Conflicts in the Caucasus

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Hrachya Rostomyan joins protests in Armenia

Hrachya Rostomyan joins protests in Armenia

Armenia's acting minister of sport and youth affairs Hrachya Rostomyan has resigned due to the decision of the Prosperous Party to join the protest against the ruling Republican Party of Armenia. In …

Soldiers join protests in Yerevan

Soldiers join protests in Yerevan

After a large-scale rally, which was held on the evening of April 22, today street protests started in Yerevan with renewed vigour. The students of the Yerevan State University joined the rally, the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza reports. …

 Almost all participants of anti-Sargsyan protests released

Almost all participants of anti-Sargsyan protests released

Almost 300 people, including three leaders of the opposition, have been detained in the Armenian capital Yerevan yesterday. "290 people were delivered to police stations since morning,” a police spokesman said, adding that …

Bagrat Asatryan: Armenia biased against Serge Sargsyan

Bagrat Asatryan: Armenia biased against Serge Sargsyan

Expressions of protest against the nomination of former President Serzh Sargsyan as candidate for Armenian prime minister have a completely objective basis - the citizens are tired of the ineffective leadership of the …

Protests in Armenia over activist's death in jail

Protests in Armenia over activist's death in jail

Protesters have demonstrated in the Armenian capital of Yerevan over the death in prison of an opposition activist. Over 1,000 people gathered Friday in downtown Yerevan for a second day to criticize the government and demand a proper …

Armed group in Yerevan releases two hostages

Armed group in Yerevan releases two hostages

The armed group in Armenia's capital city Yerevan released two medical staff, kept hostages, spokesperson of the Armenian healthcare ministry said on Sunday, TASS reports. "Doctor Norayr Tevanyan and nurse Malina Markaryan …

Matthew Bryza: Sasna Tsrer want to intimidate Sargsyan

Matthew Bryza: Sasna Tsrer want to intimidate Sargsyan

The former US Assistant Secretary for the South Caucasus, former US ambassador to Azerbaijan, Matthew Bryza, explained to Vestnik Kavkaza that the armed seizure of the patrol in Yerevan's Erebuni district by activists of the …

2 Yerevan police hostages released

2 Yerevan police hostages released

A mediator in the police hostage standoff in the Armenian capital is telling local media that two hostages have been released and that a tentative agreement on freeing the other two has been reached, Fox News reported. The standoff …

Police detained more than 100 protesters in Yerevan

Police detained more than 100 protesters in Yerevan

Police in Yerevan detained 136 people after dispersing protests that led to over 50 injuries. "Today 136 people were taken to the police station," the police press service said in a statement. Protesters threw rocks …

‘Sassoon braves’ changed the reality in Armenia

‘Sassoon braves’ changed the reality in Armenia

The capture of the police building in Yerevan's Erebuni district, though it is local and being doomed to failure, is changing the political reality in Armenia, the director of the Institute of Caucasus , Alexander …

Gunmen seized Yerevan police station refuse to surrender

Gunmen seized Yerevan police station refuse to surrender

The armed group that seized a police building in Armenia's capital Yerevan on Sunday is refusing to surrender, the Armenian National Security Service said. "Following lengthy negotiations night to July 18, one policeman …

Armenian Ambassador Yuri Vardanyan to visit Javakheti

Armenian Ambassador Yuri Vardanyan to visit Javakheti

Embassy of Armenia to Georgia is fully aware of the dispute between Armenian and Georgia youth, as well as the subsequent actions of the local police, which took place on the night of April 23rd and the morning of April 24th in Akhaltsikhe. …

Diaspora in California opposes anti-Azerbaijani bill

Diaspora in California opposes anti-Azerbaijani bill

The Azerbaijani Diaspora in California has sent a petition against an anti-Azerbaijan bill submitted to Congress by Congressman Christopher Smith to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, as well as …