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Pashinyan: Armenia is currently operating under framework of Fourth Republic
... Party, a declaration was passed that identifies the establishment of the Fourth Republic of Armenia as a forthcoming strategic goal. Additional elements of the declaration include the anticipation of forming a constitutional majority after the 2026 parliamentary elections, conducting a constitutional referendum, endorsing the principle of the inviolability of the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia (29,743 square kilometers), enhancing efforts towards EU membership, and fostering peaceful ...
09/20/2025Powers of ruling Civil Contract faction MP Aren Mkrtchyan terminated
... the national list of the Civil Contract party, have been terminated," the speaker stated in an announcement. Mkrtchyan was elected to the National Assembly through the proportional electoral list of the ruling Civil Contract party during the 2021 parliamentary elections. The position of Governor of the Lori region had been vacant following the appointment of Aram Ghazaryan as Chief of Police of the Republic of Armenia after he was relieved of his previous duties. According to the "Rules of ...
09/01/2025Moldovan authorities place sanctions on Fly One airline for operating flights to Russia through Armenia
... Party, who was apprehended in Greece in July. Cebotari is also the leader of the Modern Democratic Party of Moldova which succeeded the Democratic Party. It has filed an application with the Central Electoral Commission to take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for September 28. Fly One is a private airline operating a fleet of 12 aircraft and. It was established in 2015.-0-
08/25/2025Fitch Ratings: peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan reduces risk of renewed hostilities
... and likely operated by US companies. A referendum to amend Armenia’s Constitution to remove reference to the Karabakh region (captured by Azerbaijan in 2023) – another Azerbaijani demand – is politically difficult and unlikely before mid-2026 parliamentary elections. A sustained reduction in geopolitical risks could boost Armenia’s growth, and reduce FX volatility and fiscal risks through lower defence spending in the medium term. For Azerbaijan, reduced tensions could foster greater focus ...
08/20/2025Armenian justice minister says linking constitutional amendments with external threat wrong
... about Azerbaijan's demand that Armenia amend its constitution, which Baku argues has territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Galyan said that amending the Constitution or holding a referendum on adopting a new constitution will not happen before the 2026 parliamentary elections. "We must ensure that the new text of the constitution is ready before the 2026 elections," she said. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has repeatedly emphasized that the Armenian Constitution contains no territorial ...
07/24/2025About 30% of respondents in Armenia would not go to the parliamentary elections if they were held next Sunday - IRI
28% of respondents in Armenia would not vote in the parliamentary elections if they were held next Sunday. YEREVAN, July 22. /ARKA/. 28% of respondents in Armenia would not vote in the parliamentary elections if they were held next Sunday. This is evidenced by the data of the survey of the International ...
07/22/2025Head of Committee to Protect Freedom of Speech does not see any trends towards improving information field in Armenia
... journalists who complement all this from their side. They think that this is what will bring “likes,” views, and, ultimately, money,” Melikyan said. According to him, if we take into account that these trends prevail, and in 2026 there will be parliamentary elections, during which there will be a tense struggle, then we should not expect anything good or any kind of recovery.-0-
07/22/2025Risks of investor outflow and damage to economy – experts on nationalization of Electric Networks of Armenia
... him, is the most dangerous thing that can be imagined in Armenia in terms of economic and investment blows. Artsvik Minasyan: an electoral tool for manipulation The Armenian authorities consider ENA CJSC as a tool for manipulation ahead of the 2026 parliamentary elections, says Artsvik Minasyan, secretary of the opposition faction "Armenia". According to him, the authorities are fighting against everything that may represent public state interest and do not even understand the essence ...
07/04/2025Dashnaktsutyun representative does not rule out the possibility of street struggle in Armenia before 2026 elections
Before the 2026 parliamentary elections, Armenia must be prepared for any turn of events, including street struggle, said Ishkhan Saghatelyan, representative of the Supreme Body of the ARF, member of the opposition parliamentary faction "Armenia". YEREVAN,...
06/16/2025Alen Simonyan rules out ruling party's participation in next Armenian elections as part of a bloc
The Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan has ruled out the participation of the ruling Civil Contract party in the next elections as part of a bloc. The next parliamentary elections in Armenia will be held in the summer of 2026. YEREVAN, May 8. /ARКА/. The Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan has ruled out the participation of the ruling Civil Contract party in the next elections ...
05/08/2025About 37% of Armenian citizens consider the country's membership in EU probable - survey
... individuals expressed a somewhat positive outlook, while 16.3% held a decidedly positive view. Conversely, 24.6% strongly opposed the idea, 12.1% leaned towards negativity, and 18.5% perceived the law as a strategic move in preparation for the 2026 summer parliamentary elections. A telephone survey, carried out between April 29th and May 2nd, received responses from 1,101 participants. Armenia's journey towards joining the European Union took a significant step forward on March 26, 2025, when the National ...
05/06/2025NA Vice Speaker: “Civil Contract” not concerned about power shift before 2026 elections
The ruling Civil Contract faction is not concerned that there could be a change of power before the next parliamentary elections in 2026. YEREVAN, April 15. /ARKA/. The ruling Civil Contract faction is not concerned that there could be a change of power before the next parliamentary elections in 2026. This was stated to journalists by Ruben Rubinyan, ...
04/15/2025Pashinyan states the regional significance of the future Constitution of Armenia
... stateless nation to a functioning state-oriented people. He emphasized that it is crucial for the new Constitution to be adopted through a national referendum. The Armenian authorities plan to prepare the text of the new Constitution before the next parliamentary elections, scheduled for 2026. However, a referendum on the matter is expected to take place after the elections.
03/13/2025Draft text of new Armenian Constitution should be finalized before 2026 elections - Justice Minister
The draft text of Armenia's new Constitution should be ready before the 2026 parliamentary elections, said the Armenian Minister of Justice, Srbuhi Galyan. YEREVAN, February 20. /ARKA/. The draft text of Armenia's new Constitution should be ready before the 2026 parliamentary elections, said the Armenian Minister of Justice,...
02/20/2025Risks of external interference to increase in Armenia in 2025 ahead of 2026 elections - FIS forecast
External interference regarding Armenia and information risks are expected to increase in 2025, especially with the parliamentary elections scheduled for 2026. This is highlighted in the annual risk assessment report by the Foreign Intelligence Service (FIS) of Armenia. YEREVAN, January 23. /ARKA/. External interference regarding Armenia and information risks are ...
01/23/2025No constitutional obstacles for peace with Azerbaijan, but new text needed before Elections – Justice Ministry
A new text of the Constitution of Armenia will be required before the 2026 parliamentary elections, stated Armenian Minister of Justice Srbuhi Galyan. YEREVAN, January 14. /ARKA/. A new text of the Constitution of Armenia will be required before the 2026 parliamentary elections, stated Armenian Minister of Justice Srbuhi ...
01/14/2025Pashinyian congratulates Kobakhidze on ruling party's victory in Georgian parliamentary elections
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message Sunday to Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on the Georgian Dream party's impressive victory in the parliamentary elections, held on Saturday, the Armenian government's press service reported. YEREVAN, 28 October. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message Sunday to Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze ...
10/28/2024Pashinyan calls for creating positive narratives and focusing on opportunities
... Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said it was particularly significant for him to take part in this “Summit of the Future»” because he has received his current mandate of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia in the parliamentary elections under the slogan of his party: “There is a future!” YEREVAN, September 24. /ARKA/. Addressing the Summit of the Future within the framework of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan ...
09/24/2024Gurgen Arsenyan's seat in parliament taken by Armenuhi Ghazaryan
... Armenia’s ambassador in Moscow since January 2022. Arsenyan is a 64-year-old veteran politician. He has been affiliated with several major political groups and also led his own political party, which won seats in parliament in 2003. In the 2021 snap parliamentary elections, Arsenyan was re-elected to parliament on the Pashinyan's Civil Contract party's list.
08/15/2024Grigoryan says Armenia ready for signing peace treaty with Azerbaijan
... conference in Brussels today titled 'Strategic Future of Armenia; Armenia and Europe', he said Armenia is ready for signing a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. 'The incumbent Armenian government received a mandate to sign a peace treaty as a result of the snap parliamentary elections in 2021,' he said adding that it is important that the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan is specified, territorial integrity of both countries is publicly recognized, and transport links are unblocked based on the principles ...
11/10/2023Armenian parliament allows prosecutors to bring charges against second opposition MP
... group. Armen Charchyan, a well-known traumatologist, was earlier arrested in the summer of 2021 on charges of obstructing the free expression of the will of the voters, giving and receiving electoral bribes, and violating the ban on charity during early parliamentary elections in June 20, 2021. According to investigation, Charchyan used his official position, forcing his employees to vote in the elections against the incumbent authorities. In December of the same year, a lower court in Yerevan revoked ...
02/09/2023Eduard Aghajanyan resigns as head of Armenian National Assembly's Foreign Relations Committee
... which is to be signed and published by the parliament speaker. From the moment the protocol is published, the resignation is considered accepted. On August 12, 2021, Aghajanyan was elected head of the Foreign Relations Committee following extraordinary parliamentary elections on June 20, 2021. -0-
01/27/2023Sixty-four percents of Armenian citizens do not trust any political figure - IRI survey
... respondents have a somewhat positive opinion about him, 12% - somewhat negative, 9% - very negative, 44% - have not heard about him, and 16% found it difficult or refused to answer the question. When asked which political force they would vote for if parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, 25% of respondents named the ruling Civil Contract party, 6% the opposition alliance Hayastan (Armenia), 2% named the ARF Dashnaktsutyun party, 1% - the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), and ...
09/12/2022Mirzoyan: there is no political crisis in Armenia
... Lavrov. YEREVAN, June 9. /ARKA/. There is no political crisis in Armenia, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said today at a joint press conference in Yerevan with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Mirzoyan recalled that extraordinary parliamentary elections were held in 2021 summer, when the citizens of Armenia went to the polls and resolved the political crisis. ‘The snap parliamentary elections were recognized as democratic by absolutely all observers," Mirzoyan recalled....
06/09/2022Some 27.8% of survey respondents strongly believe that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan should resign
... Armenian citizens assess negatively the political situation," said Navasardyan. Respondents were also asked to choose an acceptable solution to the current political situation in Armenia: 27.6% said there was no need for changes, 26.6% said new parliamentary elections were needed, 21.8% favored formation of a transitional government, 11.4% saw a solution in suppressing the opposition, and 12.6% found it difficult to answer. On the opposition's street protests, 33.3% of respondents said they ...
05/30/2022Armenian FM calls on CoE to support normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan
... Council of Europe adopted a Resolution on Functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia earlier this year stating Armenia’s marked progress in its democratic development. ‘And perhaps one of the brightest examples of that progress was the snap parliamentary elections of last summer, when the citizens of Armenia once again proved their devotion and commitment to the values of democracy and human rights,’ Mirzoyan said. ‘Today we are witnessing the looming demise of the security architecture ...
05/20/2022Opposition MPs not allowed to attend democracy forum
... Khamoyan. According to another opposition MP Anna Grigoryan, "in the so-called Bastion of Democracy opposition deputies failed to meet with people who supported the processes that took place in Armenia in 2018 (velvet revolution) and in 2021 (early parliamentary elections)." "Opposition deputies could not meet with them, to declare the existence of political prisoners in the country and that MPs are subjected to beatings in broad daylight," she said. On Friday, the opposition marched ...
05/20/2022Armenian court releases opposition mayor of Goris
... months after Arushanyan's opposition bloc won the local self-government election. Arushanyan was charged with violation of the secrecy of voting, abuse of power, illegal business, fraud and arbitrariness. He was arrested shortly after the June 2021 snap parliamentary elections. The criminal case against him was based on incriminating testimony given by head of a village who according to prosecutors was ordered by Arushanyan to provide financial aid to local residents in return for voting for the opposition ...
03/28/2022Edmon Marukyan appointed ambassador-at-large
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed today Edmon Marukyan as ambassador –at-large. Edmon Marukyan is the leader of the Bright Armenia Party, which failed to win a parliament seat in 2021 snap parliamentary elections. YEREVAN, March 14. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed today Edmon Marukyan as ambassador-at-large. Edmon Marukyan is the leader of the Bright Armenia Party, which failed to win a parliament seat in ...
03/14/2022Deputy parliament speaker: political crisis in Armenia fully overcome
The political crisis in Armenia has been fully overcome, Hakob Arshakyan, deputy speaker of the National Assembly, said in an interview with Armenia's Public Television in comments on the authorities' achievements six months after the snap parliamentary elections in 2021 summer. YEREVAN, January 28. /ARKA/. The political crisis in Armenia has been fully overcome, Hakob Arshakyan, deputy speaker of the National Assembly, said in an interview with Armenia's Public Television in comments ...
01/28/2022PACE resolution: Armenia made marked progress in democratic development since 2018
... government’s legitimacy being questioned, including by some parts of the armed forces which publicly called for its resignation in February 2021. After an electoral reform was adopted in co-operation with the Council of Europe, it finally held early parliamentary elections in June 2021. In general, the Assembly welcomed the fact that Armenia has successfully emerged from the serious political crisis triggered by the outcome in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The crisis was resolved with the early ...
01/28/2022Pashinyan on resignation of president and election of new one
... number of deputies is elected as president. If the president is not elected, a new election of President is to be held within ten days. Under the Constitution, the president appoints a candidate for prime minister from the party or party bloc that wins parliamentary elections. If parliamentary forces are unable to agree on the candidacy of the head of government, parliament is to be dissolved. A vote of no-confidence in the prime minister can be passed no sooner than a year after their appointment. ...
01/25/2022Armenian president Sarkisssian, who resigned Sunday, to be replaced by parliament chairman until new election
... number of deputies is elected as president. If the president is not elected, a new election of President is to be held within ten days. Under the Constitution, the president appoints a candidate for prime minister from the party or party bloc that wins parliamentary elections. If parliamentary forces are unable to agree on the candidacy of the head of government, parliament is to be dissolved. A vote of no-confidence in the prime minister can be passed no sooner than a year after their appointment. ...
01/24/2022Armenian president dismisses head of his office
... president is head of state, embodying national unity and ensuring the observance of the Constitution. The president cannot be a member of a political party. The president appoints a candidate for prime minister from the party or party bloc that wins parliamentary elections. If parliamentary forces are unable to agree on the candidacy of the head of government, parliament is to be dissolved. A vote of no-confidence in the prime minister can be passed no sooner than a year after their appointment. ...
01/24/2022Armenian government to construct and renovate 500 kindergartens and 300 schools
... or overhaul of 500 kindergartens and 300 schools defined by the Government Action Plan, the government press office reported. It said while referring to the topic, the Prime Minister said, "During the pre-election campaign of this year's early parliamentary elections, we recorded our commitment to make investments and reforms in Armenia's education, particularly in the field of general education. In particular, we talked about the program to build, renovate or overhaul 300 schools and 500 kindergartens....
12/28/2021Ex-president Kocharyan not sure about contesting possible snap parliamentary elections
... National Assembly, declined today speculations that he seeks to become the country’s next prime minister or president, telling a press conference that none of these positions is an end in itself for him. Asked whether he would take part in possible snap parliamentary elections, he said he would have to assess the situation and his chances of being elected. "We have entered the struggle and must fight without reserve; we must strive to free ourselves from the current government. But I do not see ...
12/27/2021Yerevan mayor accuses authorities of enriching themselves on the wave of velvet revolution
... and heir of the values of the revolution. "This is unacceptable to me and to thousands of like-minded non-partisan people who made the revolution with the dream of a better Armenia," he said. According to the mayor, after the extraordinary parliamentary elections in 2018, members of the government secretly increased their salaries dramatically: ministers began to receive 1.5 million drams, deputy ministers 1 million drams, etc. In addition, Marutyan described as unacceptable and insulting ...
12/22/2021Survey reveals sharp drop in Nikol Pashinyan’s popularity
... are political prisoners in Armenia, 24.1% do not think so. Among the political prisoners the respondents named Goris mayor Arush Arushanyan (65.2%) and an MP from the opposition Hayastan bloc Armen Charchyan (30.6%). The citizens were also asked if parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, which bloc or party they would vote for. Thus, 25% of respondents would vote for the Civil Contract of Prime Minister Pashinyan, 14.4% for Hayastan bloc, 3.3% for another opposition bloc Pativ Unem, while ...
12/09/2021Former chief of Armenia’s security service accuses authorities of wiretapping his iPhone
... considered a key members of Pashinyan’s team. A year later, however, Pashinyan and Vanetsyan's relationship fell apart, after which the latter resigned and declared his disagreement with the prime minister's political course. In the June 20, 2021 early parliamentary elections Vanetsyan ran for parliament spearheading the Pativ Unem alliance, supported by ex-president Serzh Sargsyan. --0--
11/24/2021Armenia will not allow ‘corridors’ through its territory- National Security Council secretary
... will not discuss any issue about a corridor," Grigoryan stressed. The Secretary of the Security Council noted that he had voiced the position of Yerevan on this issue at the meetings with his colleagues. "When campaigning for June 20 snap parliamentary elections in the town of Kapan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that there is no corridor and there will not be one through southern Armenia. You know that Pashinyan’s party received the unconditional support of the people, which ...
10/14/2021Pashinyan and Putin to discuss status of statements on Artsakh and resumption of economic and transport links
... and Putin will also discuss the agenda of the Armenian-Russian allied relations and issues of interaction in integration associations. This year, Putin and Pashinyan have already had three personal meetings (the last time was on July 7 after the early parliamentary elections in Armenia on June 20). They also talked on the phone 14 times. On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh along the entire front line using ...
10/11/2021Armen Grigoryan: Armenia ready to start normalization of relations with Turkey without preconditions
... YEREVAN, September 24. /ARKA/. Armenia is ready to start normalization of relations with Turkey without preconditions, Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan said at a press briefing on Friday. Grigoryan recalled that before and after the snap parliamentary elections last June in Armenia, the incumbent government representatives spoke about the opening of an era of peace and stability in the region. Grigoryan added that normalizing relations with Turkey fits into this logic. "The normalization ...
09/24/2021Armenian parliament approves government’s program of activities for 2021-2026
... this into account, the Prosecutor General referred the video recordings to the Special Investigation Service for the legal assessment of the incident. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party won 53.91% of the votes in the June 20 snap parliamentary elections and controls 71 seats in the new National Assembly. The Hayastan (Armenia) alliance, headed by a former president Robert Kocharyan controls 29 seats (21.09% of the votes) and another alliance called Pativ Unem (I Have the Honor),...
08/26/2021Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeal allows prosecutors to re-arrest head of Izmirlian medical center
... head of Izmirlian medical center Armen Charchyan. YEREVAN, August 23. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeal on Monday allowed prosecutors to re-arrest the head of Izmirlian medical center Armen Charchyan. Charchyan ran for the June 20 snap parliamentary elections on the ticket of the opposition Hayastan (Armenia) alliance, led by ex-president Robert Kocharyan. He was arrested in June on charges of obstructing the free expression of the will of voters, giving and receiving electoral bribes....
08/23/2021Armenia, Kyrgyzstan to ramp up economic relations
... of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, the Armenian government press office said. It said after the welcoming ceremony at the Cholpon-Ata State Complex the President of Kyrgyzstan congratulated Pashinyan on the victory of his Civil Contract party in the early parliamentary elections in Armenia. He said also that this year Armenia, like Kyrgyzstan, celebrates the 30th anniversary of independence and that he was glad for this opportunity to congratulate all the Armenian people on this important holiday. Nikol ...
08/19/2021Pashinyan says government’s plan of actions should be based on promises given to citizens
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told the maiden meeting of the new government formed after the June 20 snap parliamentary elections that the Cabinet will have to approve soon the government's program of actions. YEREVAN, August 6. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told the maiden meeting of the new government formed after the June 20 snap parliamentary ...
08/06/2021U.S. urges Armenia and Azerbaijan to get involved in substantive talks on Karabakh as soon as possible
President of the USA Joe Biden congratulated Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on the occasion of the victory in the parliamentary elections and formation of the new Cabinet, Pashinyan’s press office reported. YEREVAN, August 5, /ARKA/. President of the USA Joe Biden congratulated Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on the occasion of the victory in the parliamentary ...
08/05/2021Central bank chairman: uncertainty associated with inflationary expectations persists
... Galstyan today after the regulator has raised the key refinancing rate by 0.5 p.p. to 7% in a bid to curb inflation, which remains well above the regulator’s target. “We believe that the relative stability in the post-election period (the June 20 snap parliamentary elections) has had a positive effect on the economy, but we see that households still have some uncertainty associated with inflationary expectations and also because of incidents on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border,” he said at a press ...
08/03/2021Civil Contract nominates Pashinyan for post of prime minister of Armenia
Armenia’s Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party that won the June 20 early parliamentary elections with 53.91% of the vote and controls 71 seats in the 107-member National Assembly has nominated him for the post of Prime Minister. YEREVAN, August 2. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract ...
08/02/2021Twenty cases of putting pressure on journalists recorded in second quarter of 2021 in Armenia
... crisis, resulting from the 44-day war in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as a result of which about 4,000 Armenians were killed in hostilities unleashed by Azerbaijan together with Turkey and because of processes related to preparation and holding of early parliamentary elections on June 20. He noted that this situation more vividly showed the problems of the mass media, its polarization and serving various business interests. He said that polarization also spread to the society that showed intolerance ...
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