A teenage Armenian woman was among 39 people killed in twin suicide bombings on Moscow’s underground railway, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Former President Robert Kocharian dismissed on Monday long-standing opposition claims that he helped to drive the unrecognized the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) out of Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks after coming to power in Armenia.
A leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Thursday defended former President Robert Kocharian’s criticism of the Armenian government’s economic policies and his calls for continued government support for the domestic construction industry.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) reacted on Wednesday cautiously to former President Robert Kocharian’s thinly veiled criticism of the Armenian government’s response to the global economic crisis.
In remarks that will fuel more speculation about his desire to return to power, former President Robert Kocharian on Tuesday criticized economic policies pursued by Armenia’s current government.
The Armenian military on Monday confirmed an ongoing nationwide call-up of reservists but insisted that it does not signify a growing likelihood of renewed war with Azerbaijan.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Tuesday laughed off opposition claims about the impending downfall of President Serzh Sarkisian and holding of fresh presidential and parliamentary elections in the country.
Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepian said on Wednesday that he has instructed his subordinates to oversee controversial criminal proceedings launched by the Armenian police against a brother of Khachatur Sukiasian, a prominent opposition businessman.
A prominent Armenian photojournalist claimed on Wednesday to have been verbally abused and attacked by a law-enforcement official outside of the Office of the Prosecutor-General.
The main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) unveiled on Tuesday a detailed plan of actions which it said are necessary for a “radical transformation” of Armenia’s flawed economic system.
Draft amendments to Armenia’s Law ‘On International Treaties’ have been put on the agenda of the four-day parliament sessions that open Monday, the Armenian National Assembly's press office reported on Friday.
A senior member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) opposed to the fence-mending agreements with Turkey expects a key parliament committee headed by him to approve of the two protocols signed between Yerevan and Ankara last year.
A senior Armenian lawmaker representing the ruling party has cautioned against setting deadlines for the ratification of normalization agreements with Turkey despite what now appears a stalling process.
President Serzh Sarkisian’s former ally sees ‘losses’ for Armenia as he claims the fence-mending agreements signed with Turkey effectively reflect two of Ankara’s three preconditions set forth since 1993.
Armenia’s leadership has toughened its conciliatory policy on Turkey under pressure from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), a leader of the nationalist opposition party claimed on Tuesday.
The Armenian police on Friday reported a 40 percent surge in the number of corruption-related prosecutions carried out last year and pledged to further toughen their declared fight against graft.
Leaders of the two opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament exchanged on Monday bitter recriminations stemming from a controversial change in the composition of the Armenian delegation in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met with her counterparts from Armenia and Turkey to discuss an intensifying diplomatic dispute that has raised an additional obstacle to the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations.
Former President Robert Kocharian visited Iran this week in a private capacity even though he was invited by the Iranian government, official Yerevan said on Friday.
President Serzh Sarkisian told the Armenian parliament’s Audit Chamber on Friday to press harder for the prosecution of state officials suspected of embezzling public funds and engaging in other corrupt practices.
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