No to Peace

Tens of thousands of Armenians protested in the capital Yerevan demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation because of his proposal to bring peace with neighboring rival Azerbaijan, Politico reported. Riot police established barriers between protesters and government buildings as more demonstrators poured into the capital over...

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He Said, She Said

Talks between Azerbaijani officials and the ethnic Armenian community in Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave that Azerbaijan recently seized from Armenia in a brief war in 2020, are “encouraging news,” the European Union’s special representative for the South Caucasus told Radio Free Europe recently. Even so, five people...

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No Winners

Armenian authorities arrested dozens of protesters this week amid daily protests of thousands against a planned peace agreement with neighboring Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Radio Free Europe reported Thursday. Anti-government protests have been taking place since last month after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian...

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A Caucasian Puzzle

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian recently resigned from office because he felt that he possessed too little power. "The president does not have the necessary tools to influence the radical processes of domestic and foreign policy in these difficult times for the country…," Sarkissian said, according...

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Ceremonial Duties

Armenian lawmakers elected former minister of high-technology industry, Vanagh Khachatrian, as the country’s new president, following the resignation of his predecessor over the lack of power in the presidency, Radio Free Europe reported Thursday. Khachatrian won 71 votes in the second round of balloting and is...

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