1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (331+ words) In an apparent rebuff of a recent statement by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Russia insisted over the weekend that Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear plant is safe enough and vital for Armenia’s “sovereignty and energy security.” “As is well known, the Metsamor…...

23+ hour, 46+ min ago   (282+ words) Opposition lawmakers walked out of the Armenian parliament on Monday after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian derided Catholicos Garegin II and accused him of obstructing peace with Azerbaijan. “Your Catholicos is unholy,” Pashinian told them. “If you don't mind a person…...

21+ hour, 59+ min ago   (299+ words) A senior Russian official lashed out at Nikol Pashinian on Monday hours after the Armenian prime minister pledged to formally apply for Armenia’s membership in the European Union. Pashinian said that his government will launch a “process” of making an…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (434+ words) Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Monday pledged to speed up his pursuit of Armenia’s membership in the European Union in response to growing pressure from Russia. But Pashinian indicated that he is still in no rush to hold a referendum…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (205+ words) A prominent Armenian opposition figure arrested in the wake of the June 7 parliamentary elections was set free at the start of his trial on Friday. Avetik Chalabian leads the Hayakve opposition movement that endorsed billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s Strong Armenia alliance…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (236+ words) Armenia has asked a third country to have its diplomats visit Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan, the Foreign Ministry in Yerevan said on Friday. The ministry revealed the request in comments to the Sputnik news agency. It did not name…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (212+ words) The pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament blocked on Thursday the election of the main opposition Strong Armenia alliance’s candidates as chairpersons of three of its 12 standing committees. The three positions were reserved for the alliance headed by billionaire Samvel…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (397+ words) Underlining its continuing drift to the West, the Armenian government pointedly declined to describe Armenia’s relations with Russia as “strategic” in a five-year policy program approved by it on Thursday. The government pledged instead to bolster the country’s “strategic partnership…...

5+ day, 34+ min ago   (280+ words) The Armenian government has officially thrown its weight behind Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s yearlong campaign to depose Catholicos Garegin II which opposition leaders and legal experts see as unconstitutional. In its five-year policy program publicized late on Wednesday, the government…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (455+ words) Seven former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh imprisoned in Azerbaijan are said to be planning to appeal to an international court against lengthy prisons given them to them by Azerbaijani courts. In an audio statement communicated to his family and publicized by…...