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A tiger in the yard, rocket launchers and vintage cars in the basement. There was quite a haul when the compound of a former Armenian general was raided amid accusations of corruption.
Lawmakers have stripped a prominent retired general of his parliamentary immunity, after security agents raided his homes and found vast quantities of weapons, food, and other supplies meant for Armenia's soldiers.
A court in Armenia has released a member of the Sasna Tsrer armed group from pretrial detention on bail.
The legendary British singer and composer arrived in Yerevan with his husband David Furnish on May 27 representing his Elton John AIDS Foundation to support Armenia’s local charity, Yerevan My Love. (RFE/RL)
New Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, brought to power by mass demonstrations, has called on Armenians to stop protesting.
Dozens of protesters have burst into City Hall in Yerevan, demanding the resignation of the Armenian capital's mayor over the stripping of trees from a formerly lush park outside the building.
The Armenian government has conducted its first major shake-up since former protest leader Nikol Pashinian became prime minister on May 8, firing the country's top police chief and its national security adviser, while the acting finance minister announced his resignation.
A day after being chosen Armenia’s new prime minister, Nikol Pashinian has called for the de facto authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region in Azerbaijan under the control of ethnic Armenian forces, to become a party in the internationally mediated talks to resolve the long-standing conflict between Yerevan and Baku.
Armenian-American rock star Serj Tankian said he was "very excited" and that he saw "a very positive Armenia happening," after parliament elected protest leader Nikol Pashinian prime minister. Tankian is lead singer of System of a Down.
Armenian protest leader Nikol Pashinian received a hero's welcome from celebrating supporters in Yerevan, as he joined them shortly after being elected prime minister.
Yerevan's Republic Square erupted into celebration after Armenia's parliament elected protest leader Nikol Pashinian as the country's new prime minister.
Thousands of people crowded into Yerevan's Republic Square as Armenia's parliamentary began debate to decide if protest leader Nikol Pashinian will become Armenia's prime minister.
Armenia's parliament has elected protest leader Nikol Pashinian as the country's next prime minister in a 59 to 42 vote.
Armenian-American rock star Serj Tankian joined an opposition rally in Yerevan's Republic Square on the eve of a parliamentary vote to determined if protest leader Nikol Pashinian will become Armenia's prime minister.
Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian and his supporters welcomed Armenian-American rock star Serj Tankian to Yerevan.
Tens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally called by Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian in Yerevan aimed at showing his popular support on the eve of a parliamentary vote on whether he should be prime minister.
Police in Yerevan have arrested a traffic police officer in the Armenian capital on charges that he killed two men -- a bank employee and another police officer -- while trying to rob a bank on May 3.
Armenian protest leader Nikol Pashinian has been officially nominated as a candidate for the post of prime minister in the upcoming vote on May 8, after he secured the backing of 41 lawmakers in the 105-seat parliament, a member of the Pashinian-led Yelk faction told RFE/RL on May 3.
Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian has told supporters that they can pause their protests, after the ruling Republican Party suggested it would back him to become the country's interim prime minister.
Supporters of opposition protest leader Nikol Pashinian flooded Gyumri city hall to demand the mayor of Armenia's second-largest city join their protest movement.
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