2008 in Armenia
The following lists events that happened in 2008 in Armenia.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 18 - Armenian-Americans urge the restoration of Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act in wake of Azeri war talk.
- January 18 - Armine Ohanyan, senior editor of the "Zhamanak Yerevan" daily is sacked for posting information that "was balanced but not always sympathetic" to former Armenian president-turned opposition candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan.
February
- February 20 - Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan is elected as President in a contest hailed as largely democratic by OSCE and international monitors.
March
- March 1 - 2008 Armenian presidential election protests
- * Armenian President Robert Kocharyan declares a state of emergency following political unrest in Yerevan.
- * Eight people have been killed in the post-election unrest between Armenian authorities and the opposition.
- March 3 - Armenian police have arrested 30 opposition activists accused of causing political unrest.
- March 4 - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has expressed "his support to the people and authorities of Armenia".