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Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian and his supporters welcomed Armenian-American rock star Serj Tankian to Yerevan.
Tens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally called by Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian in Yerevan aimed at showing his popular support on the eve of a parliamentary vote on whether he should be prime minister.
Police in Yerevan have arrested a traffic police officer in the Armenian capital on charges that he killed two men -- a bank employee and another police officer -- while trying to rob a bank on May 3.
Armenian protest leader Nikol Pashinian has been officially nominated as a candidate for the post of prime minister in the upcoming vote on May 8, after he secured the backing of 41 lawmakers in the 105-seat parliament, a member of the Pashinian-led Yelk faction told RFE/RL on May 3.
Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian has told supporters that they can pause their protests, after the ruling Republican Party suggested it would back him to become the country's interim prime minister.
Supporters of opposition protest leader Nikol Pashinian flooded Gyumri city hall to demand the mayor of Armenia's second-largest city join their protest movement.
Tempers flared in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, after protesters blockaded the main road leading the city's Zvartnots Airport as part of a general strike in the country.
Armenian protest leader Nikol Pashinian called for a pause in the massive street demonstrations he has led after the ruling Republican Party indicated that it might support him for prime minister in a May 8 parliamentary vote.
Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian called for a general strike in response to parliament failing to elect him interim prime minister. His comments were carried live by RFE/RL's Armenian service, as he addressed mass crowds of supporters in Yerevan.
Thousands of people have gathered outside the Armenian parliament building in Yerevan to urge lawmakers to elect opposition leader Nikol Pashinian interim prime minister.
Armenia's parliament has voted against Nikol Pashinian as the country's next prime minister in a narrow 55-to-45 vote, prompting him to call on supporters to stage a general strike starting on May 2.
Protesters returned to the streets of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, a day before parliament votes to select the country's new interim prime minister.
Armenian lawmakers vote on May 1 to elect a new prime minister, with Nikol Pashinan -- the leader of massive street protests calling for change -- the only candidate officially nominated for the post.
Armenian protest leader Nikol Pashinian has been officially nominated by his Yelk alliance as the party’s candidate for prime minister a day before a vote in parliament on a new head of government after street protests forced the resignation of Serzh Sarkisian.
Armenia's ruling Republican Party has announced it will not nominate a candidate for prime minister, as opposition leader Nikol Pashinian called on Armenians to participate in large numbers in "peaceful civil-disobedience actions" in the next three days, and to "flood Yerevan's streets and squares" on May 1, when the parliament is scheduled to elect a new prime minister.
Armenian protest leader Nikol Pashinian has said "really free" elections must be the solution to his country's political crisis. Pashinian was speaking at a news conference in Yerevan on April 27.
The former junior partner in the Armenian ruling party’s coalition has urged all parliamentary factions to unite around a “single candidate” for prime minister ahead of a scheduled May 1 vote to decide on a new leader.
Armenian protest leader and member of parliament Nikol Pashinian led supporters on a march through Yerevan on April 26 after previously meeting leaders of other opposition parties whose support he is seeking to become interim prime minister.
Another large rally was held in central Yerevan on April 25 to demand that opposition leader Nikol Pashinian be made Armenia's interim prime minister ahead of snap elections.
Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian has dismissed any compromise with the ruling Republican Party (HHK) and claimed he is the only legitimate candidate for the prime minister's post, while the country's president refused to take sides but told RFE/RL that Armenia was on the path to becoming a "real democratic state."
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