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By Clare Nuttall in Yerevan A crowd of protesters gathered outside the opera house in central Yerevan, which was hosting a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) event, on May 15, to demand the resignation of Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan. Protests have been ongoing for several days in Yerevan and other parts of the country after the Armenian government agreed to a transfer of territory to Azerbaijan as part of a border demarcation process. Pashinyan’s decision to give up territory to Azerbaijan sparked widespread public discontent. Under the deal, several border villages in Arm…

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