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Armenia The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) said it will organize new protests against Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan’s plan to recognize Azerbaijan’s control over Artsakh. “Nikol Pashinian has no mandate to hand over Artsakh to Azerbaijan,” […]

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Armenia Governor of the Gegharkunik province Karen Sargsyan said that the Sotk gold mine remains partly operational. The Russian-owned company GPM Gold operating the mine announced last week that its open-pit section has been closed […]

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Armenia Azerbaijan has detained two Armenian soldiers along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. Azerbaijan’s State Border Service said that Harut Hovagimyan and Karen Ghazaryan were part of a “sabotage group” found in Azerbaijan’s southwestern district Zangilan. They […]

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Armenia Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has defended charges against a woman accused of kidnapping his son. Pashinyan’s son Ashot encountered a protest organized by an NGO that advocates for the mothers of fallen soldiers. […]

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Armenia Agshin Bebirov, an Azerbaijani soldier who crossed the border into Armenia, has been sentenced to 11.5 years in prison. Bebirov was detained on April 10 in Ashotavan, Syunik and charged with illegally crossing and […]