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Monday Commentary: A week is a long time in politics – in Armenia, last week felt like a decade

24 April 2018

"No Armenian politician can take the Armenian people for granted any more. They have won against all the odds", writes Dennis sammut in this week's Monday commentary

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Serzj Sargsyan resigns as Armenian prime minister

24 April 2018

Serzj Sargsyan,who has been Armenia's strongman for over a decade has resigned from the post of prime minister following days of street protests in the capital Yerevan and throughout the country.

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Nato parliamentarians meet in Batumi to discuss Black Sea Security

23 April 2018

Addressing the gathering of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Georgian president Giorgi Margvelashvili called on NATO to implement countermeasures against Russia's renewed cold war approach

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EU calls for immediate release of arrested Armenian protestors

23 April 2018

"All those who have been detained while exercising their fundamental right of assembly in accordance with the law must be released immediately", said a statement issued in Brussels by the European Union

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Armenian opposition leaders arrested

22 April 2018

In the operation to arrest Pashinyan the police used stun grenades. At least two other members of parliament from the oppostion Yelk Bloc, as well many others have also been taken into custody.

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Sargsyan-Pashinyan talks collapse after a few minutes

22 April 2018

A meeting between Armenian prime minister Serzj Sargsyan and the leader of protestors calling for his resignation, Nikol Pashinyan, lasted only a few minutes and was ended abruptly by the Prime Minister who walked out.

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Armenian president makes surprise appearance at opposition rally in an effort to broker talks

22 April 2018

Early on Sunday morning, Armenia media, including those close to the government reported, that talks have now been agreed and that Sargsyan and Pashanyan will meet on Sunday morning at the Marriott Hotel.

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Novruz Mammadov appointed prime minister of Azerbaijan

21 April 2018

Mammadov has been part of Azerbaijan's ruling circle for a long time. He has headed the Foreign Relations Department of the Presidential Administration since 1997 and was appointed Assistant to the President for Foreign Affairs in 2017. He was also the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration.

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In Armenia, protestors insist on resignation of Sargsyan and new elections

21 April 2018

Demonstrations and street protests in Armenia gathered momentum on Friday (20 April) with protestors blocking traffic in large parts of the capital Yerevan, before gathering for an evening rally in the centre of the city, an event which observers say attracted up to 50,000 people.

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Monday Commentary: A week is a long time in politics – in Armenia, last week felt like a decade

Serzj Sargsyan resigns as Armenian prime minister

Nato parliamentarians meet in Batumi to discuss Black Sea Security

EU calls for immediate release of arrested Armenian protestors

Armenian opposition leaders arrested

Sargsyan-Pashinyan talks collapse after a few minutes

Armenian president makes surprise appearance at opposition rally in an effort to broker talks

Novruz Mammadov appointed prime minister of Azerbaijan

In Armenia, protestors insist on resignation of Sargsyan and new elections