ARMENIA: Pashinian vs. The Catholicos: What’s behind the PM’s campaign against the Church?

This article is republished with permission from HRWF (Human Rights Without Frontiers). By Ulviyya Asadzade, RFE/RL journalist RFE/ RL (21.12.2026) – Armenia is facing its gravest church-state clash since gaining independence, as tensions continue to grow between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The dispute has…

Statement of Retraction and Apology

Earlier this year, EU Political Report published two articles under the responsibility of its former Chief Editor, James Wilson, alleging that the Russian government exercised improper influence on Mr Dragan Šolak and on the news channels controlled by United Group BV (UG), of which Mr Šolak is the founder and minority shareholder. At the time…