Armenian Female Activist Freed After Uproar
Naira Bulghadarian Azatutyun.am Lidya Mantashian stands trial in Yerevan, August 20, 2025. One week after extending her arrest again, an Armenian judge agreed on Thursday to free the only female defendant
Тhree Armenians sentenced to life in Crimea bridge case
Panarmenian.net Three Armenians — Artyom and Grigor Azatyan, and truck driver Artur Terjanyan — have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Crimea Bridge terrorism case. The verdict was delivered
Armenia and Israel declared their readiness to intensify relations – Foreign Ministry
YEREVAN /ARKA/ — The 12th political consultations between the Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Israel took place last Thursday in Jerusalem. Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan represented
Armenian parliament speaker publicizes death toll from 44-day war of 2020
news.am A total of 3,833 people, including 78 civilians and 3,755 servicemen, were killed as a result of the 44-day war of 2020, Armenia’s National Assembly speaker, Alen Simonyan, wrote on Facebook.
Armenian bishops say Catholicos tries to hide video evidence
panarmenian.net A group of senior clergy — archbishops and bishops — issued a statement accusing the Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, of attempting to cover up and block any action regarding
Armenia premier: I intend to be candidate for prime minister in upcoming elections
news.am I intend to be the prime ministerial candidate of the Civil Contract Party in the 2026 parliamentary elections, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told a press briefing Thursday. He assured
Armenia’s concessions to Azerbaijan turn into capitulation, but peace still not coming
news.am The Past newspaper reported: Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan continues to insist that he has supposedly brought peace to Armenia. Yet there are no clear arguments as to why the current situation
Lawyer: bishops couldn’t receive expert findings
Panarmenian.net Arsen Babayan, attorney representing Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, responded on Facebook to media reports attributed to a group of bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church, challenging
Azerbaijan, Vatican discuss expanding cooperation
Visiting Azerbaijani foreign minister, Vatican official review bilateral ties, cultural projects, and COP29 preparations Alperen Aktas, Anadolu Agency Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov on
Human rights advocates decry Armenian government crackdown on Christian church
Peter Flew, a lawyer and writer, says at a congressional briefing Nov. 20, 2025, that he collected evidence and witness statements regarding government persecution of the Apostolic Church in Armenia.
