"We will save our homeland together": Armenia opposition rally in YerevanDecember 22, 2020 - 15:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Supporters of opposition parties have gathered at the Republic Square in Yerevan to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Para TV reports. The rally is being held on Tuesday, December 22 under the slogan "We will save our homeland together", with the speakers urging protesters to bring their families and friends along. They are chanting their demand without actually giving Pashinyan's name: "Armenia without it". According to Gegham Manukyan from Dashnaktsutyun (Armenian Revolutionary Federation), they are joined by 700 lawyers who have been striking since Monday, the road from Yerevan to Vanadzor is blocked, and gas stations are on strike in Vanadzor, the third biggest city in Armenia. Pashinyan has come under fire after signing a statement alongside Russia and Azerbaijan, which ended hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, but also saw the Armenian side cede all the regions around Karabakh to Azerbaijan, having lost parts of Karabakh itself in the war. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |