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Armenian police detained hundreds of anti-government protesters who attempted to block traffic in Yerevan as demonstrations continued over controversial territorial concessions made to neighboring Azerbaijan. More than 270 people were detained on May 27, according Armenia's Interior Ministry.
Boundary delimitations in northern Armenia have sparked mass protests in Yerevan as anti-government crowds call for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over concessions to Azerbaijan.
Rains have swollen rivers in the Armenian provinces of Lori and Tavush, killing at least four people in the country's worst flooding in decades. A bridge in the town of Alaverdi has collapsed. On May 26, RFE/RL filmed rescuers using improvised cables to transport items between the riverbanks.
Armenian police detained 137 people in the capital, Yerevam early on May 27 as demonstrators demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian resumed their protest.
Outspoken archbishop Bagrat Galstanian has announced his intention to challenge Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian for the premiership as he addressed tens of thousands of supporters who gathered in central Yerevan.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian met with residents in the village of Kirants on May 25 as part of his trip to several border communities involved in a controversial demarcation process that will see Azerbaijan regain control over the area. Locals fear they could lose everything.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian visited the northeastern province of Tavush on May 25 to meet with residents of several border communities where a controversial demarcation process with Azerbaijan was completed earlier this month.
Russia recalled its ambassador to Armenia for consultations on May 24 amid a continuing deterioration of relations between the two longtime allies.
Azerbaijan assumed control over four villages near the Armenian border on May 24 as part of a new agreement between the two nations on the delimitation and demarcation of the border.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian, who has emerged as the leader of Armenia’s border protests in recent weeks, traveled to the village of Kirants on May 20, exchanging embraces with residents of one of the settlements behind the massive protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s government.
Villagers in the Armenian village of Kirants on the border with Azerbaijan have expressed anger after a meeting with the local provincial governor of Tavush was held behind closed doors. Many locals are angry with a border deal under which four abandoned villages will return to Azerbaijani control.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has praised a border demarcation deal with neighboring Azerbaijan at a cabinet meeting in Yerevan as protesters outside called for his resignation.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian praised a controversial border demarcation deal with Azerbaijan as a great success in opening remarks to a cabinet meeting on May 16.
Yerevan's police have been trying to keep demonstrators away from the area where Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian is attending an international event on May 15.
Police barriers have been set up in areas of Yerevan leading to Freedom Square as activists calling for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian's resignation over a land deal with Azerbaijan pledged to form groups to march to the square, where Pashinian was expected to address an annual meeting of the EBRD.
Protests demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over a border demarcation deal with Azerbaijan continued in Yerevan on May 14. Police used force to arrest dozens of demonstrators blocking a central street in the Armenian capital.
A protest leader in Armenia has called for more anti-government protests against a controversial border demarcation agreement with Azerbaijan.
Thousands of Armenians rallied in Yerevan on March 12 in the latest in a string of antigovernment demonstrations. The protests' leader, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian, is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over a land deal that cedes some Armenian-held territory to Azerbaijan.
An outspoken archbishop challenging the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian told a rally in Yerevan that he would not avoid taking on new responsibilities -- including as a candidate for the premier’s post -- if his movement is able to bring about Pashinian’s impeachment in parliament.
At least 48 people have been detained in Yerevan for disobeying police orders as protests calling for the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian continue following word of a land deal last month with arch foe Azerbaijan, with more demonstrations planned for May 12.
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