Riot police unexpectedly left a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province on Tuesday after its mayor said that authorities suspended preparations for the handover of adjacent territory to Azerbaijan amid antigovernment protests approaching Yerevan.
An outspoken archbishop and his supporters began marching on Saturday to Yerevan from a border village in the northern Tavush province that has been the epicenter of two-week protests against the Armenian government’s territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.
The Armenian government began handing over border areas to Azerbaijan on Tuesday amid continuing protests staged by residents of adjacent communities in Armenia’s northern Tavush province concerned about their security.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has touted the latest border arrangement with Azerbaijan, praising the fact that the two bitter South Caucasus rivals “have, for the first time, resolved an issue at a negotiating table.”
Residents of several Armenian communities in the northeastern Tavush province began protests late on Friday after the authorities of Armenia and Azerbaijan announced a border delimitation deal under which Baku will regain control of four formerly Azeri-populated villages in the area.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday held more meetings with concerned residents of two villages in Armenia’s northeastern Tavush province adjacent to border areas which he seems intent on handing over to Azerbaijan.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian appears to be facing mounting backlash from residents of villages in Armenia’s northern Tavush province adjacent to contested border areas which he wants to hand over to Azerbaijan.
Armenia must cede more territory to Azerbaijan to avoid another attack by its neighbor, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian told residents of Armenian border villages that would be gravely affected by that unilateral concession.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian met on Monday with concerned residents of two villages in Armenia’s northern Tavush province adjacent to border areas which he seems intent on handing over to Azerbaijan.
Two senior Armenian officials were sacked on Thursday one day after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian witnessed the poor quality of construction financed by his government during a visit to northern Lori province.
Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party replaced the opposition mayor of a major community in northern Lori province by one of its members on Tuesday through a vote of no confidence condemned by its political opponents as illegal.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party has moved to oust the mayor of a major community in Armenia’s northern Lori province affiliated with an opposition group.
An Armenian military officer was arrested and charged with negligence on Thursday in connection with last week’s deaths of 15 soldiers.
Police in the northern Armenian city of Vanadzor have clashed with several local residents and seriously injured one of them after accusing them of interfering with a motorcade carrying Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
A construction company managed by parliament speaker Alen Simonian’s brother has won its ninth government contract this year amid growing questions about integrity in public procurement in Armenia.
The mayor of a town in northern Armenia controversially arrested last year has been released from custody immediately after deciding to step down despite his victory in a recent local election.
Some low-paid workers in Armenia on Friday deplored Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s claims that they have only themselves to blame for their modest incomes.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party prevailed in only half of 18 communities across Armenia that elected their local government bodies over the weekend.
The opposition-linked mayor of a large village in Armenia’s northern Lori province was arrested late on Wednesday ahead of local elections slated for this fall.
A brother of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian is the executive director of a small hydroelectric power plant in northern Armenia whose former owners sold it for just 50,000 drams ($120) last year, official records show.
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