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Armenians protest amid proposal for new general election
Apr 25, 2018 14:24Police took up positions in the center of the Armenian capital on Wednesday as tens of thousands of people protested against the ruling elite and the acting prime minister suggested new parliamentary elections to defuse the political crisis.
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PM Sargsyan resigns amid Armenia’s widening protests
Apr 23, 2018 12:12Armenia’s newly appointed Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan has bowed to widening public protests against his rule and resigned from his post.
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Armenia PM accuses opposition of ‘blackmail,’ cuts debate short
Apr 22, 2018 08:59Negotiations between Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan and opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan have collapsed, leaving the country in a state of limbo, as widespread protests against the former president’s appointment as premier enter the 10th day.
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Armenian police arrest more amid ongoing protests
Apr 20, 2018 10:48Police in Armenia have arrested scores of opposition supporters amid ongoing protests and sit-ins in the capital, Yerevan, against the parliament’s election of former President Serzh Sargsyan as prime minister.
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Protests continue against Armenia’s new PM Sargsyan
Apr 19, 2018 10:29Hundreds have again taken to the streets of the Armenian capital Yerevan to protest the parliament’s election of former president Serzh Sargsyan as prime minister.
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Armenians rally en masse after ex-president elected PM
Apr 18, 2018 08:25Tens of thousands of people in Armenia have taken to the streets in the capital, Yerevan, to protest the election by the parliament of former president Serzh Sargsyan as prime minister.
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Armenia’s new president sworn in as country becomes parliamentary republic
Apr 09, 2018 11:34Armen Sarkisian has been sworn in as Armenia's fourth president as the South Caucasus nation shifts to a parliamentary republic.
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Armenia scraps normalization deal with Turkey
Mar 03, 2018 01:52Armenia has scrapped a peace agreement it signed with Turkey in 2009 in a failed attempt to normalize relations between the two countries, the Armenian president's press service said on Thursday.
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Turkey summons Dutch envoy for Armenia ‘genocide’ vote
Feb 23, 2018 10:12Turkey summoned the Dutch charge d'affaires on Friday to complain about the Netherlands Parliament’s recognizing the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 as genocide, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
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Enhanced ties with neighbors Iran's priority: Foreign Minister Zarif
Nov 29, 2017 03:35Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic's foreign policy attaches importance to enhanced relations with neighboring countries, urging the development of political and economic cooperation with Armenia.