9+ hour, 47+ min ago  (442+ words) Businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian denounced the Armenian authorities on Wednesday for effectively shutting down dozens of his companies as part of a post-election crackdown promised by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. Law-enforcement authorities searched and sealed off their offices…...

13+ hour, 40+ min ago  (439+ words) Armenian law-enforcement authorities have not prosecuted any of their officers in connection with the death of a man arrested two months ago for tearing down an election campaign poster of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s party. The incident occurred in Nshavan,…...

12+ hour ago  (220+ words) The U.S. State Department has appointed a Russian-born American entrepreneur as chairman of a $200 million fund tasked with facilitating the creation of a U.S.-run transit corridor passing through Armenia. U.S. Vice President JD Vance mentioned the establishment of the Tripp+ Enterprise Fund…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (480+ words) Hundreds more workers of companies owned by jailed businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian protested on Tuesday against their effective closure by the Armenian authorities. In a post-election crackdown promised by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, Tsarukian was arrested on July…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (307+ words) Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, visited the Iranian Embassy in Yerevan on Monday to pay respects to Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following his burial last week. The Armenian Church’s Mother See…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (402+ words) The European Union on Monday officially launched a new mission to Armenia which it said will help the Armenian government cope with “hybrid threats” emanating from abroad, presumably Russia. “Specifically, the mission will provide strategic advice, technical expertise and institutional…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (329+ words) The judge presiding over Robert Kocharian’s ongoing trial insisted on Friday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s recent pledges to jail the former Armenian president leading a major opposition group will not influence his decisions. Campaigning for the June 7 parliamentary elections,…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (345+ words) Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has made clear that he remains committed to opening a U.S.-run transit corridor for Azerbaijan along Armenia’s border with Iran “as soon as possible” despite Tehran’s lingering concerns. “We are transparent in this matter and are…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (530+ words) Armenia’s leading university has fired a prominent pro-opposition lawyer, the latest in a series of sackings of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s critics or their relatives working in the public sector. Ruben Melikian has taught law at Yerevan State University (YSU)…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (394+ words) Right after an angry protest staged by its employees, the Armenian government on Thursday allowed the country’s largest cement plan owned by Gagik Tsarukian to resume operations disrupted by a government crackdown on the prominent businessman and opposition leader. Tsarukian…...