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Opposition MP Artur Sargsyan arrested for two months
Following a protracted hearing, a court of general jurisdiction in Yerevan ruled Wednesday to allow the arrest of an opposition MP Artur Sargsyan for two months. YEREVAN, July 10. /ARKA/. Following a protracted hearing, a court of general ... ... power in Armenia with other members of the Sacred Struggle movement, led by Bagrat (Vazgen) Galstanyan, from November 2024 to March 14, 2025. According to the Prosecutor General, the group was preparing mass riots, collecting materials for sabotage, and ...
07/09/2025Armenian parliament votes for criminal prosecution and arrest of MP Artur Sargsyan
... submitted by the Prosecutor General requesting permission to initiate criminal proceedings against Artur Sargsyan, an MP from the opposition Hayastan (Armenia) alliance, and to arrest him. YEREVAN, July 8. /ARKA/. On Tuesday, Armenian MPs endorsed two motions submitted by the Prosecutor General requesting permission ... ... country together with other members of the Holy Struggle movement, led by Bagrat (Vazgen) Galstanyan, between November 2024 and March 14, 2025. According to the prosecutor general, the group was preparing mass riots, collecting materials for sabotage, and ...
07/08/2025The content of the text of the peace treaty with Azerbaijan is concealed from the Armenian public - opposition MP
... treaty with Azerbaijan is not disclosed and is withheld from the Armenian public, Secretary of the Armenian National Assembly opposition faction “I Have Honor” Tigran Abrahamyan said. YEREVAN, May 16. /ARKA/. The content of the text of the peace treaty with Azerbaijan is not disclosed and is withheld from the ... ... process - our public does not get an answer to this question,” Abrahamyan said at parliamentary press briefings on Friday. On March 13, the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan separately announced the successful conclusion of negotiations ...
05/16/2025Authorities must resign: opposition MP on shelling of Armenia by Azerbaijan
In response to Azerbaijan's attacks on Armenian settlements, Hayk Mamijanyan, the leader of the opposition faction "I Have the Honor," has called for a resignation of the current authorities. He stated, YEREVAN, April 23. /ARKA/. In response to Azerbaijan's attacks on Armenian settlements, Hayk Mamijanyan, the leader of the opposition ... ... expressed his belief that the Armenian leadership is ready to make concessions without any limits solely to cling to their power. On March 13, the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced that an agreement had been reached on the draft Treaty titled "On the Establishment ...
04/23/2025Deadline for Income Declaration Submission in Armenia Extended by Six Months
... Armenia approved a bill on Tuesday that extends the deadline for individuals to submit their income declarations to November 1. YEREVAN, April 22. /ARKA/. The National Assembly of Armenia approved a bill on Tuesday that extends the deadline for individuals ... ... Furthermore, Tunyan noted that moving forward, the submission period for income declarations will be adjusted to fall between March 2 and July 1. In contrast, Artsvik Minasyan, secretary of the opposition Armenia faction, expressed dissent regarding the bill. “We will abstain from voting due to the bill’s insufficient ...
04/22/2025Armenian PM considers destructive any attempt to continue Karabakh movement
... Karabakh movement is destructive, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said. YEREVAN, April 17. /ARKA/. Any attempt to continue the Karabakh movement is destructive... ... very late,” he said, speaking in the parliament on Thursday. According to him, the opposition is essentially saying that Armenia's statehood had and has one goal and meaning... ... the issue should be put back on Armenia's political agenda. Less than a month ago, on March 29, at a rally in Yerevan, Karabakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan, on behalf of the...
04/17/2025Gyumri council of elders elects Vardan Ghukasyan as mayor
... candidate from the Communist Party of Armenia, has been elected mayor of Gyumri. YEREVAN, April 16. /ARKA/. Vardan Ghukasyan, a candidate from the Communist Party of... ... Contract” faction of the Gyumri Council of Elders boycotted the meeting. Earlier, three opposition forces, the "My City" bloc, the "My Powerful Community"... ... According to the results of the snap elections to the Gyumri Council of Elders held on March 30, the ruling Civil Contract party — whose list was led by mayoral candidate...
04/16/2025Armenian Central Election Commission presented the final results of elections to Council of Elders of Gyurmi and Parakar
... Election Commission of Armenia has summed up the results of the elections to the Council of Elders of Gyumri and Parakar held on March 30, the press service of the department reported. YEREVAN, April 7. /ARKA/. The Armenian Central Election Commission summarized the results of the March 30 elections to the Council ... ... Bloc - 2,113 votes (0 mandates) Democratic Alternative” Party - 1,407 votes (0 mandates). The day after the elections, the opposition Mother Armenia bloc and My Mighty Motherland party announced their support to the Communist Party headed by Vardan ...
04/07/2025Opposition victory in Parakar, intrigue remains in Gyumri: election results in two communities in Armenia
... elections to the Council of Elders were held yesterday in two communities—Gyumri (Shirak region) and Parakar (Armavir region). YEREVAN, March 31. /ARKA/. In Armenia, elections to the Council of Elders were held yesterday in two communities—Gyumri (Shirak region) ... ... Malkhasyan), Democratic Alternative (Artem Karakazaryan), and the Workers' Socialist Party of Armenia (Artem Tumanyan). Meanwhile, two opposition movements—the "Mother Armenia" bloc led by Andranik Tevanyan and the "My Mighty Community" party ...
03/31/2025Azerbaijan will delay signing peace treaty and try to get new concessions from Armenia – Tigran Abrahamyan
At this stage, Azerbaijan will delay signing the peace treaty and will try to extract new concessions from Armenia, said Tigran Abrahamyan, secretary of the opposition faction "I Have the Honor" in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. YEREVAN, March 28. /ARKA/. At this stage, Azerbaijan will delay signing the peace treaty and will try to extract new concessions from Armenia, said Tigran Abrahamyan, secretary of the opposition faction "I Have the Honor" in the National Assembly. According ...
03/28/2025Armenian Parliament adopts bill on Armenia's EU membership
... Armenia approved in the second reading the draft law to begin the process of the country’s membership in the European Union. YEREVAN, March 26. /ARKA/. On Wednesday, during a regular session, the National Assembly of Armenia approved in the second reading the ... ... includes short-term, medium-term, and long-term actions aimed at further rapprochement with the European Union. The parliamentary opposition did not participate in the vote and called the bill a "mockery." On February 12, the National Assembly of ...
03/26/2025No reduction in property tax: Armenian government rejects the project
... government rejected a bill to cancel amendments to the Tax Code, which would increase the real estate tax by 25% starting in 2026. YEREVAN, March 13. /ARКА/. At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government rejected a bill to cancel amendments to the Tax Code, which ... ... increase the real estate tax by 25% starting in 2026. The corresponding legislative initiative was previously put forward by the opposition parliamentary faction "Armenia." Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan noted that the government opposed ...
03/13/2025Armenian government rejects the opposition's proposal to abolish the universal income declaration system
At a session on Thursday, the Armenian government rejected the proposal from the opposition Armenia parliamentary faction to abolish the universal income declaration system. YEREVAN, March 13. /ARKA/. At a session on Thursday, the Armenian government rejected the proposal from the opposition Armenia parliamentary faction to abolish the universal income declaration system. The Armenia faction had previously introduced a corresponding ...
03/13/2025Opposition sues Armenian government and MFA over blocked access to Azerbaijan agreement
Four MPs from the opposition bloc "Armenia" have filed a lawsuit against the Armenian government and the Foreign Ministry over the ban on access to the draft peace treaty between Yerevan and Baku. YEREVAN, December 2. /ARKA/. Four MPs from the opposition bloc "Armenia" have filed a lawsuit ... ... Grigoryan, Gegham Manukyan, and Artur Khachatryan. "We have demanded that the decision of the Armenian Foreign Minister from March 14, 2024, which prohibited us from reviewing the draft treaty with Azerbaijan under discussion, be declared unlawful. Judge ...
12/02/2024Kocharyan calls his prosecution «legal hooliganism»
... his ongoing prosecution a «legal hooliganism» as the Armenian Anti-Corruption Court launched hearings today into the 2008 March 1 case. YEREVAN, 11 October. /ARKA/. Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan has called his ongoing prosecution a «legal hooliganism» ... ... following the disputed presidential election, when then prime minister Serzh Sargsyan was declared the winner, angering the opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and setting off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to a crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured. According to Kocharyan,...
10/11/2024PACE adopts resolution on Armenia
... and head of the country’s delegation to PACE Ruben Rubinyan YEREVAN, June 27. /ARKA/. At its meeting on June 26, the Parliamentary ... ... cooperation and mutual respect between the ruling majority and the opposition, notes that election observation missions have reported ... ... resignation of Prime Minister Pashinyan in Armenia became violent when protesters tried to invade government buildings forcefully. The ... ... police force did not result in casualties, unlike the events of March 1, 2008, when ten were killed, which was strongly condemned ...
06/27/2024I Have Honor alliance leader: Armenia breaks ties with CSTO having no other security guarantees
... Yuri Khachaturov, formerly Chief of the General Staff of Armenia’s Armed Forces, was arrested shortly after the 2018 Velvet Revolution and charged with “overthrowing the constitutional order" in connection with his actions as commander of the Yerevan garrison during the events of March 1-2, 2008, when opposition protests led by Levon Ter-Petrosyan were suppressed by police and military forces, resulting in several deaths. He was later released as per order of the Constitutional Court of Armenia. Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in the parliament ...
06/14/2024Armenian NA Speaker explains why it is better to start delimitation of Armenian-Azerbaijani border from Tavush
... Simonyan explained today why the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border should be started from Tavush region. YEREVAN, March 27. /ARKA/. Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan explained today why the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani ... ... believe and can prove that these villages are a territory of a Republic of Armenia," Simonyan told reporters. He described opposition’s claims that these villages belong to Armenia another manipulation, generating certain processes around the issue....
03/27/2024Pashinyan did not rule out the possibility of withdrawing Armenia's lawsuits against Azerbaijan from international courts
... did not rule out that his government may withdraw Armenia's lawsuits against Azerbaijan filed with international courts. YEREVAN, March 20. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan did not rule out that his government may withdraw Armenia's lawsuits ... ... picture. The MPs noted that Azerbaijan has also filed a lawsuit against Armenia, but its arguments are too weak. According to the opposition MPs, the lawsuits against Azerbaijan give Armenia huge opportunities for diplomatic pressure, so it is inadmissible ...
03/21/2024Armenia's Tavush region may find itself in the same vulnerable position as Syunik - opposition deputy
Armenia's Tavush region may find itself in the same vulnerable position as Syunik region, Tigran Abrahamyan, an MP from the opposition Pativ Unem (I Have Honor) alliance, said today. YEREVAN, March 19. /ARKA/. Armenia's Tavush region may find itself in the same vulnerable position as Syunik region, Tigran Abrahamyan, an MP from the opposition Pativ Unem (I Have Honor) alliance, said today. "After the 44-day war (in Nagorno-Karabakh in ...
03/19/2024Yerevan Council of Elders voted to increase public transport fares
The Yerevan Council of Elders (municipal assembly) by a vote of 32 to 2, approved today a significant increase in fares for public transport. YEREVAN, March 12. /ARKA/. The Yerevan Council of Elders (municipal assembly) by a vote of 32 to 2, approved today a significant increase in fares for public transport. Opposition alliances National Progress and Mother Armenia boycotted the vote. Currently, the cost of one trip by bus or metro is 100 drams, and by trolleybus - 50 drams. The new scheme includes a 90-minute ticket worth 280-300 drams for 3 trips, a one-day ...
03/12/2024Zelensky's visit to Armenia would turn the country into an arena of Russian-Ukrainian confrontation – opposition MP
... President Volodimir Zelensky's visit to Armenia would immediately turn the country into an arena of Russian-Ukrainian confrontation, opposition member of the Armenian parliament Armen Rustamyan, told reporters on Tuesday. YEREVAN, February 27. /ARKA/. Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky's visit to Armenia would immediately turn the country into ... ... the Ukrainian president is likely to visit Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to some sources, Zelensky may visit Yerevan on March 4. In response to Public Television's inquiry to confirm or deny these reports, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said only ...
02/27/2024Armenia's representative on international legal issues to take part in discussion on Rome Statute in the U.S.
... United States December 7-8 to take part in the discussion of the Rome Statute. YEREVAN, December 6. /ARKA/. Yeghishe Kirakosyan, who represents Armenia on international... ... Armenia in October 2023 by a vote of 60 to 22. The ratification was opposed by the opposition lawmakers from Hayastan (Armenia) and Pativ Unem (I Have Honor (alliances... ... asked the Constitutional Court to examine the constitutionality of the Rome Statute. On March 24, Armenia’s Constitutional Court ruled that the country’s obligations under...
12/06/2023Sasun Khachatryan says March 1 case solved
The March 1 case has been solved, the head of Armenia's Anti-Corruption Committee Sasun Khachatryan said on Wednesday. YEREVAN, Nov. 1. /ARKA/. The March 1 case has been solved, the head of Armenia's Anti-Corruption Committee Sasun Khachatryan said ... ... people, including two security officers, were killed when Armenian authorities used force on March 1-2, 2008, to suppress ongoing opposition demonstrations protesting the results of a disputed presidential election. According to the investigation, the victims died of different causes,...
11/01/2023Armenian parliament ratifies Rome Statute
... ratified today the Rome Statute to join the International Criminal Court. YEREVAN, October 3. /ARKA/. By a vote of 60 to 22 the National Assembly of Armenia has... ... Statute to join the International Criminal Court. The ratification was opposed by the opposition lawmakers from Hayastan (Armenia) and Pativ Unem (I Have Honor( alliances... ... asked the Constitutional Court to examine the constitutionality of the Rome Statute. On March 24, Armenia’s Constitutional Court ruled that the country’s obligations under...
10/03/2023Armenian parliament's agenda includes unconstitutional issue - opposition deputy
... Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun party Artsvik Minasyan, who is an MP from the opposition Hayastan (Armenia) bloc denounced today the ruling majority represented by... ... for initiating parliamentary debates on the ratification of the Rome Statute. YEREVAN, October 3. /ARKA/. A senior member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/... ... asked the Constitutional Court to examine the constitutionality of the Rome Statute. On March 24, Armenia’s Constitutional Court ruled that the country’s obligations under...
10/03/2023Armenia to borrow over 92 million euros from IBRD to cover budget deficit
... Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) to finance the budget deficit. YEREVAN, June 21. /ARKA/. Armenian Deputy Finance Minister Eduard Hakobyan told a meeting... ... Policy Operation project. The loan was approved earlier by the World Bank's Board on March 24. The operation supports the 2021- 26 Program of the Government of the Republic... ... interest rate on the loan will be 3.8% with a spread of 0.64%. A lawmaker from the opposition Hayastan alliance Artur Khachatryan pointed out that this is a very expensive...
06/21/2023Armenia's parliament strips opposition lawmaker of parliamentary immunity allowing his prosecution.
Armenia's parliament, controlled by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party, has stripped today opposition lawmaker Mher Sahakyan of his parliamentary immunity at the official request of the Prosecutor General's Office allowing his criminal prosecution. YEREVAN, April 12. /ARKA/. Armenia's parliament, controlled by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party, has stripped ... ... official request of the Prosecutor General's Office allowing his criminal prosecution. The prosecutors’ petition came after a March 31 incident during the closed session of the parliamentary committee on state-legal issues. According to many eyewitnesses,...
04/12/2023Prosecutors ask parliament to lift opposition MP Mher Sahakyan's immunity and allow his prosecution
... General has officially asked the National Assembly to consider lifting the immunity ofMher Sahakyan, an MP from the Hayastan opposition alliance and allow his criminal prosecution. YEREVAN, April 10. /ARKA/. The Office of Armenia's Prosecutor General has officially asked the National Assembly to consider lifting ... ... ofMher Sahakyan, an MP from the Hayastan opposition alliance and allow his criminal prosecution. The request is related to the March 31 incident in the parliament during the closed session of the parliamentary committee on state-legal issues. Mher Sahakyan ...
04/10/2023Opposition MP: Azerbaijan strengthens positions after advancement along Stepanakert-Lisagor road
After advancing along the Stepanakert-Lisagor dirt road, Azerbaijani troops began strengthening their positions, Armenian opposition lawmaker Tigran Abrahamyan from Pativ Unem alliance reported today. The length of the front, according to him, is several dozens of kilometers. YEREVAN, April 4. /ARKA/. After advancing along the Stepanakert-Lisagor dirt road, Azerbaijani troops began strengthening their ... ... Abrahamyan wrote on his Facebook page. According to the MP, Azerbaijan is strengthening its control over Artsakh's communications. On March 30, Armenia's National Security Service said that the Azerbaijani armed forces advanced 100-300 meters deep into Armenian ...
04/04/2023Ruling Armenian party nominates Anahit Manasyan for post of human rights defender
... Anahit Manasyan for the vacant post of human rights defender, the party’s parliamentary faction said in a Facebook post. YEREVAN, March 29. /ARKA/. The Civil Contract party of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has nominated Anahit Manasyan for the vacant ... ... defender, the party’s parliamentary faction said in a Facebook post. Manasyan serves now as Deputy Prosecutor General The opposition Pativ Unem (I have honor) and Hayastan (Armenia) alliances have also nominated their candidate for the post. It is ...
03/29/2023Armenian parliament doubles prosecutors' salaries
... passed today in the second and final reading a set of amendments to a law that determines the salaries of public servants. YEREVAN, March 22. /ARKA/. By a vote of 67 to 8 and 23 abstentions, the Armenian parliament has passed today in the second and final reading ... ... prosecutors is about 400-460 thousand drams before taxes (net salary is about 295-350 thousand drams). Artsvik Minasyan from the opposition Hayastan alliance said that after the rise prosecutors will receive more than the Prime Minister, the President, ministers,...
03/22/2023Ruling party to nominate Deputy Prosecutor General for the post of human rights defender
... the vacant post of human rights defender, Hayk Konjoryan, the head of the party's parliamentary faction, said on Tuesday. YEREVAN, March 22. /ARKA/. The ruling Civil Contract party of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is expected to nominate Armenia's Deputy Prosecutor ... ... defender due to her professional abilities and system of values," tert.am quoted Kondjoryan as saying. The parliamentary opposition has not named its own candidates for the post yet, Azatutyun Radio reported quoting Artsvik Minasyan from the opposition ...
03/22/2023Armenia wants to oblige medical institutions to be licensed every 5 years
... licensing designed by Armenia’s Ministry of Health call for revoking indefinite licenses provided now to medical institutions. YEREVAN, March 21. /ARKA/. A set of amendments to the law on licensing designed by Armenia’s Ministry of Health call for revoking indefinite ... ... applied to medical institutions in the capital Yerevan, and then extend to medical institutions in the regions of the country. An opposition MP Armenuhi Kureghyan noted that the amendments do not specify the parameters, which could be used to determine that ...
03/21/2023Appeals court arrests General Grigory Khachaturov for two months
... Appeals ruled today to allow the arrest of former commander of the 3rd Army Corps General Grigory Khachaturov for two months. YEREVAN, March 16. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals ruled today to allow the arrest of former commander of the 3rd Army Corps ... ... stories, Khachaturov is implicated in a criminal case initiated against former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, who is head of the opposition Hayastan faction in parliament. Seyran Ohanyan is accused of embezzlement on a large scale and abuse of official duties....
03/16/2023Armenia's ruling party did not vote for draft statement condemning Artsakh blockade
The committee on foreign relations of the Armenian parliament turned down today a draft statement designed by the opposition condemning Azerbaijan's blockade of the Lachin corridor, which is the only road linking Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia that has been closed since last December 12. YEREVAN, March 16. /ARKA/. The committee on foreign relations of the Armenian parliament turned down today a draft statement designed by ...
03/16/2023How Armenia can improve its investment climate: 10 tips from Andrey Movchan
... uninteresting for international investors, according to Andrey Movchan, investment manager and founder of Movchan's Group. YEREVAN, March 9. /ARKA/. Armenian economy suffers from all the shortcomings of a small resource-based country, making it uninteresting ... ... and its integration with the world market; 8) Careful, but consistent reduction of dependence on countries, which are in harsh opposition to the developed world, first of all Iran and Russia; 9) Forming institutions to raise funds from the Diaspora for ...
03/09/2023Armenia intends to criminalize calls and actions to renounce its sovereignty
... aimed at renouncing or restricting, fully or partially, the country's sovereignty by using or threatening to use violence. YEREVAN, March 1. /ARKA/. Armenia's National Assembly has passed today in the first reading a set of amendments to the Criminal Code, which ... ... violence, while Balyan noted this circumstance in his answers to the deputies' questions. These concerns were voiced not only by opposition, but also pro-government MPs, who several times asked the deputy minister to clarify this provision, however, the latter ...
03/01/2023All problems are solvable- Kerobyan on economic benefits and environmental risks of Amulsar mine’s development
... shortly after the 2018 “velvet revolution.” YEREVAN, March 1. /ARKA/. Armenian Economy Minister Vahan Kerobyan endorsed ... ... restart the Amulsar gold mining project that was disrupted by protesters shortly after the 2018 “velvet revolution.” Vahan ... ... (EDB signed earlier this month a memorandum of understanding in Yerevan to restart the project. The company will have to raise ... ... response to a question about the environmental risks voiced by the opposition, the minister stressed that there are no non-renewable ...
03/01/2023Armenian parliament allows prosecutors to bring charges against second opposition MP
... Contract party of PM Pashinyan, voted today to allow prosecutors to bring criminal charges against Armen Charchyan, an MP from the opposition Hayastan alliance YEREVAN, February 9, /ARKA/. The pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament represented by Civil Contract party of PM Pashinyan,... ... directly, based only on the information available on his health and with disregard for legal norms. After Sargsyan’s death on March 16, 2017, forensic experts found that the deceased had a progressive form of Bekhterev disease with serious disorders of ...
02/09/2023Armenian lawmakers discussed prosecutor general’s petitions requesting permission to prosecute two opposition MPs
By a vote of 64 Armenia's parliament agreed to consider a request by Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan to lift opposition MP Seyran Ohanyan’s immunity and prosecute former defense minister, who is now head of the opposition Hayastan parliamentary faction. YEREVAN, February 8. /ARKA/. By a vote of 64 Armenia's parliament agreed to consider a request by Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan ... ... directly, based only on the information available on his health and with disregard for legal norms. After Sargsyan’s death on March 16, 2017, forensic experts found that the deceased had a progressive form of Bekhterev disease with serious disorders of ...
02/08/2023Armenian opposition MP Artur Ghazinyan resigns
... from the opposition Hayastan alliance said today he will renounce his mandate. YEREVAN, July 4. /ARKA/. Armenian MP Artur Ghazinyan from the opposition Hayastan alliance said today he will renounce his mandate. "I have decided... ... Azerbaijan and Turkey), Ghazinyan said that he intends to continue participating in the protests organized by the movement. Ghazinyan was a member of the parliamentary standing committee on defense and security issues from August 25, 2021 to March 4, 2022. He was nominated as a candidate for the post of the chairman of this...
07/04/2022Anti-government movement in Armenia not fading out–opposition leader
... a month already to make PM Nikol Pashinyan resign, downplayed today fears that the anti-government movement is fading out. YEREVAN, June 10. /ARKA/. An opposition leader Iskhan Saghatelyan, who has been leading a campaign of civil disobedience for more than a month already to make ... ... Nikol Pashinyan resign, downplayed today fears that the anti-government movement is fading out. Speaking ahead of today’s protest march, Saghatelyan, who is an MP from Hayastan alliance and a deputy parliament speaker, said the movement’s collapse would ...
06/10/2022Yerevan is hosting CSTO ministerial meeting as opposition prepares to renew demands for PM’s resignation
... Hayastan and Pativ Unem- called on their activists and supporters to march to the president's residence to reiterate that the Armenian ... ... and Turkey) on behalf of the people. On June 9 the demonstrators protested outside the Foreign Ministry building, where a meeting ... ... ministers Ararat Mirzoyan and Sergei Lavrov was to take place. An opposition leader Ishkhan Saghatelyan said their goal was to declare ... ... partners that any agreement reached by the current government in Yerevan is illegal. The opposition accuses PM Nikol Pashinyan of ...
06/10/2022Armenian opposition fails to convene emergency parliament session to discuss Nagorno-Karabakh and relations with Turkey
Armenia’s parliament-represented opposition alliances Hayastan and Pativ Unem failed to convene an emergency parliament ... ... today to discuss a statement on Armenian-Azerbaijani and Armenian-Turkish relations. YEREVAN, May 3. /ARKA/. Armenia’s parliament-represented opposition alliances Hayastan... ... activists and supporters outside the parliament building and called on all to start a march to the government building and present their demands. "We have been fighting...
06/03/2022Armenian opposition resumes protests to make PM Pashinyan resign
Anti-government protesters in the Armenian capital Yerevan gathered today morning in downtown France Square before splitting into smaller groups to march towards various government agencies ‘to find out the public's position on the opposition’s agenda’, which has been seeking for over a month to make Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resign through blockade of streets. YEREVAN, May 30. /ARKA/. Anti-government protesters in the Armenian capital Yerevan gathered today morning in ...
05/30/2022Opposition activists and supporters march towards presidential palace in Yerevan
Anti-government protesters in Yerevan, led by two parliament-represented opposition alliances- Hayastan and Pativ Unem- started today morning marching from the downtown France Square towards the presidential residence demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. YEREVAN, May 20. /ARKA/. Anti-government protesters in Yerevan, led by two parliament-represented opposition alliances- ...
05/20/2022Armenian opposition marches through central Yerevan demanding Pashinyan's resignation
The Armenian opposition has started an anti-government march through downtown Yerevan as part of what it calls Resistance Movement aimed at forcing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign. YEREVAN, May 11. /ARKA/. The Armenian opposition has started an anti-government march through downtown Yerevan as part of what it calls Resistance ...
05/11/2022Small groups of opposition supporters hold protests in Yerevan and beyond
... started their march from Ijevan to Yerevan the day before, continued their march towards the capital from the village of Hovk. Another opposition procession started from Tigranashen village in Ararat province in the direction of Yerevan. An opposition march will start today evening at 18:30 from Sasuntsi David metro station towards the center of Yerevan. Earlier, deputy speaker of parliament Ishkhan Saghatelyan said the leading opposition alliances were preparing for a large protest rally on May 1 aimed at toppling Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, whom they accuse of surrendering Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan.-0-
04/26/2022Armenian opposition starts protest march in Yerevan
... starting a street struggle and will go all the way to the end to overthrow this government,» deputy speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Ishkhan Saghatelyan from the opposition Hayastan alliance, said before the start of the march. According to him, marches have started also in different regions of Armenia, whose participants are expected to reach Yerevan in several days. The opposition's goal is to hold protests across Armenia for five days and then organize a big rally on May 1. "Time is short, we need to overthrow this 'government of evil ' as soon as possible," Saghatelyan said, arguing that the issue of Armenian and Artsakh statehood is ...
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