2018 in Armenia

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See also: Other events of 2018
List of years in Armenia

The following lists events that occurred in 2018 in Armenia.

Incumbents

Events

February

April

  • April 17 - Protests intensify after Serzh Sargsyan former President of Armenia is appointed Prime Minister of Armenia, in what opposition figures have described as a "power grab".[4]
  • April 22 - Protest leader Nikol Pashinyan is arrested by police after a short meeting with Prime Minister Sargsyan, who left after three minutes alleging he was blackmailed to resign.[5]
  • April 23 - Serzh Sargsyan officially resigns as Prime Minister after 11 days of protests and released Pashinyan who was detained yesterday, reportedly stating "The street movement is against my tenure. I am fulfilling your demand," and "You were right; I was wrong".[6]

May

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ Shahbazyan, Lusine (21 January 2014). "Sochi 2014: Armenia's 4 Olympians are announced". News.am. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cross-country Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 12 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Skier Sergey Mikaelyan wins Armenia's first 2018 Winter Olympics quota". News.Am. Yerevan, Armenia. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Lawmakers Approve Sarkisian As Armenia's PM Despite Countrywide Protests". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  5. ↑ "Armenia unrest: Protesters rally after leader detained". 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  6. ↑ "Shock as Armenia's prime minister steps down after 11 days of protests". 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  7. ↑ https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/europe/armenia-new-prime-minister-nikol-pashinyan-intl/index.html
  8. ↑ http://www.gov.am/en/structure/
  9. ↑ http://www.mfa.am/en/events/
  10. ↑ http://www.president.am/en/condolence/item/2018/02/28/President-Serzh-Sargsyan-sent-a-condolence-letter-to-Mkrtchyan-family/
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