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Dozens of demonstrators are injured in Yerevan, Armenia, after police fire stun grenades at an anti-government rally outside the National Assembly Building.
2024-06-12

Several large protests are held in Yerevan, Armenia, calling for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign due to Armenia ceding territory to Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
2024-06-10

Armenia formally requests that Russia withdraws its troops from Zvartnots International Airport near Yerevan, saying that the airport must be served solely by the Armenian Border Guard. The airport has hosted a Russian military presence since 1992.
2024-03-6

U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi announces a visit to the Armenian capital Yerevan as a show of support for Armenia amid renewed clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the past week.
2022-09-15

Six people are killed, 60 others injured and 18 more are missing in an explosion at a fireworks storage area of a mall in Yerevan, Armenia. The city's mayor stated that there were people trapped under rubble.
2022-08-14

A two-week standoff comes to an end in Yerevan, Armenia, after the remaining gunmen holed up in a police station surrender to police. The National Security Service says "twenty terrorists have been arrested" following the "complete liberation" of the police compound.
2016-07-31

At least one person is reportedly killed and others are taken hostage after an armed group seized control of the police headquarters in the Erebuni District of Yerevan, Armenia. The gunmen are demanding the release of jailed opposition figure, Jirair Sefilian, according to Armenia's National Security Service.
2016-07-17

Pope Francis, in his first speech upon arrival at the presidential palace of Serzh Sargsyan in the Armenian capital Yerevan, denounces the planned genocide of Armenians by Ottoman-era Turks a century ago, though the word "genocide" was not included in his prepared speech.
2016-06-24

Armenian politician Paruyr Hayrikyan is shot in his right clavicle and taken to a hospital in Yerevan, Armenia, during his bid for the presidency.
2013-01-31

Official figures indicate that at least 144 people were injured at an Armenian government campaign event in Yerevan's central square after an explosion during a political rally.
2012-05-4