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Participants in a two-month-old, civil-disobedience campaign demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over territorial concessions to archfoe Azerbaijan blocked streets in downtown Yerevan early on June 11.
Armenians angry over a land concession to Azerbaijan have set up tents in front of the parliament building in Yerevan. Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian has led the demonstrations, calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. Crowds faced off with police over the land deal.
More than a dozen tents blocked traffic on a main avenue outside Armenia's parliament on June 10 as supporters of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian pressed their demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian's government over its territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian has called on his supporters to stage nonstop street protests to force the ouster of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian's government over its territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.
Seven people were injured as an explosion occurred at an LNG station on a highway close to Yerevan late on June 6. Firefighters worked through the night to put out flames caused by an LNG tank blast and a criminal investigation has been launched to establish the cause of the incident.
Armenian Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian, who has become the face of anti-government protest actions, has called on supporters to gather early on June 3 in the capital, Yerevan, to continue demands for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Police scuffled with protesters and detained dozens in Yerevan during the latest anti-government demonstrations on May 31. The protesters, led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian, demanded that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian step down over a border deal that cedes some territory to Azerbaijan.
Former Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has been acquitted more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges that he rejected as politically motivated.
Armenian police scuffled with demonstrators and detained several of the activists as they rallied in the capital to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian has been calling for Pashinian's ouster over a border deal that cedes territory to Azerbaijan.
Business owners in the northern Armenian town of Alaverdi were taking stock of ruined goods after severe floods swept across the region. Hundreds of people have fled their homes, where utilities were cut off, while officials said deliveries of emergency food and clean water were under way.
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.
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