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Aliyev Alleges Armenian-Iranian ‘Conspiracy’
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Friday accused Iran and Armenia of using Azerbaijani territory for drug trafficking, prompting swift rebuttals from both neighbors.
15/10/2021 6:41 PM
Armenian Security Chief Said To Back Anti-Western Statement
The director of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) has reportedly joined his counterparts from Russia and other ex-Soviet republics in accusing the West of seeking to destabilize the Russian-l
15/10/2021 4:35 PM
More Questions Arise About Firms Run By Armenian Speaker’s Brother
Sirush Davtian is 65, lives in a modest village house and doesn’t quite look like a neophyte entrepreneur. Yet the ailing single woman is listed on a state business registry as the sole owner of a co
15/10/2021 4:13 PM
Truce Violations Reported In Karabakh
One Azerbaijani soldier was killed and six Armenian servicemen wounded in Nagorno-Karabakh in skirmishes reported late on Thursday.
14/10/2021 9:25 PM
Armenia, Azerbaijan Face Off At UN Court
Armenia accused Azerbaijan of serious human rights violations as the two South Caucasus nations that fought a six-week war last year faced off at the United Nations court in The Hague on Thursday.
14/10/2021 5:41 PM
Armenian, Azeri FMs In Fresh Talks
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met on Thursday for the second time in less than a month for talks mediated by their Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
14/10/2021 4:45 PM
Armenian Anti-Vaxxers May Have To Pay For COVID-19 Treatment
Armenians contracting COVID-19 after refusing to get vaccinated against the disease may soon be required to pay for their treatment in hospitals, a senior government official warned on Thursday.
14/10/2021 3:31 PM
Armenian Government In No Rush To Brief Parliament On Border Tensions
Armenia’s top defense and security officials appear reluctant to brief lawmakers on lingering tensions along the country’s border with Azerbaijan that have caused serious disruptions in Armenian-Iran
14/10/2021 12:48 PM
Police Investigating ‘Insults’ Against Armenian PM
Invoking recently enacted amendments denounced by local and Western human rights groups, the Armenian police have launched more criminal investigations into what they see as offensive remarks about P
13/10/2021 7:43 PM
Iran’s Top Prosecutor Visits Armenia
Iran’s Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri reaffirmed his country’s readiness to expand relations with Armenia as he visited Yerevan on Wednesday amid continuing tensions between Tehran and B
13/10/2021 5:53 PM
India, Armenia Agree On Closer Ties
The foreign ministers of Armenia and India pledged to deepen relations between the two countries sharing common geopolitical interests after holding talks on Wednesday for the second time in a month.
13/10/2021 3:06 PM
Pashinian Praises ‘Productive’ Talks With Putin
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian described his latest meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as “very productive” but did not divulge its details early on Wednesday.
13/10/2021 12:13 PM
Putin, Pashinian Again Discuss Regional Developments
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian met in Moscow again on Tuesday for talks that apparently focused on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
12/10/2021 5:54 PM
Karabakh Refugees Again Protest In Yerevan
Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh again rallied outside the main government building in Yerevan on Tuesday to accuse the Armenian authorities of neglecting their grave socioeconomic problems.
12/10/2021 4:14 PM
Ex-President Sarkisian’s Foreign Trips Probed
An Armenian law-enforcement agency has launched a formal investigation into the legality of private trips to Germany taken by former President Serzh Sarkisian during his decade-long rule.
12/10/2021 1:52 PM
Armenian Authorities Mull COVID-19 Health Pass
Armenia’s health authorities are considering introducing a mandatory coronavirus health pass for entry to cultural and leisure venues, Health Minister Anahit Avanesian revealed on Monday.
11/10/2021 5:54 PM
Armenian Court OKs Heavier Fines For Defamation
In a ruling condemned by press freedom groups, Armenia’s Constitutional Court has upheld the constitutionality of a government-backed bill that will triple maximum legal fines set for defamation.
11/10/2021 3:30 PM
Georgian PM Visits Armenia On ‘Mediation’ Mission
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili visited Yerevan and met with his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinian on Saturday as part of his attempts to improve Armenia’s relations with Azerbaijan.
11/10/2021 12:59 PM
Karabakh Civilian Killed In Truce Violation
An ethnic Armenian farmer in Nagorno-Karabakh was shot dead by Azerbaijani forces while working in his pomegranate grove at the weekend, authorities in Stepanakert said.
11/10/2021 9:29 AM
World Bank Ups Armenian Growth Forecast
Armenia’s economy is on course to grow by just over 6 percent this year after contracting sharply last year, according to the World Bank.
08/10/2021 5:11 PM
Investigators Withhold Details After Former Defense Minister’s Arrest
Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) has refused to shed more light on corruption charges brought by it against former Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan, two generals and an arms dealer arrested in
08/10/2021 2:22 PM
Ruling Party, Opposition Deadlocked Over Parliament Post
The ruling Civil Contract party confirmed on Friday plans to pass legislation that would block further attempts to install an outspoken opposition lawmaker as deputy chairman of a key standing commit
08/10/2021 12:26 PM
Pro-Government Lawmaker Avoids Prosecution For Violence
An Armenian law-enforcement agency has decided not to prosecute a controversial pro-government lawmaker who assaulted an opposition colleague on the parliament floor in late August.
07/10/2021 7:07 PM
Pope Meets Armenian Church Leader
Pope Francis and Catholicos Garegin (Karekin) II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, have met in the Vatican during a conference of religious leaders from around the world.
07/10/2021 5:49 PM
Iranian Minister Upbeat On Transport Links With Armenia
The Iranian minister of roads and urban development indicated on Thursday Iran will fully restore soon its transport links with neighboring Armenia which have been disrupted by an Azerbaijani checkpo
07/10/2021 3:36 PM
Pashinian Deplores Armenia’s Slow Vaccine Rollout
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday lambasted health authorities and other state bodies over the continuing slow pace of coronavirus vaccinations in Armenia.
07/10/2021 1:27 PM
Armenian FM Expects More Talks With Azeri Counterpart
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Wednesday that he and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet again soon for peace talks mediated by the U.S., Russian and French co-chairs of t
06/10/2021 5:40 PM
Iran Warns Against Redrawing Of South Caucasus Borders
Iran strongly opposes any redrawing of borders in the South Caucasus, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said after meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Wedn
06/10/2021 4:43 PM
Azerbaijan Resumes Armenia Overflights
An Azerbaijani passenger plane reportedly flew over Armenia on Wednesday for the first time in at least eight years.
06/10/2021 12:53 PM
Lithuania Donates More Coronavirus Vaccines To Armenia
Armenia received on Tuesday another batch of coronavirus vaccines donated to it by Lithuania.
05/10/2021 6:18 PM
Opposition Lawmaker Challenges Travel Ban
A senior opposition lawmaker standing trial on what he sees as politically motivated charges on Tuesday again asked a court in Yerevan to allow him to attend sessions of the Council of Europe’s Parli
05/10/2021 4:50 PM
Iran Offers To Help Armenia Build Bypass Roads
Iran is ready to help Armenia build highways connecting the two neighboring states and bypassing Azerbaijani-controlled territory, a senior Iranian government official said during a visit to Yerevan
05/10/2021 2:59 PM
Armenian Opposition Demands Parliament Debate On Azeri Roadblock
Opposition lawmakers continued to push on Tuesday for an urgent session of the Armenian parliament on serious disruptions in Armenia’s trade with neighboring Iran resulting from a roadblock set up by
05/10/2021 12:40 PM
Armenian General Arrested In Corruption Probe
The National Security Service (NSS) has made another high-profile arrest in an ongoing criminal investigation into supplies of allegedly faulty ammunition to Armenia’s armed forces.
04/10/2021 6:35 PM
Kocharian Cautious About Anti-Government Protests
Former President Robert Kocharian said on Monday that Armenia’s main opposition alliance led by him needs to “generate” greater popular anger at the government before trying to topple it with street
04/10/2021 5:20 PM
Armenia Reassures Iran As Tehran-Baku Tensions Mount
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian sent his foreign minister to Tehran on Monday one day after publicly ruling out Armenia’s involvement in any anti-Iranian “plots” amid stern warnings issued by Iran to
04/10/2021 2:24 PM
Pashinian Ready To Meet Aliyev
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Sunday that he is ready to meet with Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev for talks on confidence-building measures in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
04/10/2021 11:36 AM
Armenian Mining Giant Changes Hands
A Russian company has bought a majority stake in Armenia’s largest mining enterprise and immediately ceded part of it to the Armenian government.
01/10/2021 6:20 PM
European Body Not Satisfied With Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Measures
An anti-corruption arm of the Council of Europe has described as largely “unsatisfactory” the Armenian authorities’ response to policy measures recommended by it five years ago.
01/10/2021 2:36 PM
Iran Starts Military Drills Near Azerbaijan Border
Iran began on Friday major military exercises along its border with Azerbaijan which were criticized by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev earlier this week.
01/10/2021 12:35 PM
Armenian Government Plans Major Rise In Spending
The Armenian government approved on Thursday the draft state budget for next year calling for significant increases in its expenditures on infrastructure projects, social programs, defense and nation
30/09/2021 4:25 PM
Former Armenian Defense Minister Arrested
The National Security Service (NSS) confirmed on Thursday that it has arrested former Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan in an ongoing criminal investigation into supplies of allegedly faulty ammunition
30/09/2021 12:50 PM
Yerevan Reassures Iranian Envoy Over Bypass Road
Deputy Prime Minister Suren Papikian told Iran’s ambassador in Yerevan on Wednesday that Armenia will complete soon work on an alternative road that will allow Iranian trucks to bypass an Azerbaijani
29/09/2021 5:25 PM
Armenian Officials Reject Freedom House Criticism
Pro-government lawmakers dismissed on Wednesday U.S. democracy watchdog Freedom House’s strong criticism of recently enacted legislation allowing Armenian authorities prosecute people insulting state
29/09/2021 3:02 PM
Armenia's Water Operator Seeking Price Hike
A French company managing Armenia’s water distribution network has asked public utility regulators to allow it to raise the price of drinking water in the country by over 24 percent.
29/09/2021 1:20 PM
Dozens Of Karabakh Civilians Still Missing After 2020 War
About two dozen civilian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh remain unaccounted for one year after the outbreak of the Armenian-Azerbaijani war, according to the authorities in Stepanakert.
29/09/2021 12:03 PM
Baku, Tehran Trade Barbs After Iran-Armenia Trade Disruption
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has criticized Iran for holding military exercises near Azerbaijan’s borders after Baku began taxing Iranian trucks transporting goods to and from Armenia.
28/09/2021 6:58 PM
Ruling Party, Opposition Disagree On Karabakh War Probe
Parliamentary leaders of the ruling Civil Contract party and Armenia’s two leading opposition blocs have reached no agreement so far on practical modalities of investigating the causes and outcome of
28/09/2021 4:55 PM
U.S. Watchdog Deplores ‘Degradation Of Democratic Norms In Armenia’
U.S. democracy watchdog Freedom House criticized Armenian authorities on Tuesday for seeking to prosecute a person who allegedly insulted Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on social media.
28/09/2021 3:33 PM
PACE Urges Azerbaijan To Free Armenian Prisoners
The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has called on Azerbaijan to set free “without further delay” all Armenian soldiers and civilians held by it one year after the outbreak of a war
28/09/2021 12:52 PM
Russia Reaffirms ‘Commitment To Armenia’s Security’
Russia pledged to continue bolstering Armenia’s national security and seeking a “long-term solution” to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as its diplomats commemorated the first anniversary of the outbre
27/09/2021 4:57 PM
Turkey To ‘Coordinate’ Armenia Policy With Azerbaijan
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu indicated on Monday that Turkey will continue to link the normalization of its relations with Armenia to a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict accept
27/09/2021 12:58 PM
U.S. Envoys Honor Karabakh War Dead
The U.S. ambassadors to Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday paid their respects to Armenians and Azerbaijanis killed in last year’s war over Nagorno-Karabakh.
27/09/2021 11:30 AM
Armenia Marks Karabakh War Anniversary
Armenians observed a minute of silence, visited a military cemetery in Yerevan and attended requiem services in churches on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the start of a devastating war in N
27/09/2021 8:33 AM
Armenian, Azeri FMs Meet In New York
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in New York late on Friday for talks hosted by the U.S., Russian and French diplomats co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group.
25/09/2021 4:21 PM
Armenian Parliament Approves Community Enlargement
In a move strongly condemned by its opposition minority, the National Assembly approved on Friday a controversial government proposal to merge the vast majority of Armenian cities and villages into m
24/09/2021 7:15 PM
Armenian Speaker’s Brother Wins Government Contracts
A road construction company run by parliament speaker Alen Simonian’s brother has won in the last few months two government contracts worth $1.4 million, raising suspicions of a conflict of interest
24/09/2021 6:16 PM
Karabakh Conflict Unresolved, Insists Armenia
Official Yerevan dismissed on Friday Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s fresh claim that Azerbaijan ended the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with its victory in the six-week war stopped by a Russian-bro
24/09/2021 2:05 PM
Yerevan Still Hopeful About Turkish-Armenian Rapprochement
The Armenian government still hopes to normalize Armenia’s relations with Turkey despite apparent preconditions set by Ankara, a senior official in Yerevan said on Friday.
24/09/2021 12:26 PM
Pashinian Orders Strict Enforcement Of Vaccination Measure
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian told relevant authorities on Thursday to properly enforce an administrative measure designed to accelerate the slow pace of COVID-19 vaccination in Armenia.
23/09/2021 6:43 PM
Local Officials Slam Government Plans To Merge Armenian Communities
Local officials from various regions of Armenia have denounced government plans to merge virtually all cities and villages into much bigger communities.
23/09/2021 5:40 PM
Armenia, Azerbaijan ‘Not Negotiating’ On Border Demarcation
Armenia and Azerbaijan have still not started negotiations on demarcating their long and contested border, a senior Armenian official said on Thursday.
23/09/2021 2:44 PM
Armenian, Russian Officials Discuss Azeri Roadblock
Deputy Prime Minister Suren Papikian on Thursday discussed with Russia’s ambassador in Yerevan continuing disruptions in Armenia’s trade with Iran caused by an Azerbaijani checkpoint set up on the ma
23/09/2021 12:45 PM
Dashnaktsutyun Critical Of Yerevan’s Overtures To Ankara
A senior member of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) criticized on Wednesday Armenia’s efforts to embark on a dialogue with Turkey, saying that Ankara continues to set
22/09/2021 5:26 PM
