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A year ago, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh. One of the refugees was a rapper and singer named Lyoka, who suffered through years of conflict as a child. Now living in Yerevan, Lyoka spoke about the loss of leaving his home and his dream of a career in music.
One year ago, Azerbaijan launched an offensive that resulted in regaining full control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The more than 100,000 ethnic Armenian refugees that were forced to flee remain in limbo, while Azerbaijan has slowly begun to repopulate its newly regained territories.
Armenia's Investigative Committee said on September 18 three suspects, allegedly trained in Russia, had been arrested for planning an armed coup with four more still at large.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian is set to make an official visit to neighboring Georgia on September 16, media reports in Georgia stated, although no official announcement has been made.
The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) was reconnected to the grid on August 31 after being shut down a day earlier following a lightning strike, authorities said.
Angry protesters in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, pelted the Belarusian Embassy with eggs and tomatoes on August 21 after recent comments by Alyaksandr Lukashenka sparked outrage.
Protesters in Yerevan pelted the Belarusian Embassy with eggs and other produce and demanded that diplomatic ties with Minsk be cut over statements made by authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka about Armenia's shift westward.
ussian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on August 19 that Moscow is ready to get involved in the process of signing a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Ukrainian forces have taken control of at least 28 settlements in Russia's Kursk region, according to Russian officials. More than 120,000 people have been evacuated in the region which is also home to thousands of ethnic Armenians. Some say they could evacuate from the region altogether.
Russia on July 31 completed the withdrawal of its border guards from Yerevan’s Zvartnots international airport, a move that was demanded by Armenia earlier this year amid mounting tensions between the two countries.
Turkish and Armenian diplomats will meet on July 30 on the Armenia-Turkey border, the Foreign Ministries of the two countries said on July 29 amid efforts to normalize relations.
Azerbaijan threatened on July 25 to take large-scale military action against Armenia in response to what it called Armenian “provocations” along the border between the two countries.
Armenia's Defense Ministry said on July 19 that one of its Yak-52 planes crashed near Yeghvard, a town 20 kilometers north of Yerevan, killing the two pilots on board.
U.S. actor Kevin Spacey was greeted with applause and a small protest at an Armenian film festival. Spacey was axed from TV and film productions in 2017 after sexual misconduct allegations emerged but has since been cleared of wrongdoing in court cases in the United States and United Kingdom.
Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ani Badalyan has told RFE/RL that "no agreement" had been reached for a meeting between the top diplomats of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Washington.
People with buckets jumped into a fountain in the Armenian capital, pouring water on each other in celebration of the Vardavar tradition. A security forces' vehicle joined the party with its water cannons amid the hot summer day on July 7. Armenians date Vardavar back to pre-Christian times.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have made more progress in ongoing negotiations on the delimitation of their border, the Armenian government said on July 1.
Armenia has recognized Palestinian statehood, the latest country to do so amid a backlash to an ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza that has claimed thousands of civilian victims.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has ordered the drafting of a new constitution amid demands by Azerbaijan that a reference to Nagorno-Karabakh be removed from Armenia's fundamental law.
French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said his country has signed a deal to provide CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Armenia, a move that's likely to further raise anger in Azerbaijan and Russia toward France.
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