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Thousands of people took to the streets of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on Thursday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. His government announced last month it would cede several uninhabited border villages to its neighbour and long-time rival Azerbaijan. The move is seen as an important milestone on the road to peace between the countries which have fought two wars since the collapse of the Soviet Union. But the decision has angered many, with opposition politicians accusing the prime minister of giving up territory with no guarantees. The protesters had walked about...
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Police in Armenia's northeastern Tavush Province have forcefully pushed protesters and their cars off a road they had been blockading since late on 19 April.
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Russian forces are being withdrawn from Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, where they have been stationed as peacekeepers since the end of a war in 2020, officials of both countries confirmed on Wednesday. Hikmet Hajiyev, the head of foreign policy in Azerbaijan’s presidential administration, did not say why the forces were being withdrawn. But he said their presence appeared superfluous after Azerbaijan regained full control of the region last year. The Karabakh region had been under the control of ethnic Armenians until a war in 2020 that resulted in Azerbaijan regaining control of parts of the r...
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As Russia's war against Ukraine passes the two-year mark, yet another country is trying to leave Moscow's sphere of influence: Armenia. The European Parliament has recently backed a motion calling for Armenia’s candidacy for EU membership, based on common values such as democracy, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms. However, there is still a long way to go, especially as Yerevan's new Western course does not correspond with the realities of the EU's sanctions policy towards Russia, as current trade figures show. A few days ago, the EU adopted its 13th package of sanctions a...
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NATO's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that presidential elections in Russia were "neither free nor fair". Speaking at a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, Stoltenberg added that Russia's organisation of elections "in occupied parts of Georgia and Ukraine" was "completely illegal". "Georgia is facing complex security challenges. Russia persists in its pursuit of its imperial ambitions, and in Ukraine, the situation on the battlefield remains difficult. So, it is vital that we continue to step up our support," he added. Stoltenberg, who was in Georgia's capital as part of his S...
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Russian political activist, Yuri Alekseyev, moved to a remote region of Armenia in May 2022, shortly after Russia launched its so-called "special operation" in Ukraine. "As soon as the war started, I hung a 'No to War' banner near my house. I was immediately arrested. They gave me 15 days in jail. I served my time,” he said. Occasionally, the lawyer and programmer by profession leave his hut in the mountains to travel some 200 kilometres to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, where he protests against Vladimir Putin outside the Russian embassy. Watch the full report in the player above.
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Germany aimed to advance discussions on a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan by hosting the foreign ministers of the two countries in Berlin, on Wednesday. At a secluded government villa, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock welcomed Armenia's Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijan's Jeyhun Bayramov for what was scheduled as two days of negotiations. The latest talks followed a meeting on Feb. 17 between German Chancellor OIaf Scholz, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. Scholz underlined Ger...
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