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Archbishop Srbazan leading the march. Screengrab via News.am

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Protesters against border delimitation in northeast Armenia march to Yerevan

by Yousef Bardouka

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A group of people from the village of Kirants are marching to Yerevan in protest against the process of border delimitation with Azerbaijan. The Tavush for the Motherland group, consisting of around 100 people, left Kirants on Friday, led by the leader of the Diocese of Tavush, Archbishop Bagrat Srbazan, and is expected to reach the Armenian capital on Thursday, according to RFE/RL. ‘There is a place where they will walk, there is a place where we will go by bus, if the metro works, we will

Armenia

EU monitors deny Azerbaijani claims of Armenian border buildup

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

The EU Monitoring Mission has denied claims from Azerbaijan that Armenia is amassing troops on the border. On Sunday, the mission stated that the situation on the border was ‘calm and quiet’ after having patrolled the border ‘all day long’. Later that day, the EU’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus Toivo Klaar reposted the observer mission’s statement, adding that the mission was open to more engagement with Azerbaijan. Good to have confirmation from @EUmARMENIA that no unus

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Four Armenians killed in Azerbaijani ‘revenge operation’

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•3 min read

Four Armenian soldiers have been killed in an Azerbaijani ‘revenge operation’, after an Azerbaijani soldier was wounded along the border between the two countries. The incident took place in the south, between the Armenian village of Nerkin Hand and the abandoned Azerbaijani village of Kollugishlag. On Monday evening, Azerbaijan’s Border Service accused an Armenian sniper of firing at an Azerbaijani position near Kollugishlag, wounding one of their soldiers, releasing footage claiming to sho