This is Beirut, 27/06 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A scuffle broke out in Armenia on Friday between clergymen and police, part of an escalating standoff between the influential Church and the Caucasian nation's authorities. The two sides have been at loggerheads since Catholicos Garegin II -- the church's spiritual leader -- began calling for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign over ...
Sarah Martin, 26/06 21:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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A political bombshell in an already turbulent Armenia. On June 26, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian, a rising figure in the opposition, was placed in pre-trial detention in Yerevan. As leader of the Srbazan Paykar (“Sacred Struggle”) movement, he stands accused of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government by force. ...
This is Beirut, 26/06 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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An Armenian court on Thursday sent an influential cleric into a two-month pre-trial detention on coup attempt charges, a day after authorities claimed to foil a plot to overthrow the government. Authorities on Wednesday arrested Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, a charismatic senior church figure opposing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, along with ...
This is Beirut, 25/06 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday said security forces had foiled a coup plot involving a senior cleric, amid his escalating standoff with the leadership of the powerful Apostolic Church. Pashinyan has been at loggerheads with senior clerics since 2020, when Catholicos Garegin II began calling for his resignation following ...
This is Beirut, 10/06 13:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Calls for peace with Azerbaijan stir debate in Armenia over national sacrifice.
This is Beirut, 26/03 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Armenia's parliament passed a bill Wednesday launching Yerevan's bid for European Union membership, as the historically Russia-allied country drifts further away from Moscow's orbit. The landlocked Caucasus nation has grown increasingly close to the West, frustrated by what it says was Moscow's failure to protect it from arch-foe ...
This is Beirut, 14/03 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Top European Union officials on Friday congratulated Armenia and Azerbaijan for finalising a peace deal to end their decades-long conflict, and urged them to sign the treaty soon. Baku and Yerevan, who fought two wars for control of Azerbaijan's Armenian-populated region of Karabakh, said they had wrapped up talks on Thursday. "The announcements ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-23 14:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Armenian Defense minister Suren Papikian announced on Friday that his country has signed an arms contract with France in order to deter "possible strikes by potential aggressors" against civilians. France signed commitments to sell precision rifles to Armenia and train Armenian military officers, their defense ministers said Friday, as Yerevan ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-22 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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French Minister of Defense Sébastien Lecornu is traveling to Yerevan on February 22 and 23 to strengthen the defense relationship between the two countries. France and Armenia have been forging closer ties on security issues since October 2023. French Minister of Defense Sebastien Lecornu is traveling to Armenia on Thursday for a two-day visit ...