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New Prime Minister Election to Be Discussed on May 1, NA Speaker Says
I declare that the issue of the election of the Prime Minister will be discussed at 12pm on May 1, at a special meeting of the National Assembly...Read More »
Armenian Republican Party Ready for Talks ‘With All Sides’
In the second half of the meeting [which was held in Sargsyan’s absence], RPA lawmakers discussed the current political situation and possible developments with acting...Read More »
Opposition Rally in Yerevan Promises Election of New PM in Coming Days (Live Thread)
“Some thought that the people were so excited and satisfied with Serzh Sargsyan’s resignation that they had forgotten why they had gathered in the first place...Read More »
‘Pashinyan Was Right; I Was Wrong;’ Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan Resigns (Live Thread)
The striking students of Yerevan State University intend to start a march from the university yard. Several parents have also joined the students. The demonstrators are chanting, “Free, Independent Student!”Read More »
Thousands Continue Flooding Yerevan Streets After Pashinyan Arrest (Live Thread)
Once Pashinyan was taken care of, riot police then used stun grenades against the crowd and began mass beatings and detentions...Read More »
US Embassy in Armenia Urges Authorities to Refrain from Violence Against Peaceful Demonstrators
We urge the government to show restraint to allow for peaceful protest and we urge those exercising their freedom of assembly to do so responsibly, to avoid violence, and to prevent an escalatio...Read More »
VIDEO: Police Start Carrying Out Sargsyan’s Threats of Repeating 2008 Deadly Post-Election Clashes
Leaders Nikol Pashinyan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Sasun Mikayelyan were detained by police on the spot. The Special Investigation Service later reported that the three had...Read More »
VIDEO: Serzh Sargsyan Threatens Pashinyan With March 1 to Make Him Stop Fighting
Armenia’s newly appointed Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan today reminded opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan about the 2008 March 1 deadly post-election clashes to...Read More »
Pashinyan to Negotiate with Authorities ‘on Behalf of People’ (Live Thread)
The Armenian police have issued a statement to demand that Nikol Pashinyan immediately stops the rallies across Yerevan. The law enforcement agency threatens otherwise to take measures to disperse them...Read More »
VIDEO: March in Support of Avan and Nor Nork Residents
These Yerevan districts are infamous for their “hood authorities” who traditionally carry out the orders of wealthy members of the ruling Republican Party - mayor Taron Margaryan and president...Read More »