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Hundreds of protesters were gathering in central Yerevan on December 7 to demonstrate against the declared results of a referendum on whether to change Armenia’s constitution -- transforming the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system of government.
Polls have opened in Armenia as voters weigh in on a referendum on a government-backed proposal to switch from a presidential to a parliamentary form of government.
At least 3,000 protesters have rallied in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, against proposed constitutional reforms they say could extend President Serzh Sarkisian's hold on power.
Some 2,000 protesters have rallied in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, against constitutional reforms proposed by the government.
The head of the EU delegation to Armenia has expressed confidence that planned negotiations on a new comprehensive political and economic agreement between the bloc and Yerevan won't be derailed by "a third party's negative involvement."
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has signed a decree setting December 6 as the date for the country’s referendum to change the constitution in order to establish a parliamentary republic.
The Armenian parliament has voted to hold a referendum to change the constitution in order to establish a parliamentary republic.
Armenia has called on international organizations to get involved in the situation along the border with Azerbaijan, where Yerevan says three civilians were killed and two wounded by Azerbaijani gunfire on September 24.
Police in Yerevan used force early on September 12 to push scores of demonstrators out of a central street they were blocking to protest a recent electricity price hike.
Hundreds of people have occupied a key street in central Yerevan in renewed protests against a recent electricity price hike in Armenia.
The trial date for a Russian soldier suspected of killing an Armenian family of seven has been set.
The Armenian government says it will use money from the sale of one of the country's largest power-generating facilities to subsidize a new increase in the price of electricity.
Activists gathering in the central square of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, this week pledged to keep up the pressure on authorities to reverse their decision to raise electricity prices next month.
Dozens of people protesting against rising electricity tariffs have gathered on a central square of the Armenian capital, Yerevan.
Armenia has made publics parts of the proposed constitutional changes that would transform the current national political system into a parliamentarian form of government.
The Russian owned firm that owns Armenia's electricity grid has been fined $126,000 for what state regulators in Yerevan have described as a violation of consumer rights.
Armenian police have removed protesters from an avenue in central Yerevan occupied by demonstrators protesting against electricity price hikes.
Protesters in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, campaigning against electricity price hikes have issued new demands to authorities.
Thousands of antigovernment demonstrators in the Armenian capital continue to protest on Yerevan's central Baghramian Avenue despite calls by police to leave the avenue.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has vowed financial help to Armenians to deal with a planned electricity price hike that has sparked protests mainly in the capital.
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