Relatives of nine people killed in the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan have decided to boycott the ongoing trial of former President Robert Kocharian and three other former officials prosecuted on coup charges.
The Bright Armenia Party (LHK) said on Wednesday it will not join for now another parliamentary opposition group in challenging the legality of government-backed constitutional amendments calling for the dismissal of three of the nine members of the country’s Constitutional Court.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian hit back on Wednesday at opposition groups denouncing his handling of the coronavirus crisis in Armenia, saying that they are digging their own political graves.
Armenia’s political leadership no longer insists on replacing most members of the Constitutional Court and is ready to settle for a less radical change in the court’s composition, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday.
The Armenian authorities will strictly enforce their social distancing and hygiene rules for citizens after lifting virtually all restrictions on business activity in the country, senior government officials insisted on Friday.
The Armenia government will allow more companies to resume next week their operations suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday.
Ignoring strong opposition objections, Armenia’s parliament on Monday allowed authorities to access personal data from people’s mobile phones for the purpose of stopping the spread of coronavirus in the country.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed Germany’s increased cooperation with Armenia and significant changes in the South Caucasus state when she met with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in Berlin on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian claimed over the weekend that Armenian law-enforcement authorities have thwarted a “hybrid” conspiracy to discredit and overthrow him which he said was hatched by former and current state officials.
Opposition leader Edmon Marukian on Friday continued to condemn the Armenian authorities for blocking a parliamentary into Yerevan’s municipal administration and said they will pay dearly for their stance.
In an annual telethon broadcast from Yerevan and Los Angeles, a pan-Armenian charity has raised about $10 million that will be spent on fresh infrastructure projects in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.
Armenian and Azerbaijani journalists have visited each other’s countries for the first time in years as part of confidence-building measures agreed by their governments and facilitated by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Tuesday dismissed his chief adviser Valeri Osipian who headed the Armenian police until last month.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian urged Diaspora Armenians to invest in Armenia, regularly visit their ancestral homeland and become its citizens as he addressed thousands of them at a rally held in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Armenia’s macroeconomic performance this year has not been as good as is claimed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, a senior opposition parliamentarian said on Monday.
Armenia’s Supreme Judicial Council has allowed the prosecution of a judge who presided over the trial of former President Robert Kocharian and released him on bail in May, it emerged over the weekend.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Monday that his government has successfully tackled corruption and Armenia’s other chronic problems “characteristic of many post-Soviet countries” since taking office just over a year ago.
Gagik Tsarukian, the leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), has been summoned by a law-enforcement agency for interrogation over an arson attack reported ahead of a weekend local election.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have briefly discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during their latest visits to Brussels.
Nikol Pashinian strongly defended his and his government’s track record on Wednesday as he marked the first anniversary of his election as Armenia’s prime minister with another marathon news conference.
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