Yerevan

Type

city

Country

Armenia

Latitude

40.1792

Longitude

44.4991

Description

Capital city of Armenia and location of EU-linked summits and political events

Related Events

• The next regular parliamentary election is scheduled for June 7, 2026.
• Several streets in Yerevan will be closed on May 27.
• U.S. experts completed a pre-feasibility study on small modular reactors for Armenia providing technical assistance May 19-22 in Yerevan.
• Armenia responds to Moscow's claims of 'unfriendly steps' regarding EAEU stance
• Strong Armenia alliance, led by businessman Samvel Karapetyan who is under house arrest, held its first official campaign event at Victory…
• New Force party, led by former Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan, started its campaign with meetings in Yerevan courtyards.
• The campaign for the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7 has officially started on May 8, 2026.
• The deadline for registering party and party bloc electoral lists is May 3, 2026.
• Opposition politician Andranik Tevanyan was detained for two months in Yerevan, Armenia.
• Yerevan court accepts Prime Minister Pashinyan’s defamation case against Samvel Karapetyan over comments about hallucinogenic mushrooms
• Nineteen political parties and blocs have submitted applications to the Central Electoral Commission of Armenia to participate in the Natio…
• Starting April 14, 2026, members and supporters of Strong Armenia party were detained on charges of giving and receiving electoral bribery,…
• Thousands attended the Strong Armenia campaign rally in Yerevan on April 11, 2026.
• Strong Armenia party organized a rally and march in Yerevan on April 11, 2026 with approximately 40,000 participants
• The Armenian National Congress will participate independently in the 2026 parliamentary elections.
• Authorities are accused by opposition of pressuring civil servants and their families to support Civil Contract events and firing people fo…
• High dissatisfaction with incumbent government reflected in polls: 75% disapproval in Yerevan and 61% nationwide of Pashinyan’s performance.
• The decree comes into force the day after its official publication.
• Support for Civil Contract is geographically weaker in Yerevan (15%) compared to other urban (25%) and rural (31%) areas.
• Support for Strong Armenia is evenly distributed geographically with 9-10% support in Yerevan, other urban, and rural areas.
• EMPIRICA polls in early 2026 showed near parity in support between Samvel Karapetyan and Nikol Pashinyan nationwide, with Karapetyan leadin…
• High-visibility politically sensitive events such as the April 1 meeting between Pashinyan and Putin and the March 23 Yerevan Metro inciden…
• Armenia's ruling Civil Contract party has the highest rating at 16.5%, which is a slight decrease of 0.7–0.8% compared to the previous surv…
• Samvel Karapetyan was arrested in Yerevan on charges including calling for a violent change of power, money laundering, and tax evasion; he…
• Empirica poll shows Strong Armenia Party Chairman Samvel Karapetyan holds an 18% lead among youth aged 18-29 and a 4% lead among those aged…
• Andranik Tevanyan, leader of the Mother Armenia party and parliamentary candidate from Prosperous Armenia, has been detained on charges of…

Evidence

1. Երեւան, 2026, ապրիլի 6 Հայ Ազգային Կոնգրեսը ... ազգակործան ռեժիմի դեմ մեծ դաշինք ստեղծելու նպատակով

   Source: https://anc.am/ | external

2. # Հանրապետություն կուսակցություն Hanrapetutyun Party | Yerevan Source: https://www.facebook.com/hanrapetutyunparty/

   Source: https://www.facebook.com/hanrapetutyunparty/ | external

3. # Քրիստոնեա - Ժողովրդավարական կուսակցություն | Yerevan

   Source: https://www.facebook.com/cdp.party/ | external

4. # «Հանուն Հանրապետության» կուսակցություն / Rally For The Republic Party | Yerevan

   Source: https://www.facebook.com/Hanunhanrapetutyanparty/ | external

5. Thousands attended the Strong Armenia campaign in Yerevan on April 11.

   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Armenian_parliamentary_election | external

6. 2026թ. փետրվարի 6 Երևան ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՆԱԽԱԳԱՀ

   Source: https://www.president.am/en/decrees/item/6304/ | external

7. Ընտրողների թվի վերաբերյալ տեղեկանք` ըստ մարզերի և Երևան քաղաքի վարչական շրջանների

   Source: https://res.elections.am/images/forGenerals/NA2026/timetable07.06.26_09-02-2026.pdf | external

8. The President of the Republic, the National Assembly deputies, as well as local self-government bodies, except for the Mayor of Yerevan, shall be elected directly.

   Source: https://res.elections.am/images/doc/_ecode.pdf | external

9. The capital of the Republic of Armenia is Yerevan.

   Source: https://res.elections.am/images/doc/consist_eng.pdf | external

10. Address: 3/8 Vazgen Sargsyan Street, Yerevan 0010

    Source: https://www.moj.am/en/page/595 | external

11. Yerevan Deepens Its Pivot Toward the West

    Source: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/11/19/russia-escalates-early-election-interference-in-armenia-as-yerevan-deepens-its-pivot-toward-the-west/ | external

12. Key trends observed during high-visibility events We assess that coordinated messaging activity increased during politically sensitive dates involving Nikol Pashinyan, with narratives aligning to discredit his leadership.

    Source: https://peacedialogue.am/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Pre-election-disinformation-and-narratives-in-Armenia.pdf | external

13. YEREVAN – According to Aram Navasardyan, director of MPG LLC...

    Source: https://www.hay.vote/en/news/gallups-survey-data-on-the-upcoming-parliamentary-elections | external

14. Yerevan n = 557 Urbanicity Urban n = 406 Rural n = 543

    Source: https://www.iri.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ARM-26-NS-01-PT-FINAL_Public.pdf | external

15. "Forty-nine percent of respondents in Yerevan chose Karapetyan, while only 24% chose Pashinyan."

    Source: https://arminfo.info/full_news.php?id=99128&lang=3 | external

16. Dashnaks tell Yerevan mayor where they were during 44-day war of 2020

    Source: https://ftp.arminfo.info/full_news.php?id=99852&lang=3 | external

17. The Strong Armenia alliance... Victory Park in Yerevan; The New Force party... meetings in Yerevan courtyards

    Source: https://civilnet.am/en/news/1011743 | external

18. "...a Yerevan-based football club..."; "Armenian National Congress alliance..."; "Yerevan City Council elections"

    Source: https://civilnet.am/en/news/1011838 | external

19. The party then ran in the Yerevan municipal election, receiving 15 percent and 12 seats on the council

    Source: https://www.civilnet.am/en/news/1001534/armenias-election-line%2525E2%252580%252591up-so-far/ | external

20. Civil Contract’s support appears weaker in Yerevan, where only 15% of respondents said they would vote for the ruling party.

    Source: https://www.civilnet.am/en/news/1006625/armenias-ruling-party-leads-polls-30-of-voters-undecided/ | external

21. YEREVAN, April 23. /ARKA/

    Source: https://www.arka.am/en/news/politics/nineteen-political-forces-submit-applications-to-central-electoral-commission-of-armenia-to-particip/ | external

22. The Against Everyone party will launch its campaign at 2:30 p.m. from 56/1 Republic Street in Yerevan.

    Source: https://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/333087/ | external

23. The same thing happened in Yerevan, when on April 25 they organized a large concert...all 60,000 participants came to support Pashinyan

    Source: https://amp.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/74891 | external

24. On April 11, approximately 40,000 people joined the rally and march in Yerevan organized by "Strong Armenia."

    Source: https://amp.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/74650 | external

25. Փաստերի ստուգում Ապատեղեկատվական արշավ վարչապետ Նիկոլ Փաշինյանի և նրա անդամների դեմ ... քարոզարշավ է անցկացնում Ավանում Հայաստանում հունիսի 7-ին կայանալիք խորհրդարանական ընտրությունների նախընտրական քարոզարշավի շրջանակում, մայիսի 23-ին արձակուրդում գտնվող ՀՀ վարչապետ ...

    Source: https://armenpress.am/ | external

26. 22 мая в ходе агитационной кампании в столичном административном районе Аван заявил лидер партии, премьер-министр РА Никол Пашинян.

    Source: https://arminfo.info/ | external

27. Մայիսի 26-ին Երեւանում կկայանա Impacture 2026 կոնֆերանսը

    Source: https://mediamax.am/ | external

28. Experts from Sargent & Lundy are visiting Yerevan May 19-22 to provide continued technical assistance on Small Modular Reactor (SMR)…

    Source: https://www.armradio.am/ | external

29. ՀՀ, ք. Երեւան, Հանրապետության 30

    Source: https://yerkir.am/ | external

30. On the morning of May 22, it became known that law enforcement officers were searching the Yerevan office of Mother Armenia as part of the opened treason case.

    Source: https://www.panarmenian.net/ | external

31. В Ереване поминают жертв Геноцида армян в Османской империи

    Source: https://newsarmenia.am/ | external

32. Մայիսի 27-ին Երևանում մի շարք փողոցներ փակ կլինեն

    Source: https://pastinfo.am/ | external

33. Երևանի քաղաքապետարանի կողմից Արտաշիսյան փողոցի ավտոտնակի ապամոնտաժման գործողությունները

    Source: https://iravaban.net/ | external

34. Երևանի Դավիթ Մալյան փողոցում ավտոմեքենա է այրվել

    Source: https://lurer.com/ | external

35. Yerevan court accepts Pashinyan’s defamation case over Kareptyan’s hallucinogenic mushrooms comment

    Source: https://oc-media.org/tag/armenia/ | external

36. Moscow reacts to two EU-linked summits in Yerevan and the visit of the Ukrainian president

    Source: https://jam-news.net/tag/armenia/ | external