The Spitak incident. EAEU or EU? Moscow urges Yerevan to take a clear stance Alpha News Room 19.05.2026

Today in Alpha News Room:

🔹 Samvel Karapetyan, the Strong Armenia party’s candidate for prime minister, comments on the Arabkir incident

🔹 The Spitak incident: during the election campaign, the grandfather of a fallen soldier was silenced, his mouth covered, and he was removed

🔹 The Lori incident: the deputy mayor of Spitak struck the camera of Azatutyun outlet

🔹 If a patient holds power, then it is the people who need compassion: second president Robert Kocharyan harshly criticizes Pashinyan

🔹 The locum tenens of the Masiatsotn Diocese addresses the spiritual causes of foul language and inner chaos

🔹 A Strong Armenia party member condemns the rhetoric of the head of the executive branch

🔹 Universities must stay where they are: the Enlightened Armenia party’s campaign in the Academic City district

🔹 Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan clarifies Yerevan’s position on relations with Moscow and the EU

🔹 EAEU or EU? Moscow urges Yerevan to make a clear decision

🔹 Aram Vardevanyan, Strong Armenia party member, criticizes the head of the executive branch for inciting hatred and ignoring the issue of prisoners

🔹 A nuclear response to NATO threats: Yuri Knutov

🔹 Nuclear drills are a sobering “cold shower” for the West: Andrey Kolesnik

🔹 From campaign promises to program implementation, the second week of campaigning grows more intense: Karen Kocharyan

🔹 A European Parliament member criticizes Pashinyan for insulting the residents of Artsakh

🔹 In Burbank, a ceremony was held for the opening of the Maestro’s Wrestling Laboratory founded by Olympic champion Migran Arutyunyan