Armenia

May 31, 2026 16:00

• Teachers and students of a rural school are involved in campaigning for Armenia's ruling party.

  Teachers from a school in the village of Byurakan, wearing ruling party t-shirts, attended a campaign event led by the governor of the Aragatsotn region. Children also attended. The acting principal of the school described the teachers' participation in the rally as an "expression of gratitude" for not having to pay for their employment.

May 31, 2026 13:04

• A school principal in Armenia has rejected the idea that teachers are being recruited for a propaganda campaign.

  The invitation to teachers to a meeting with a representative of Armenia's ruling party wasn't a use of administrative resources, but rather a notification of the opportunity to personally ask questions of the governor, explained the headmistress of a school in the village of Byurakan.

May 31, 2026 04:55

• Karapetyan filed a lawsuit against the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Simonyan.

  Strong Armenia bloc leader Samvel Karapetyan filed a lawsuit against Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan, who called him a foreign intelligence officer, demanding a retraction and compensation.

May 30, 2026 23:59

• The topics of Karabakh and Azerbaijan have become key in the campaigning of Armenian politicians.

  During his election campaign, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared that the end of Nagorno-Karabakh was inevitable, while his opponents blamed him for making concessions in negotiations with Azerbaijan.

May 30, 2026 17:00

• Following farmers' protests, Armenian authorities have recommended selling tomatoes on the domestic market.

  A representative of the Armenian Ministry of Economy met with farmers in the village of Arshaluys in the Armavir region, who had blocked the road the previous day due to the lack of a market for their tomatoes following Russia's import ban. He recommended that they sell their harvest at designated markets in Yerevan. The farmers countered that the journey was time-consuming, and prices were low due to tomato imports from Iran.

May 30, 2026 16:00

• Armenia's Central Election Commission upheld the observer's accreditation.

  The request by the leader of the Enlightened Armenia party to revoke the accreditation of Daniel Ioannisyan, a representative of the Independent Observer coalition and the Union of Informed Citizens public organization, for the elections was dismissed.

May 30, 2026 02:55

• Analysts have estimated the reserves of rare earth metals in the South Caucasus.

  Armenia has significant rare earth element reserves, but US interest in this area is also driven by political reasons, which is why the memorandum was signed. Georgia has even larger reserves, but no similar agreements exist with the US. Azerbaijan, however, has no specific rare earth metal deposits.

May 30, 2026 02:49

• Osipyan called on Armenian citizens to seek justice for Karabakh refugees.

  Nikol Pashinyan must apologize to all internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh for his remarks about "fleeing," as it was his policies that led to the mass exodus of Armenians from the region, said arrested activist Artur Osipyan. The opposition leader continues his hunger strike in prison.

May 29, 2026 23:33

• Pashinyan and Kocharyan shared their versions of the past with voters

  Civil Contract and Alliance Armenia appealed to the past in their May 29 campaign: Nikol Pashinyan's political force criticized its predecessors, while Robert Kocharyan recalled his own achievements. Strong Armenia and Prosperous Armenia tried to attract voters with promises of a prosperous future.

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