Armenia

June 18, 2025 16:08

• Armenian NSS conducts search at billionaire Samvel Karapetyan’s house in Yerevan

  The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia conducted a search at the Yerevan house of Samvel Karapetyan, an owner of the “Tashir” Group of Companies, after the businessman had expressed his support for the Armenian Apostolic Church. Forty-five people were detained near the Samvel Karapetyan’s house. The Armenian Apostolic Church and the opposition condemned the persecution of Samvel Karapetyan.

June 16, 2025 17:53

• Protest of Armenian villagers results in detentions and female journalist beating

  Residents of the Armenian village of Kasakh tried to block the highway during their protest against the change in the bus route; law enforcers prevented them and detained 11 people. One of the policemen hit a female journalist; the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported his dismissal.

June 16, 2025 15:39

• Armenian authorities commit to repaying mortgages for families of Karabakh residents killed in 44-day war

  During negotiations with the Council for the Protection of the Nagorno-Karabakh People’s Rights, the Armenian government has promised to take on the repayment of the mortgages for the families of soldiers and officers killed in the 2020 war who purchased apartments using certificates from the Nagorno-Karabakh government.

June 14, 2025 17:13

• Former Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan detained

  Hovik Abrahamyan, the former Speaker of the Parliament and former Prime Minister of Armenia, has been detained on the charge of money laundering.

June 09, 2025 14:38

• Armenian authorities accept a number of proposals from Council for Protection of Nagorno-Karabakh People’s Rights

  Activists from the Council for the Protection of the Nagorno-Karabakh People’s Rights succeeded in convincing the Armenian government of the need to accept a number of proposals to provide internally displaced persons (IDPs) with housing. However, the most important proposals have been rejected.

June 04, 2025 15:51

• Nagorno-Karabakh parliament not decided on presidential candidates

  The factions of the National Assembly of Nagorno-Karabakh have not nominated a single candidate for the presidency of the unrecognized republic three weeks after the termination of the Samvel Shakhramanyan’s powers.

June 01, 2025 17:24

• Pashinyan's statements about AAHC result in demand for apologies

  The insults to the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church (AAHC) and interference into its activities by the Prime Minister of Armenia are unacceptable, politicians and churchmen have stated, demanding an apology. The "Ayakve" Initiative has demanded that a criminal case be opened against Nikol Pashinyan.

May 30, 2025 18:02

• Book about refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh presented in Yerevan

  More than a hundred stories of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh are collected in the book entitled “Artsakh: Blockade and Forced Displacement in Human Stories”. The facts presented in the book should become evidence in international courts, journalists claim.

May 26, 2025 18:37

• Law enforcers ban Russian activist from leaving Armenia

  Mark Serov, an activist from the city of Kazan, who lives in Georgia, was detained at the Armenian-Georgian border. After that, he was released under the recognizance not to leave the place; he cannot leave Armenia; in Russia, he is wanted within a case of vandalism motivated by political hatred.

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