The former ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has officially confirmed its participation in upcoming parliamentary elections and nominated former Defense Minister Vigen Sargsian as its top candidate.
Armenia is open to discussing a possible purchase of military equipment from the United States if there is a good offer, according to the acting prime minister of the South Caucasus nation that has allied relations with Russia.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian accused Armenia’s outgoing parliament of “sabotage” on Monday after it voted down major amendments to the Electoral Code drafted by his government for snap general elections expected in December.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Friday defended his decision to appoint a retired police general as governor of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province which has prompted criticism from human rights activists.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian warned government ministries and other state bodies on Thursday against attempting to influence the outcome of Armenia’s snap parliamentary elections expected in December.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian made clear on Wednesday that his Civil Contract party will not form an alliance with any other political group ahead of Armenia’s forthcoming parliamentary elections.
Artur Vanetsian, the National Security Service (NSS) director, claimed on Tuesday that a “well-known” individual from Armenia commissioned the secret recording of his sensitive phone conversations with the head of another law-enforcement body.
In a surprise move, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s government on Tuesday appointed a retired general, who was Armenia’s second most powerful police official during former President Serzh Sarkisian’s rule, as a provincial governor.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian will tender his resignation on Tuesday to ensure that snap parliamentary elections are held in Armenia in early December, his spokesman said on Monday.
Armenia’s public debt will rise by about 3 percent to $7.3 billion next year, Finance Minister Atom Janjughazian said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian met with a senior representative of the former ruling Republican Party (HHK) late on Monday to discuss his plans to force early parliamentary elections in Armenia.
The government said on Tuesday that it will invite the three former presidents of Armenia to attend this week’s official celebrations of the country’s Independence Day.
Law-enforcement bodies searched the offices of an Armenian news website on Monday as part of a criminal investigation into leaked recordings of phone conversations between two high-ranking security officials.
Armenia’s Police and National Security Service have reported that they immediately executed the order issued by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in the wake of yesterday’s wiretapping scandal to conduct raids to disarm “so-called bodyguards of oligarchs and [former] high-ranking officials” who illegally possess weapons.
Russia has removed former Armenian defense minister Mikael Harutiunian from the list of wanted suspects applied in its territory. This information was reported to RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) by the Armenian Police.
A Dubai-based investment company has filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Arbitration, demanding that the Armenian government pay it compensation in the amount of $160 million related to the planned construction of an Armenia-Iran railway.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian played down on Friday Russia’s strong criticism of serious accusations that were brought against former senior Armenian officials shortly after he came to power in May.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) has not undermined its power-sharing arrangement with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian with its strong criticism of former President Robert Kocharian’s arrest, a senior member of the party insisted on Tuesday.
Citing a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable, an Armenian law-enforcement agency has charged Armen Gevorgian, a former top aide to former President Robert Kocharian, with obstructing justice in the wake of Armenia’s disputed 2008 presidential election.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Thursday nominated a senior BHK parliamentarian as its top candidate in upcoming municipal elections in Yerevan.
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