The leader of the protest movement in Armenia, deputy of the opposition bloc “Yelk” Nikol Pashinyan became prime minister - his candidacy was supported by the majority of parliament members. Which team will he work with and what will he do first, he tells the BBC. "Thank you. I serve Armenia and the Armenian people,”...
In the elections of the prime minister, the Republican Party of Armenia will support the candidate nominated by deputies of the other three factions. And they have already announced that they will support the leader of the protest movement Nikol Pashinyan. The day before, the ruling party voted against it, and Pashinyan did not get the required 53 votes. “Armenia May 8...
The leader of the protest movement, head of the Yelk parliamentary faction Nikol Pashinyan has been officially approved as a contender for the post of Prime Minister of Armenia. Faction member Edmon Marukyan told Interfax reporters about this. Pashinyan promised that his first actions, if confirmed as prime minister, would be...
The new Prime Minister of Armenia may be elected already at a special session of the parliament, which is scheduled for May 1, the website of the National Assembly of the country reports. It has not yet been decided who exactly will be nominated for this position, but the protests in the country continue, writes the BBC. On Wednesday, locals ...
Two weeks ago, Nikol Pashinyan was just a noisy representative of a small opposition, relegated to the gallery of Armenian reality. Now he is the face of the Velvet Revolution, the man who challenged the most powerful politician in the country and defeated him in a matter of days. Pashinyan led protests against...
After almost two weeks of mass protests in Armenia, the prime minister and government resigned. Since April 13, mass protests have been held in Yerevan and other cities of the country against the appointment of Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister, who previously held the post of President of the country for 10 years. Support for the “velvet…
Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned. Participants of thousands of demonstrations in Yerevan during the last days demanded his departure. According to the BBC, TASS and Interfax report on Sargsyan's statement with reference to the prime minister's press service. In his address, Sargsyan, who took office ...
Mass anti-government protests resumed in Yerevan and other cities of Armenia on Saturday morning. This is the ninth day of protests against the appointment of former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister. Despite the arrest of hundreds of protesters in Yerevan the day before, hundreds of supporters of the opposition movement led by ...