Armenia bars entry of diaspora leader over an ‘attack’ on PM
French-Armenian Mourad Papazian had reportedly attacked Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s motorcade in France.
Armenian opposition figure accused of hiring protestors released on bail
Avetik Chalabyan is accused of offering bribes to students to take part in anti-government protests.
Yerevan City Hall to blast musical alarm every morning
The Mayor of Yerevan announced plans to play music from the City Hall’s clock tower every morning.
Armenian Health Ministry proposes forced sterilisation of people with disabilities
Ammendments proposed by the ministry would allow courts to order the sterlisation of people with intellectual disabilities.
Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers meet in Tbilisi
The meeting was the first bilateral meeting of its kind since the end of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Opposition outrage following Armenian film producer’s death in court
Armen Grigoryan, a controversial producer and opposition figure, was on trial for calls for violence and hate speech.
Armenian government U-turns on expelling opposition MPs
The Civil Contract party had intended to strip 33 opposition MPs of their posts for their absences from parliamentary sessions.
A strong dram and rising inflation leave Armenians in a bind
Following Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, a strong dram has hurt Armenian exporters while inflation has continued to skyrocket.
Ground broken for massive Christ statue in Armenia
The statue is designed to be 33-metres high and will be set on a pedestal at least twice its height.
Canadian statement on new Yerevan embassy sparks Russian ire
‘One cannot but wonder how such a line will affect the well-being and security of the Armenian people’, reads the response from the Russian embassy.