With just over three months remaining before parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday announced an upcoming increase in Armenia’s modest pensions, a move
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EU Plans Election Team Deployment Spark Opposition Alarm in Armenia
Raising fresh concerns among Armenian opposition figures about possible vote manipulation, the European Union is preparing to deploy a “hybrid rapid response team” to counter
Strong Armenia Names Samvel Karapetyan as PM Candidate
The “Strong Armenia” party’s candidate for prime minister will be businessman Samvel Karapetyan, who is currently under house arrest, his nephew Narek Karapetyan announced. Narek
AECOM Arrives in Armenia to Launch TRIPP Studies Amid Record of Contracting Controversies
A team from the American engineering and consulting giant AECOM has visited Armenia to begin site investigation work for TRIPP, according to the U.S. Embassy
Kocharyan: Armenia Needs a Sovereign Strategy in a Harder, Multipolar World
Robert Kocharyan, the Second President of the Republic of Armenia, delivered an extensive assessment of the emerging global order and Armenia’s strategic choices during meetings
Narek Karapetyan to Lead New Political Party’s Election List
Sources say Narek Karapetyan, nephew of Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, will lead his newly formed opposition movement in Armenia’s June parliamentary elections. Karapetyan launched the
Pashinyan’s Party Moves to Restrict Election Monitors
Extraordinary Session Called on Short Notice The Armenian Parliament on Friday convened an extraordinary session to debate controversial amendments to the Electoral Code that would
ALC Executive Director Siranush Sahakyan Calls Prisoner Release an Unequal, Transactional Deal
(Horizon Weekly) – Siranush Sahakyan, an international law specialist, prisoners’ rights representative at the European Court of Human Rights, and Executive Director of the Armenian Legal
Lilit Galstyan sent letters to OSCE PA officials presenting the picture of democracy and repression in Armenia
Article translated from ARFD.am In late December, as Vice-Chair of the Socialist and Social-Democratic Group of the OSCE PA and a permanent/opposition member of the
Visa-Free Promises, No Timeline: Armenians Still Stuck in Schengen Lines
Sixteen months after the European Union formally launched visa liberalization talks with Armenia, the central question remains unanswered: when, if ever, will Armenians be able