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21 June 2021 • 05:33 AMT
Armenia: Pashinyan claims victory in snap polls, Kocharyan comes in 2nd

Armenia’s caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party won 53.92% of the vote.

20 June 2021 • 20:14 AMT
Armenia vote 2021: First results put Pashinyan in the lead

Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission published results from 129 polling stations from across the country.

20 June 2021 • 17:45 AMT
Elections: 49.4% voter turnout reported in Armenia

1,281,174 eligible voters cast their ballots in elections triggered after the 44-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).

20 June 2021 • 16:12 AMT
Polls close in Armenia parliamentary elections

Polls closed at 8:00 pm on June 20 after the nation flocked to polling stations across Armenia to elect new members of parliament.

20 June 2021 • 14:37 AMT
Voter turnout stands at 38.17% as of 5 pm, CEC says

So far, voter turnout appears to be higher than during the 2018 elections but lower that those held in 2017.

20 June 2021 • 14:14 AMT
Prosperous Armenia rules out coalition with Pashinyan

The leader of Prosperous Armenia party said nothing and no one can influence his decision.

20 June 2021 • 13:29 AMT
“I Have Honor” bloc chief votes “for the future of Armenia, Karabakh”

Vanetsyan maintained that the current authorities are in agony and that all their steps are aimed at weakening the opposition.

20 June 2021 • 12:48 AMT
Armenia’s First President votes in snap elections

Ter-Petrosyan visited a polling station in Yerevan all by himself, fulfilled his civic duty, got in the car and left

20 June 2021 • 12:00 AMT
Candidate, proxy hospitalized in polling station brawl in Armenia

A Verelk proxy raised violations he noticed during the vote, and a fight broke out outside the polling station afterwards.

20 June 2021 • 11:21 AMT
27% of voters cast ballots across Armenia as of 2 pm

695,626 people or 26.82% of eligible voters cast their ballots in snap parliamentary elections across Armenia as of 2:00 pm.

20 June 2021 • 11:11 AMT
Bright Armenia pushes government of national accord

Edmon Marukyan expressed conviction that no party or block will be able to single-handedly secure majority in the parliament.

20 June 2021 • 10:36 AMT
Armenia ex-President: Uniting a divided society is key

In response to a question about forming a coalition with Hayastan (Armenia) bloc, Sargsyan said the matter would be discussed only after the elections.

20 June 2021 • 09:56 AMT
Police search Hayastan bloc headquarters in Sisian

The report came amid social media posts about the alleged detention of heads and representatives of Hayastan headquarters.

20 June 2021 • 09:36 AMT
Pashinyan casts his vote “for the development of Armenia”

The caretaker PM was accompanied by his spouse Anna Hakobyan, his son and daughters.

20 June 2021 • 09:02 AMT
Voter turnout stands at 12․2% as of 11:00 am, CEC says

So far, voter turnout appears to be higher than during the 2018 elections but lower that those held in 2017.

20 June 2021 • 08:49 AMT
Covid-19: Armenia infections grew by 60 in the past 24 hours

A total of 3410 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

20 June 2021 • 08:21 AMT
Gunshot fired at election candidate’s vehicle in Armenia

Arman Babajanan himself broke the news on social media but failed to provide more details about the incident.

20 June 2021 • 07:44 AMT
Yerevan: Kocharyan votes for “dignified peace, economic prosperity”

Second President Robert Kocharyan and his wife Bella Kocharyan cast their ballots in June 20’s snap parliamentary elections.

20 June 2021 • 07:14 AMT
Shots fired at polling station in Armenia

The shots were fired from a gas pistol after a quarrel broke out between the representatives of Verelk and Prosperous Armenia parties.

20 June 2021 • 07:02 AMT
338 reports on election crimes received; 26 criminal cases opened

News stories, individual reports, notes from the Ombudsman, social media posts and info obtained by the police are being probed.

20 June 2021 • 06:34 AMT
Armenia vote: President Sarkissian casts an early ballot

President Armen Sarkissian on Sunday, June 20 voted in elections to the National Assembly.

20 June 2021 • 04:06 AMT
Armenians voting in key parliamentary elections amid post-war crisis

Parties and alliances (blocs) need to pass the 4% and 8% threshold, respectively, to make it to the parliament.

18 June 2021 • 14:52 AMT
Ambassadors urge respectful environment during Armenia vote

A dozen ambassadors said they remain committed partners in support of peace and prosperity for all in Armenia.

18 June 2021 • 14:20 AMT
Kremlin closely following Turkey’s intention to open base in Azerbaijan

Peskov has described the deployment of NATO military bases near the Russian borders as a reason for taking security measures.

18 June 2021 • 13:01 AMT
Armenia, Iran to establish operational communication between checkpoints

Iranian and Armenian officials agreed to achieve a more flexible implementation of processes at the checkpoints.

18 June 2021 • 12:14 AMT
UK’s business links to Karabakh revealed in new investigation

The British government offered to help Anglo Asian Mining to profit from areas where thousands of Armenians were killed or deported.

18 June 2021 • 10:41 AMT
Russia weighs in on new Turkey-Azerbaijan deal

Russia believes that combining the bilateral relations and the Karabakh conflict is not correct, Zakharova reports.

18 June 2021 • 10:04 AMT
Iranians voting to elect new President

Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi is expected to win easily as opposition groups urge boycott.

18 June 2021 • 09:34 AMT
2,800-year-old Urartian castle discovered in Turkey’s Van

The remains of the castle dating back 2,800 years were discovered during in Van, which used to be part of Western Armenia.

18 June 2021 • 09:06 AMT
Armenia slams Turkey-Azerbaijan deal as contradicting int’l law

The agreement of the two states to fight against the international recognition of the Genocide is equally worrying, Armenia said.