Priest repents after joining anti-church campaign. Strike at Akhtala plant. Alpha Newsroom 01/21/26
January 21 2026, 17:00
Today in Alpha Newsroom:
🔹Question-and-answer session with the government in the National Assembly
🔹Ten clergymen who joined Pashinyan will not participate in the upcoming Episcopal Assembly in Austria
🔹 The Prosecutor’s Office will appeal the court’s decision to initiate proceedings in the wiretapping case involving Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan
🔹 Fr. Artashes, who joined Pashinyan’s campaign against the Church, expresses regret: “My statement yesterday was the result of external influence and misjudgment”
🔹Strike at the Akhtala plant: employees demand higher wages and improved working conditions
🔹At the Kremlin’s initiative, Putin will meet tomorrow with Trump’s special representative
🔹The Finance Minister justifies large bonuses in the state apparatus: “We have taken a bold step; our society should not be angry”
🔹Armenia has applied to Azerbaijan for permission to transit cargo to Russia
🔹I am confident the day will come when we will receive goods directly through Azerbaijan’s territory – President of Armenia
🔹The report of the Foreign Intelligence Service is more of a political text – Ara Poghosyan
🔹Political scientist Alen Ghevondyan on developments around Armenia
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