World & Nation
Serzh Sargsyan, who ruled Armenia for 10 years, resigned Monday as prime minister after thousands of people poured into the streets to protest his political maneuvering to cling to power in this former Soviet republic.
April 23, 2018
May 12, 2018
Dozens of opposition demonstrators briefly seized the headquarters of Armenia’s public radio to protest the former president’s shift into the prime minister’s seat.
April 14, 2018
The Armenian parliament on Thursday called for an extraordinary session next week to vote for a new prime minister after the country was plunged into a political crisis with the abrupt resignation of its leader.
April 26, 2018
Thousands lined the streets of the capital Yerevan to protest the first visit by a Turkish leader and to demand that Turkey acknowledge World War I massacres of Armenian civilians as genocide.
Sept. 7, 2008
Business
Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan talks geopolitics
Oct. 19, 2007
Opposition protesters on Wednesday blocked the road leading from Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, to its airport, as well as several subway stations and government ministries after their leader called for a national strike.
May 2, 2018
An Armenian court rejected an opposition candidate’s appeal of the country’s disputed presidential election, the outcome of which has led to deadly clashes between protesters and police.
March 9, 2008
Hundreds of troops flooded Armenia’s capital to enforce a state of emergency after clashes between opposition activists and government forces left eight people dead and more than 100 injured.
March 3, 2008
California
Tentative deal between Armenia, Turkey brings opposition from both sides
Oct. 4, 2009