Armenian protest leader pauses strike for talks with ruling party
The leader of a protest movement that has rocked Armenia on Wednesday called a pause in a campaign of civil disobedience while he seeks assurances...
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Armenian PM rejects talks with opposition leader
Armenia’s acting prime minister, Karen Karapetyan, rejected a proposal by opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan to hold talks on Friday to defuse a political crisis engulfing...
Armenia to pick new PM next week
Armenia will get a new prime minister next week after nearly two weeks of street protests, with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan, who has led the demonstrations,...
Armenians protests as acting leader suggests new elections
Armenia’s acting prime minister, Karen Karapetyan, on Wednesday suggested holding a new parliamentary election to end a political crisis which has gripped the country for...
House hears speech on Armenian Genocide
It was inconceivable that 103 years after the Armenian Genocide there were civilised states that succumbed to Turkey’s pressure not to recognise the ‘extinction plan’...
Armenian parliament elects ex-PM Sarkissian as president
Armenia‘s parliament chose Armen Sarkissian as the country’s new president on Friday in a vote that is meant to herald the start of a power...
Film on Armenian genocide to be shown in Cyprus
The Promise, a 2016 film set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, is coming to Cyprus, and with it a chance to get...
Ruling party wins Armenian parliamentary vote
President Serzh Sarksyan’s ruling Republican Party won elections in Armenia on Sunday, official results showed, laying the foundation for a new parliamentary system of government....
Armenian prime minister resigns, says country needs new approach
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan tendered his resignation at a government meeting on Thursday, saying the country needed fresh policies, after an economic slowdown this...
Nagorno-Karabakh: a frozen conflict
By Dr Eleni Theocharous THE CPFA (Political Centre for Foreign Affairs- Brussels) organised, in collaboration with the Presidency of Armenia, an International Conference in Stepanakert...
German Incirlik visit depends on stance on ‘genocide’ vote
Turkish permission for German lawmakers to visit the Incirlik air base will depend on the German government distancing itself from a resolution branding a 1915...
Armed men in Armenia seize police station, demand politicians’ release (Update 2)
By Hasmik Mkrtchyan and Andrew Osborn Armed men seized a police station and hostages in Armenia’s capital Yerevan on Sunday, demanding Armenians take to the...
Pope urges Armenia and Turkey to reconcile, shun vengeance (Updated)
Pope Francis urged Armenia and Turkey on Saturday to seek reconciliation and to shun “the illusory power of vengeance” a century after 1.5 million Armenians...
Pope on visit to Armenia cites ‘genocide’, likely to anger Turkey
Pope Francis departed from his prepared text on Friday to use the word ‘genocide’ to describe the mass killings of Armenians in 1915, a description...
Merkel rejects Turkish comments after Armenia genocide resolution
Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed as “incomprehensible” accusations levied by Turkey against German lawmakers of Turkish origin after Germany’s parliament passed a resolution declaring the 1915...
Merkel to skip disputed German vote on Armenia genocide (Updated)
By Paul Carrel Chancellor Angela Merkel has public commitments that mean she will miss a disputed vote in Germany’s parliament on Thursday on a resolution...
Nagorno-Karabakh says one of its soldiers killed by Azeri gunfire
Nagorno-Karabakh’s defence ministry said on Friday that one of its soldiers died late on Thursday after he was hit by gunfire from Azerbaijan’s forces. Dozens...
Azerbaijan reports more losses as Nagorno-Karabakh fighting rumbles on
Sixteen Azeri servicemen have been killed in fighting around the Armenian-backed breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region in the past two days, Azerbaijan‘s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, as...
Azerbaijan says three of its servicemen killed in Nagorno-Karabakh clashes (Updated)
By Nailia Bagirova and Hasmik Mkrtchyan BAKU/YEREVAN, April 4 (Reuters) – Azerbaijan said three of its soldiers were killed on Monday in clashes over the...
Azerbaijan says will stop fighting Armenian-backed troops over region (Updated)
By Hasmik Mkrtchyan Azerbaijan said on Sunday it would stop fighting Armenian-backed troops over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region after two days of renewed clashes killed...
