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21.06.2021 / 05:49

Armenian PM’s party far ahead with partial election results

YEREVAN, Armenia - Partial results in Armenia’s snap parliamentary elections show a strong lead for the party of acting prime minister Nikol Pashinyan, who called the election in a bid to ease anger over a peace deal he signed with Azerbaijan.But as the count continued early Monday, the bloc of Pashinyan’s main rival said it wouldn’t accept the results until doubts about the vote were dispelled.The country’s elections commission said that with about 47% of the country’s precincts counted, Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party had 58% of the vote with former president Robert Kocharyan’s bloc in a distant second place with about 19%.

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Armenia to hold early parliamentary election in June

YEREVAN – Armenia’s prime minister on Thursday set an early parliamentary election for June as he sought to defuse the country’s political crisis.

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Armenian leader scores political point in spat with military

YEREVAN – Armenia's prime minister scored a political point Tuesday in his spat with the top military brass, advancing his motion to fire the country's top military officer.

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Armenia's political tensions heat up with rival rallies

YEREVAN – Political tensions in Armenia further heightened Monday with supporters of the embattled prime minister and the opposition planning massive rival rallies in the capital.

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Armenia's president refuses order to dismiss military chief

YEREVAN – About 15,000 protesters calling for the resignation of Armenia’s prime minister marched through the capital Saturday as pressure on the leader intensified after the country's president rejected his order to dismiss the chief of the military general staff.

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Armenian PM faces military's demand to resign, talks of coup

YEREVAN – Armenia's prime minister spoke of an attempted military coup Thursday after the military's General Staff demanded that he step down after months of protests sparked by the nation's defeat in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan.

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Armenian president stuck in London with coronavirus

Armenian President Armen Sarkisian has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self-isolating in London where he had been spending the New Year with his family, his office said today.

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Armenia's prime minister offers to discuss early election

YEREVAN – Armenia's prime minister said Friday he was ready to discuss the possibility of holding an early parliamentary election, but rejected opposition demands to step down over his handling of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. Opposition supporters have rallied for weeks, urging Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to step down over the Nov.

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Tens of thousands rally in Armenia demanding PMs resignation

YEREVAN – Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched across the Armenian capital Saturday to push for the resignation of the ex-Soviet nation's prime minister over his handling of the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.In six weeks of fierce fighting that ended with a Russia-brokered peace deal on Nov. 10, the Azerbaijani army reclaimed lands that Armenian forces have held for more than a quarter-century.

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Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to ceasefire after talks in Russia

YEREVAN, ARMENIA - OCTOBER 9, 2020: Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Russia's Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov (L-R) and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (R) take part i MOSCOW - Armenia and Azerbaijan say they have agreed to a ceasefire in the region of Nagorno-Karbakh (also known as Artsakh) starting at noon Saturday.The top diplomats from the two countries said in a statement that the truce is intended to exchange prisoners and recover the dead, adding that specific details will be agreed on later.The announcement follows 10 hours of talks between the diplomats in Moscow, which were sponsored by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

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System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian shares new song featuring lyrics written by Armenian Prime Minister

100 percent of the song's proceeds will go to the My Step Foundation in Armenia

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