Opinion polls have put Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and former President Robert Kocharyan neck-and-neck ahead of parliamentary election on Sunday.

Armenian election too close to call, reveals opinion poll

Azerbaijan on Saturday handed over to Armenia 15 prisoners of war captured during last year's hostilities over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, the foreign ministry in Baku said.

Azerbaijan hands Armenia fifteen captive troops

An Armenian soldier was killed Tuesday in a border shootout with Azerbaijani forces, Armenia's defence ministry said, with tensions still high after last September's war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Armenia says soldier killed in shootout with Azerbaijani forces

Armenia has made an appeal to Russia-led security bloc for support after accusing Azerbaijan of border violation. Armenia has accused that Azerbaijani troops are trying to claim territory.

Armenia calls Putin after Azerbaijan 'infiltration'

Armenia's leader on Thursday accused Azerbaijani troops of crossing the southern border and trying to stake claim to territory, in a new escalation of tensions between the arch-foes.

Armenian leader accuses Azerbaijan of fresh 'infiltration'

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigned on Sunday. This has formalised a parliamentary vote to be held in June 20. This will be an effort to defuse a protracted political crisis.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigns

The Armenian government said the dismissal of a top army general at the centre of a political crisis had come into force on Wednesday almost two weeks after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan fired him as he accused the military of a coup attempt.

Armenia government says decree dismissing top general comes into force

Residents in Armenia struggle to the new frontline as many parts have been handed over to Azerbaijan. An agreement, brokered by Russia, has meant a return to an internationally recognised border between the Armenia-Azerbaijan that for decades had existed only on paper. WION tells you more.

Armenia: Residents struggle to adjust to the new frontline

Mass protests in Armenia erupted in November last year, after Pashinyan signed a peace deal ceding control over large parts of the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh territory and surrounding areas to Azerbaijan

Armenian protesters break into government building

Armenia's President Armen Sarkisian has refused to sign the prime minister's order dismissing the chief of the military's general staff, deepening the country's political crisis.

Armenian president refuses to sign PM's order dismissing army chief

Several thousand opposition supporters continued to march through the capital of Armenia on Friday to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation over his handling of last year's war with Azerbaijan.

Thousands continue to march in Armenia to demand PM's resignation

The Kremlin on Friday said Armenia should comply with agreements reached with Azerbaijan after last year's Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, despite the political upheaval in Armenia, with the army on Thursday demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation.

Kremlin says Armenia should comply with Karabakh ceasefire agreements

A nationalist Turkish television station with close ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dug up a 12-year-old map that projects Turkey’s sphere of influence in 2050 as stretching from South-eastern Europe on the northern coast of the Mediterranean and Libya on its southern shore across North Africa, the Gulf and the Levant into the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Opinion: Turkey signals sweeping regional ambitions

Hundreds of demonstrators blocked the main streets of the Armenian capital Yerevan on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over his handling of a conflict with Azerbaijan last year.

Armenians take to the streets to call for PM's resignation

Russia and Turkey Saturday opened a joint centre to observe a ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh that was agreed upon following a flare-up between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the conflict in the region last year.

Russia and Turkey open monitoring centre for Nagorno-Karabakh region

The three sides will exchange views on new and emerging threats to regional peace and security, the challenges caused by COVID-19, environment, Climate Change and economic development targets.

Pakistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan FMs to hold trilateral meeting in Islamabad today

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted a trilateral meeting in Moscow with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Vladimir Putin hosts trilateral meeting with Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders on Monday in their first post-war talks since the peace agreement halted six weeks of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Putin hosts Azeri, Armenian leaders meet in Moscow for talks amid peace deal

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on January 11 will discuss outstanding issues and implementation of the agreement.

Russia to host trilateral meeting with Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders

Russian President Vladimir Putin will host a trilateral meeting bringing together the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh agreement.

Putin to host meeting with Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ushered in the new year, pledging to employ his country’s military to secure Turkey’s place in a rebalanced new world order. Mr. Erdogan spelt out his vision when he inserted himself on December 30 into an address by his defense minister, Hulusi Akar, to several hundred masked Turkish and Azeri military officers in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku.

Opinion: Erdogan positions powerful Turkish military as backbone of regional strategy

People of Armenia & Artsakh Republic have declared three-day nationwide mourning in honour of the Nagorno-Karabakh war victims. All flags have been lowered to half-mast in the country.

Armenia & Artsakh mourn Nagorno-Karabakh war victims

Ethnic Armenian authorities in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh accused Azeri forces on Wednesday of capturing several dozen of their troops, putting further strain on a ceasefire deal that brought an end to bloody fighting in the region last month.

Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azeri forces of capturing troops despite ceasefire

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