Politics of Armenia

The party of Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won the early parliamentary polls with 53.92% of the votes, according to preliminary results on June 21.

Unofficial results announced by the Central Electoral Commission of Armenia showed that Pashinyan's Civil Contract Party came first in the election held on June 20.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on March 28 that he will resign next month while staying in office until snap parliamentary elections due on June 20, as part of an effort to curb the political crisis gripping the Caucasus country.    

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva and Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan have agreed on the two sides to work for more cohesion. This was published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its website.

Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan called for an end to a huge wave of protests on May 3 and said all parties would support his bid to run for prime minister again next week.

Armenia's acting head of government Karen Karapetyan on April 27 rebuffed talks proposed by opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan, further escalating tensions after two weeks of protests.

Street protests in the Armenian capital against a hike in electricity prices grew on June 23 evening, with an estimated 7,000 people joining a second attempt to march toward the presidential residence even after riot police had used water cannons to forcefully disperse demonstrators.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will visit Armenia, where he will meet his counterpart Serzh Sargsyan, the Serbian president's press service has stated.

Nikolic will meet Armenian Parliament Speaker Galust Sahakyan on Sunday.

The Serbian president will also meet with Armenian Apostolic Church Patriarch Karekin II, the statement says.