia's capital.

04/05/2022

Armenia

Armenia's president resigns over position's lack of power

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian resigned on Sunday, citing his inability to "influence" the political life of his country.

24/01/2022

Armenia

Armenia's former defence minister arrested on corruption charges

Armenia's former minister of defence has been detained on suspicion of abuse of power, fraud and embezzlement.

30/09/2021

Armenia

Incumbent PM wins Armenian legislative ballot but opposition contests

Fewer than 50 per cent of the electorate took part in a vote that embattled Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hoped would win him a "mandate of steel".

18/06/2021

Azerbaijan

Armenia fumes as Turkey and Azerbaijan leaders visit Nagorno-Karabakh

The visit to Shusha, known as Shushi to Armenians, has stirred painful memories for scores of families that were forced to leave the area when Azerbaijani forces seized it last November.

16/06/2021

Armenia

Armenia welcomes Biden's "genocide" recognition, but it's 'not enough'

“I cannot believe it. He really said it for real,” said local man Samuel Tadevosyan. “This is huge. The US are so important that they’re definitely going to set an example for other countries.”

05/05/2021

World News

President Biden recognises Armenian killings as 'genocide'

Biden had pledged during his campaign to recognise the World War I-era massacres as "genocide". Turkey's foreign ministry said in a statement that Biden's recognition of the killings as such was based on "political motives".

24/04/2021

Armenia

Armenian Prime Minister confirms he will step down to allow election

Nikol Pashinyan has faced weeks of protests calling for his resignation in the wake of Armenia’s defeat in last year’s war with Azerbaijan.

28/03/2021

Armenia

Armenia’s PM calls early elections in a bid to defuse political crisis

BREAKING: Armenia’s PM calls early elections in a bid to defuse the country’s political crisis

18/03/2021

Armenia

Armenian president refuses order to dismiss army chief

It came as several thousand people demonstrated on Saturday in Yerevan for the third day in a row, demanding the resignation of the prime minister.

27/02/2021

Armenia

Armenia’s PM says the army attempted a coup. What’s really going on?

Who are the key players and what was the catalyst that sparked tensions this week?

26/02/2021

Armenia

Armenia's Prime Minister accuses military chiefs of 'attempted coup'

"What happened today is that some people tried to put our military staff in a non-democratic process and a military coup," said Pashinyan to his supporters.

25/02/2021

Armenia

Who is Nikol Pashinyan?

Nikol Pashinyan was re-elected as prime minister of Armenia on Sunday in a snap election he called in October in a bid to cement the country's political shift. But who is the man leading change in the country?

09/12/2018

Armenia

Armenia election: Vote set to cement country's power shift

Armenians vote on Sunday in an early parliamentary election initiated by acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

08/12/2018

Armenia

Watch: What do citizens think 5 months after the Armenian revolution?

On May 8, Nikol Pashinyan, the man who spearheaded the peaceful demonstrations, was elected Prime Minister of the post-Soviet republic.

28/09/2018

Armenia

Euroviews. Armenia's victory for the people faces at least 3 challenges | View

After the euphoria, challenges and cautious optimism in a new Armenia

10/05/2018