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Pashinyan urges military to stop coup attempts

Pashinyan urges military to stop coup attempts

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan ordered the military to "address their business" and defend the country’s borders. He gave the order at a rally in his support at the Republic Square. "I order all …

Kremlin voices concern over political crisis in Armenia

Kremlin voices concern over political crisis in Armenia

The Kremlin said on Thursday it was concerned by growing political tensions in Armenia after the army demanded Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resign in a move Pashinyan said looked like an attempted coup. Speaking to reporters on a …

Arthur Vanetsyan calls Nikol Pashinyan pseudo savior

Arthur Vanetsyan calls Nikol Pashinyan pseudo savior

Today, at the founding congress of the Hayrenik party,  a rogue politician, former head of the National Security Council of Armenia, Arthur Vanetsyan called the current Armenian authorities led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan …

Pashinyan's family caught mass buying black caviar

Pashinyan's family caught mass buying black caviar

Chairman of the Armenian Civic Consciousness public organization Narek Samsonian wrote on Facebook that for several months, the family of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan was buying black caviar for …

Georgian President to pardon inmates on Orthodox Christmas

Georgian President to pardon inmates on Orthodox Christmas

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili will issue a pardon decree on Orthodox Christmas on January 7 after a several-month moratorium on acts of amnesty. Zurabishvili earlier declared a moratorium on pardoning prisoners …

Five injured at Georgian Dream officeclash

Five injured at Georgian Dream officeclash

The clash at the central office of the ruling Georgian Dream party in Tbilisi left five people with minor injuries. The clash took place late yesterday between demonstrators protesting the rejection of the GD-proposed election bill …

Georgian opposition promises to continue protests

Georgian opposition promises to continue protests

Leader of the ‘New Georgia’ party Giorgi Vashadze said that next week the protest rallies will carry on in Georgia's regions. Vashadze added that the opposition is waiting for OSCE`s …

European Georgia MPs leave parliamentary committees

European Georgia MPs leave parliamentary committees

Several opposition MPs from the European Georgia opposition party have submitted statements regarding their exit from parliamentary committees amid protests in Tbilisi sparked by the rejection of the election bill on November 14. …

Gakharia: opposition trying to block state

Gakharia: opposition trying to block state

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has responded to ongoing protests at parliament and stated that "irresponsible politicians are trying to block not a particular institution, but the state." Even …