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Top leadership of Armenia and Artsakh pay tribute to memory of Armenian Genocide victims in Tsitsernakaberd Memorial

(Armenpress)- President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan, acting Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan, Speaker of the Parliament Ara Babloyan, Cabinet members, MPs, as well as other officials pay tribute to the ...

Pashinyan Calls for Prime Minister Elections ‘In One Week’

Leader of the opposition, Armenian MP Nikol Pashinyan holds a victory speech after the RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan has resigned due to days of large-scale street protests against him on Republic Square of Yerevan, Armenia YEREVAN—The ...

Armenian Protest Leader Nikol Pashinian Freed

Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian was released from custody on Monday as massive anti-government protests organized by him continued in Yerevan and other parts of Armenia. Pashinian was set freed, along with two other opposition lawmakers ...

Serzh Sarkisian Resigns As Armenian PM

Armenia's Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian stepped down on Monday after ten days of unprecedented street protests against his attempt to extend his decade-long rule. “[Opposition leader] Nikol Pashinian was right,” he said in a written address to ...

Huge Crowds Keep Up Pressure On Armenian PM

(Azatutyun)-Massive rallies against Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian intensified on Sunday evening, with tens of thousands of people filling Yerevan’s largest square in the absence of Nikol Pashinian, the protest leader arrested earlier in ...

Prime Minister Sarkisian Walks Out from Meeting with Opposition Leader Pashinian

YEREVAN—Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian on Sunday walked out from a meeting with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan saying that a political alliance that has received seven to eight percent of the votes cannot speak on behalf of the entire populat...

Serzh Sargsyan, Nikol Pashinyan to hold talks Sunday morning

(Armradio)-  Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan and opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan will hold talks Sunday morning. Pashinyan, who has been leading protests in Yerevan since April 13, said in a Facebook post that “the negotiations will focus on ...

PM Serzh Sargsyan calls on opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan for immediate political dialogue and negotiations

ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan made a statement on April 21 about the ongoing domestic situation, the PM’s office said. “Several demonstrations and marches took place in the capital city Yerevan during the past week. Each ...

Armenian Catholicoses urge protesters and authorities to hold talks

  According to Sargsyan’s press service, both Karekin II and Aram I have described discontent as a normal process in any country and attached importance to exclusively civilized expression of dissent. In particular, Aram I has welcomed ...

Armenian President issues statement hailing ARF’s call to establish platform for political consultations

(Armenpress)- President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has issued a statement on the recent days’ developments in Armenia, noting that he hails the proposal of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) to establish a platform for political consul...