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The Armenian parliament has passed a bill that could seriously complicate Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian's plans to conduct snap general elections.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian says that the nation should hold fresh parliamentary elections “very soon” in light of his bloc’s landslide victory in the mayoral race in Yerevan.
Early results in the Yerevan municipal elections indicate the alliance backed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian is cruising to a landslide victory in the first major test of the new Armenian leader’s political strength.
Polls have closed in Yerevan where voters cast their ballots to elect a new city council in Armenia's first major election since opposition lawmaker Nikol Pashinian became prime minister after leading a wave of antigovernment protests in May.
Armenian authorities say they have opened a criminal case into the wiretapping of telephone conversations between the chiefs of the National Security Service and the Special Investigation Service in which they discussed an ongoing investigation into the 2008 postelection violence.
Yerevan's municipal election campaign formally kicked off on September 10, with 12 political parties and alliances taking part.
Baku has criticized Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over his latest statement concerning the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region disputed by Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Russia has agreed to continue to supply weapons to Armenia, the Caucasus country’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinian, told the Kommersant newspaper in an interview.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian praised the current level of relations between the two countries as they met for talks in Moscow.
Ahead of a visit to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has called for developing "much more strategic and cooperative" relations with Russia.
Armenian lawmakers on September 6 voted unanimously to increase penalties for giving people cash and other enticements to vote for a particular candidate, party, or programs during elections and referendums.
An Armenian judo team will not travel to Baku for the world championships this month, Armenia’s Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs said on September 5.
Farmers in western Armenia have blocked a major highway leading to the capital, Yerevan, to push their demand that distillers offer a higher price for grapes grown in local vineyards.
Armenia is willing to take part in the reconstruction of Syria, Armenian parliament speaker Ara Babloyan has said during a meeting with the Syrian ambassador to Yerevan, Muhammad Haj Ibrahim.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has downplayed problems in Yerevan's relations with Moscow, describing them as a "work process in its natural course."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Armenia from neighboring Georgia on the second leg of her three-country visit to the South Caucasus and immediately stepped into a highly sensitive issue in the region.
Tens of thousands of supporters of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian rallied in central Yerevan's Republic Square on August 17 to mark his first 100 days in office, an event the premier called a "demonstration of national unity."
Tens of thousands of supporters of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian have rallied in central Yerevan's Republic Square to mark his first 100 days in office, an event he called a "demonstration of national unity."
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has marked the 100th day since his sudden and unexpected rise to power by vowing to “speed up reform” in the South Caucasus nation.
The head of Armenia's Special Investigative Service (SIS) says former President Serzh Sarkisian will be questioned as part of an investigation into a deadly crackdown against protesters following the country's 2008 presidential election.
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