The Armenian government has taken the first step towards rebuilding a section of Armenia’s Russian-run railway network leading to its closed border with Turkey, Infrastructure Minister Davit Khudatian said on Monday.
The Indian and Armenian militaries reportedly pledged to continue deepening bilateral ties during fresh high-level talks held in Yerevan on Monday.
A senior Armenian official visited Kyiv at the weekend as Armenia’s leadership continued to step up diplomatic contacts with Ukraine amid mounting tensions with Russia.
Opposition groups in Gyumri insisted on Friday that they will not cede control of the municipal administration to Armenia’s ruling party despite the arrest of one of their leaders denounced by them as politically motivated.
Prosecutors have appealed against an Armenian court’s recent decision to overturn a prison sentence for an outspoken archbishop who was arrested last year amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s controversial campaign to oust Catholicos Garegin II.
Armenia should toughen legal requirements for ethnic Armenian foreign nationals seeking to become its dual citizens, Deputy Interior Minister Armen Ghazarian said on Friday.
A prominent opposition figure based in Gyumri was arrested on Thursday on charges which his lawyer and political allies said are part of government efforts to seize power in Armenia’s second largest city.
The Armenian government approved on Thursday about 5.65 billion drams ($14.6 million) in fresh subsidies to local agricultural exporters that manage to find new markets for their products recently banned by Russia.
Alen Simonian, a former parliament speaker unexpectedly pushed out by the ruling Civil Contract in late June, was appointed as the new secretary of Armenia’s Security Council on Thursday.
Two weeks after threatening legal action to end Russia’s management of Armenia’s railway network and triggering stern warnings from Moscow, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday that he is open to a “compromise” deal on the issue.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian spoke with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by phone on Wednesday three months after the latter’s visit to Yerevan that sparked a furious reaction from Russia.
Armenia’s two leading opposition groups said on Wednesday that they will fight hard to prevent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian from enacting a new Armenian constitution demanded by Azerbaijan.
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