Topic: Velvet Revolution

WASHINGTON — Lilit Makunts was appointed as Armenia’s minister of culture on May 12. During a visit to the United States at the end of June she spoke about her[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Yerevan police are investigating a kidnapping and assault case involving Narek Sargsyan, the 31-year-old son of Alexander Sargsyan — the younger brother of former President Serzh Sargsyan.[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Former Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan has decided to resign as first deputy chairman of the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), it was announced on Tuesday,[...]

YEREVAN (Combined Sources) — Law-enforcement authorities confiscated a further $1 million worth of cash from a man who has long been former President Serzh Sargsyan’s chief bodyguard when they arrested him[...]

If you were thinking the Velvet Revolution was a colorful movement, the post-revolution period has become even more so. One can consider the situation entertaining if it were not so[...]

A nightmarish scenario is unfolding in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh): while David Babayan, a spokesperson for the president of the republic warns of “concentrations of Azerbaijani Army units where they were[...]

It is very refreshing to be in Armenia these days, to breathe the fresh air of the spring and feel the happiness and euphoria which are palpable everywhere. There is[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — A close associate of Nikol Pashinyan has insisted that wealthy businesspeople linked to the outgoing Armenian government will not risk losing their assets after the opposition leader’s[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress and RFE/RL) — The Armenian parliament voted to elect opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan prime minister on Tuesday, May 8, nearly one month after he launched sustained anti-government protests[...]

BELMONT, Mass. – The Armenian Renaissance movement Boston chapter organized a discussion on the dramatic developments in Armenia on April 30, a day prior to a first attempt at parliamentary[...]