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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

World

Armenian anti-government protesters blockade Parliament in Yerevan

Armenian anti-government protesters blockade Parliament in Yerevan calling for the Prime Minister's resignation

Armenia

Amid political unrest, Armenia's PM says he's ready for snap elections

"Only the people can decide who will stay in power," said PM Nikol Pashinyan as rival protests took place in the Armenian capital.

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.

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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?

Turkey

Turkey slams Dutch bid to recognise massacre of Armenians as genocide

Turkey has strongly denounced a motion by the Dutch parliament to formally recognise the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide.

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.

Netherlands

Dutch government urged to recognise 1915 Armenia massacre as genocide

Turkey utterly refutes that the events of over a hundred years ago constitute a genocide.

Austria

Tension grows in Austria over the deportation of three young girls

The governing coalition is being criticised for expelling children who are considered to be "well-integrated", including a 12-year-old girl born in Austria.

Azerbaijan

Review of the Year: Azerbaijan takes the upper hand in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armed conflict erupted in the Caucasus in September 2020. It would last 44 days, leave more than 5000 people dead and redefine the map of the Caucasus.

Armenia

Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan, Armenia exchange prisoners

The latest flare-up erupted on September 27 with both sides blaming each other for the renewed violence — the worst episode in decades.

Azerbaijan

Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of breaching ceasefire

Tensions remain high between Armenia and Azerbaijan despite the ceasefire deal agreed last month.

World News

Amnesty calls for probe into alleged Nagorno-Karabakh war crimes

A fierce war between the Azeri army and Armenian separatists supported by Yerevan broke out at the end of September.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan summons ambassador over France's Nagorno-Karabakh vote

France's Senate voted on Wednesday to recognise the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent country. The vote is largely symbolic.

World News

Calculating the human cost of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

A six-week war in Nagorno-Karabakh resulted in hundreds, if not thousands, of deaths. Some are still waiting for news of their missing relatives.

World News

Azerbaijan takes over first district from Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal

After the district of Aghdam, Kalbajar is set to be handed over on the November 25 and Lachin on December 1.

Armenia

Nagorno-Karabakh truce: Residents face an uncertain future

Nagorno-Karabakh truce: Residents face an uncertain future

World News

Calls mount on Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign

The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region lasted for six weeks and killed thousands of people. Last week it ended with a peace-agreement brokered by Russia. Since then Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been the main focus of protests.

Armenia

Azerbaijan agrees to extend deadline for Armenian forces to leave

Azerbaijan agrees to give Armenian forces more time to leave part of territory ceded in a Russian-brokered ceasefire deal

Azerbaijan

Ethnic Armenians burn own homes rather than hand them to Azerbaijan

Some residents in Nagorno-Karabakh have set fire to their own homes rather than hand them over to Azerbaijan under a ceasefire deal with Armenia.