Ignoring objections from the Armenian Apostolic Church, archeologists and many other people, Armenia’s government has allowed a wealthy businessman to erect a giant statue of Jesus Christ on a mountain near Yerevan.
An Armenian human rights lawyer on Thursday accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of grossly understating the number of Armenian prisoners of war and other captives still held by Azerbaijan.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities have opened more than a dozen criminal cases against participants of daily opposition demonstrations aimed at forcing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign.
Senior pro-government lawmakers on Thursday urged the Armenian military to call up men participating in continuing opposition demonstrations aimed at forcing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign.
The parents of Armenian soldiers killed in the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh again rallied outside prosecutors’ headquarters in Yerevan on Wednesday to demand criminal charges against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership on Thursday criticized Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and warned him against helping Azerbaijan regain control over the Armenian-populated territory.
Military authorities in Yerevan denied on Tuesday that Baku has taken control of more sovereign Armenian territory in the southeast of the country despite reports by locals about advancements of the Azerbaijani army in recent days.
Azerbaijani forces continued to shell a village in eastern Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday, wounding one of its residents and causing others to flee their homes.
Officials in Stepanakert on Wednesday accused Azerbaijan of obstructing repairs on the sole pipeline that supplies natural gas to Nagorno-Karabakh.
One Armenian soldier was killed and another wounded on Monday in a ceasefire violation reported from Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
The Armenian government has not done enough to fortify the country’s long border with Azerbaijan, opposition lawmakers claimed on Wednesday after three Armenian soldiers were killed in fresh skirmishes with Azerbaijani troops.
Police cordoned off the municipal administration building in Vartenis on Tuesday to prevent a local opposition figure from taking over as mayor of the eastern Armenian town and nearby villages.
Human rights campaigners on Friday accused the Armenian authorities of resorting to arrests and intimidation to gain control of communities where the ruling Civil Contract party failed to prevail in this month’s local elections.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian sparked uproar and faced calls to resign on Tuesday after a video emerged of him making disparaging comments about Armenian soldiers captured by Azerbaijan.
The U.S. State Department has condemned the killing of an ethnic Armenian resident of Nagorno-Karabakh committed just outside the Azerbaijani-controlled town of Shushi (Shusha) on Monday.
Armenia reported a record 2,603 coronavirus cases and hundreds of its unvaccinated citizens awaited hospitalization on Thursday as health authorities struggled to cope with a new wave of infections in the country of about 3 million.
Armenian border guards have reportedly begun escorting Armenian vehicles driving along an Azerbaijani-controlled section of the main highway that connects Armenia to Iran.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian reacted cautiously on Wednesday to Baku’s decision to check and tax Iranian vehicles using a strategic road that passes through border areas along southeastern Armenia controversially handed over to Azerbaijan after last year’s war.
Armenian officials have accused Azerbaijani troops of starting wildfires near two border villages in Armenia’s Gegharkunik province to inflict more damage on local farmers.
The army officers responsible for the latest incident in the ranks in which three conscripts were allegedly killed by their fellow serviceman will suffer consequences, the Armenian Ministry of Defense said on Friday.
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