Serzh Sargsyan

Armenia’s president resigns, says office has no power

January 23, 2022 GMT

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The president of Armenia has announced his resignation, complaining that his office is not granted sufficient powers to allow him to be an effective head of state.

Armen Sarkissian was chosen as president by the national parliament in 2018 as Armenia was transitioning from a presidential system of government to a parliamentary one.

Pashinyan officially appointed Armenia’s prime minister

August 2, 2021 GMT

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been officially appointed to the post by the country's president after Pashinyan's party won an early parliamentary election in June.

Armenian election official rejects invalid results claim

June 27, 2021 GMT

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s national elections commission on Sunday denied a claim by major opposition groups that the parliamentary election results that gave an overwhelming victory to the acting prime minister’s party are invalid.

Armenia’s ex-president accused of embezzlement

December 4, 2019 GMT

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s state investigative agency has accused the nation’s former president of embezzlement — charges he dismisses as political.

The Special Investigation Service said Wednesday that Serzh Sargsyan, Armenia’s president for a decade from 2008, is suspected of involvement in the embezzlement of over $1 million of state funds allocated to provide subsidized fuel to farmers...

Poverty-stricken Armenians pin hopes on opposition

By YURAS KARMANAU and AVET DEMOURIANMay 3, 2018 GMT

LUSAGYUGH, Armenia (AP) — The local tax inspector would visit Alik Stepanyan's small fishery in an Armenian mountain village every month to collect a bribe...

Armenia protesters defy ex-president’s move to premier seat

April 18, 2018 GMT

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators swarmed the Armenian capital Wednesday to protest the former president's shift into the prime minister's seat which they see as an attempt to hold onto power...