Anush Mkrtchian

Ստեղծվել է Anush Mkrtchian

• Հոկտեմբեր 06, 2023

  EU Official Visits Armenia, Discusses Aid To Karabakh Refugees

  A senior European Union official visited Armenia on Friday to discuss details of the EU’s humanitarian assistance to the more than 100,000 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh who have fled to the country since last month’s Azerbaijani military offensive.

• Սեպտեմբեր 22, 2023

  Scores Arrested At Continuing Anti-Government Protests In Armenia

  Police in Yerevan arrested on Friday morning at least 84 more people participating in protests demanding that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian resign because of his failure to defend Nagorno-Karabakh against Azerbaijani attacks.

• Սեպտեմբեր 14, 2023

  Armenian Plant ‘Moved Away From Azeri Border’

  A U.S.-Armenian joint venture building a metallurgical plant on Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan may have decided to relocate the facility repeatedly targeted by gunfire from nearby Azerbaijani army positions.

• Սեպտեմբեր 11, 2023

  Public Workers ‘Forced To Attend’ Ruling Party Rallies In Yerevan

  Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract is facing more allegations of electoral foul play after scores of schoolteachers and other public sector employees were spotted attending its mayoral candidate Tigran Avinian’s campaign rallies in Yerevan.

• Օգոստոս 24, 2023

  Armenia Again Touts Soaring Trade With Russia

  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian hailed on Thursday a continuing sharp increase in Armenia’s trade with Russia which results in large measure from Western economic sanctions against Moscow.

• Օգոստոս 23, 2023

  Mayoral Election Campaign Kicks Off In Yerevan

  Campaigning officially began on Wednesday for municipal elections in Yerevan effectively boycotted by Armenia’s main opposition groups.

• Օգոստոս 18, 2023

  Karabakh Official Says Opening Of ‘Alternative Road’ Will Legitimize Blockade

  De facto ethnic Armenian authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh believe that agreeing to the opening of an “alternative road” from Azerbaijan would legitimize the current blockade of the Lachin Corridor and cut the region from Armenia.

• Օգոստոս 17, 2023

  Picket In Yerevan Demands Action To ‘Ensure Safety’ Of Karabakh Armenians

  A group of several activists in Yerevan demanded on Thursday that the Armenian government take steps to ensure the safety of people in Nagorno-Karabakh who experience shortages of food, medicines, fuel and other basic products due to an ongoing blockade effectively imposed by Azerbaijan.

• Հուլիս 28, 2023

  U.S. Again Urges Reopening Of Lachin Corridor

  The United States renewed its calls for the immediate lifting of Azerbaijan’s blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday as Armenian trucks carrying food for Karabakh’s residents remained stuck at the entrance to the Lachin corridor for the third consecutive day.

• Հունիս 26, 2023

  Armenian Lawyers On Strike Over ‘Police Violence’

  Dozens of court hearings in Armenia were cancelled on Monday as lawyers went on strike to show support for their colleagues allegedly beaten up by police officers.

• Մայիս 25, 2023

  Probe Reveals Dozens Targeted By Pegasus Spyware In Armenia

  A joint investigation involving researchers from several Internet watchdogs and rights groups has revealed that at least a dozen public figures in Armenia, including two RFE/RL journalists, were targeted with Pegasus spyware during and after the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh.

• Մայիս 22, 2023

  Pashinian Defends Arrest Of Fallen Soldier’s Mother

  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian sought to justify on Monday the arrest of a grief-stricken woman accused of attempting to “kidnap” his son which has sparked street protests and widespread condemnation in Armenia.

• Մայիս 19, 2023

  Yerevan Elections Slated For September 17

  The next municipal elections in Yerevan will take place on September 17, according to Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC).

• Մայիս 17, 2023

  Armenia Also Reports Massive Seizure Of Cocaine

  An Armenian law-enforcement agency on Wednesday claimed to have seized about one ton of cocaine one day after an even bigger consignment of the drug, allegedly bound for Armenia, was found in Italy.

• Մայիս 15, 2023

  EU Envoy Hopes For Armenian, Azeri Troop Withdrawals

  Not only Azerbaijan but also Armenia should withdraw troops from contested areas along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, a senior EU diplomat said on Monday.

• Ապրիլ 20, 2023

  Ruling Party Raps Armenian Church

  A pro-government lawmaker hit out at the Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday after its supreme head, Catholicos Garegin II, lamented “deepening intolerance” in Armenia and defended his earlier calls for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.

• Ապրիլ 20, 2023

  Oskanian Also Rejects Pashinian’s Claims About Karabakh Peace Plans

  Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian has joined the Armenian opposition in accusing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of grossly misrepresenting international peace proposals on Nagorno-Karabakh made before the 2020 war with Azerbaijan.

• Ապրիլ 19, 2023

  Families Keep Up Protests Over Soldiers’ Deaths

  The parents of Armenian soldiers found dead at their military barracks in January blocked a major highway late on Tuesday as they continued to accuse authorities of trying to cover up the shock deaths.

• Ապրիլ 12, 2023

  Armenian Parliament Allows Prosecution Of Opposition Member

  Armenia’s parliament on Wednesday allowed prosecutors to bring criminal charges against an opposition lawmaker who punched a pro-government colleague in disputed circumstances.

• Ապրիլ 12, 2023

  Senior Prosecutor Becomes Armenia’s Rights Defender

  The Armenian parliament has voted to appoint a candidate of the ruling Civil Contract party, who has served as a deputy prosecutor-general until now, as Armenia’s new human rights defender.

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