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Yerevan Defends Failure To React To Azeri Trials Of Former Karabakh Leaders

Jan 20, 2025 | azatutyun.am | Gayane Saribekian

The defendants include three former Karabakh presidents and Ruben Vardanyan, an Armenian-born billionaire and philanthropist who briefly served as Karabakh premier in 2022-2023. Also standing trial are eight other Karabakh Armenians who were likewise captured by Azerbaijan during and after its September 2023 military offensive that forced Karabakh’s entire population to flee to Armenia.
Armenian Minister Downplays Rise In Gun Violence

Jan 16, 2025 | azatutyun.am | Artak Khulian

Police data released by her shows that the total number of such crimes rose from 94 in 2023 to 109 in 2024. They soared by 40 percent in 2023. “The 15 more cases may seem a lot, but crimes committed with firearms account for only 0.3 percent of our overall crime statistics,” Sargsian told a news conference.
Security Analysts Downplay New U.S.-Armenian Agreement

Jan 15, 2025 | azatutyun.am | Gayane Saribekian |Karlen Aslanian

The agreement took the form of the charter of a newly established U.S.-Armenia Strategic Partnership Commission signed by outgoing U.S. Secretary of States Antony Blinken and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Tuesday. Blinken described it as a “framework to expand our bilateral cooperation in a number of key areas,” including defense and security.
Armenian Defense Chief Hopeful About Regional Peace

Jan 15, 2025 | azatutyun.am | Artak Khulian

Aliyev threatened last week to put an end to “fascism” in Armenia and to forcibly open a land corridor through Armenia’s strategic Syunik region to Azerbaijan’s Nakhichevan exclave. Critics of the Armenian government have portrayed his statement as a further indication that Baku is gearing up for a large-scale invasion of Armenia. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has likewise suggested that Aliyev may be preparing the ground for “unhindered aggression” against his country.
Government Signals Fresh Deadline For Drafting New Constitution

Jan 14, 2025 | azatutyun.am | Gayane Saribekian

Galian is the current head of the Constitutional Reform Council that was formed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in 2022 with the initial aim of proposing amendments to the current Armenian constitution. Pashinian changed the ad hoc body’s mandate last May, saying that it must draft a “new constitution” from scratch before January 2027.
Former Pashinian Ally Sees Early Elections In Armenia

Jan 13, 2025 | azatutyun.am | Gayane Saribekian

“I don’t predict, I’m sure that there will be early elections,” Hovik Aghazarian told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service. Aghazarian refused to give a detailed reasoning for his claim. He said only that due to external challenges facing Armenia and for “other reasons” as well Pashinian and Civil Contract would stand a better chance of winning an early vote than a regular one due in June 2026. Neither Pashinian nor senior members of his party have publicly hinted at the possibility of an early ballot so far.
Russia Warns Of Heavy Cost Of Armenia’s EU Membership Bid

Jan 10, 2025 | azatutyun.am | Artak Khulian

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said late on Thursday that possible accession to the EU is “incompatible” with Armenia’s continued membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), a Russian-led trade bloc that gives it tariff-free access to Russia’s vast market. The South Caucasus nation would also have to pay much more for Russian energy resources and food, he said.
Iranian Security Chief Visits Armenia, Azerbaijan

Jan 9, 2025 | azatutyun.am | Ruzanna Stepanian

Ali Akbar Ahmadian, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, arrived in the Armenian capital the previous night from Baku where met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The meeting took place the day after Aliyev renewed his threats to forcibly open a land corridor to Azerbaijan’s Nakhichevan exclave through Syunik, the only Armenian province bordering Iran. Official readouts of it did not mention the issue.
Armenian Government Backs EU Membership Bid

Jan 9, 2025 | azatutyun.am | Artak Khulian

The government backed a bill on the “start of a process of Armenia's accession to the European Union” drafted by several pro-Western political and civic groups. Those groups largely loyal to Pashinian collected last year 60,000 signatures in support of their demands for a referendum on joining the EU. Armenian law requires the country’s parliament to formally debate the resulting bill.
Armenian Government Tries To Reclaim $6 Million Spent On Failed Snoop Dogg Show

Jan 8, 2025 | azatutyun.am | Artak Khulian

The Armenian government said on Wednesday that it has told a private entertainment company to return almost $6 million in government funding it received in 2023 to organize U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg’s concert in Yerevan that never took place. The concert was originally scheduled for September 23, 2023. It was cancelled two days after Azerbaijan launched on September 19, 2023 a military offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh that forced the region’s entire population to flee to Armenia.