Armenia as Something to Eat? PM Pashinyan Refuses to Cut Map-Like Cake

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan refused to cut a cake shaped like the map of Armenia during a campaign trip to the community of Gyulagarak, drawing attention on social media and in local media coverage. Residents prepared the cake to welcome the prime minister during his pre-election visit. The dessert featured the outline of Armenia colored in orange and blue, matching the colors used in the government's election campaign branding. Pashinyan Declines Symbolic Gesture Video published by Radar Armenia showed Pashinyan thanking supporters but declining to cut the cake.