Senior Russian and Armenian government officials discussed the restoration of two short sections of Armenia’s Russian-run railway network leading to the Azerbaijani and Turkish borders during talks in Yerevan on Friday.
The Georgian government has yet to explain why dozens of Armenian trucks carrying construction materials from Russia have been held up in Georgia and not allowed to proceed to Armenia for the last two weeks, according to Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his influential wife, Anna Hakobian, announced the breakup of their longtime de facto marriage on Friday in a surprise move dismissed by their detractors as a pre-election ploy.
Former National Security Service (NSS) Director Artur Vanetsian’s Fatherland party on Friday said that it will not run in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections and urged supporters to vote for other opposition groups.
Another critic of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has been arrested and prosecuted for insulting him on social media, it emerged on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian indicated late on Wednesday that he still has no plans to put an end to Russia’s military presence in Armenia despite forging closer ties with the West.
A senior official insisted on Thursday that the Armenian government has asked the European Union to assist in the proper conduct of Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections, rather than help it win them.
Three deputy chiefs of the Armenian police were sacked on Wednesday following a spate of fresh shootings and murders that highlighted a significant increase in gun violence in the country.
Raising more Armenian opposition concerns about vote rigging, the European Union is preparing to deploy a “hybrid rapid response team” tasked with countering possible Russian interference in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
With just over three months left before parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced on Wednesday an impending rise in Armenia’s modest pensions which his critics portrayed as an attempt to win over elderly voters.
The family of Ruben Vardanyan said on Wednesday that the prominent Armenian businessman captured by Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023 will not appeal against his 20-year prison sentence to avoid legitimizing the “politically motivated and unlawful” case.
Three key opposition groups led by former President Robert Kocharian and two wealthy businessmen must not receive any votes in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections, a leading member of the ruling Civil Contract party said on Tuesday.
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