Authorities in Yerevan are not in a position to ensure an orderly evacuation of ethnic Armenians from war-torn Syria where the situation has lately gone from bad to worse, Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobian said on Wednesday.
Echoing the dominant mood in their home country, Iranian nationals living in Armenia welcomed on Wednesday Iran’s landmark nuclear agreement with six world powers which envisages the lifting of international sanctions imposed on Tehran.
Armenia’s cash-strapped government plans to inaugurate soon a $28 million facility with whirlpool bathtubs, restaurants and tennis courts which is supposed to serve as a “training center” for Armenian tax and customs officials.
A Russian energy company on Monday denied reports that it is holding negotiations on the sale of Armenia’s troubled power distribution network owned by it amid continuing protests in Yerevan sparked by a controversial rise in electricity prices.
The U.S. State Department has described “systemic corruption” as one of the most frequent and serious forms of human rights violation in Armenia, saying that the authorities in Yerevan are not doing enough to tackle it.
The Armenian National Olympic Committee (ANOC) named on Tuesday 25 athletes who will represent Armenia at the upcoming European Games in Baku despite widespread security concerns that have led some of their teammates to boycott the multi-sport event.
Armenian law-enforcement agencies and courts remain the principal source of serious human rights violations in the country, Ombudsman Karen Andreasian said in his annual report released over the weekend.
Hundreds of angry taxi drivers blocked the main squares of Yerevan and Gyumri with their cars on Monday in protest against new taxation rules introduced by the Armenian government.
A senior European Union diplomat urged the Armenian authorities on Thursday to properly investigate a spate of violent attacks on opposition activists which have heightened political tensions in Armenia.
The Armenian police guarded Russia’s military and diplomatic facilities in Gyumri on Friday one day after clashing with local residents protesting against a deadly shooting spree allegedly perpetrated by a Russian soldier.
Hundreds of angry people clashed with riot police outside the Russian consulate in the Armenian city of Gyumri late on Thursday on the second day of protests against the killing of a local family allegedly committed by a Russian soldier. (UPDATED)
The European Union allocated on Thursday about 10 million euros ($12.4 million) in fresh assistance to Armenia’s central and local governments as well as civic organizations.
The European Union does not exclude that a new agreement with Armenia considering the South Caucasus country’s commitments to an emerging Russian-led trade bloc may be signed in the near future, according to a Brussels representative in Yerevan.
Russian Ambassador Ivan Volynkin expects the current internal political developments in Armenia to have no major impact on the country’s foreign policy, including its decision to join the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) beginning next year.
Dozens of angry young women rallied in Yerevan on Thursday to protest against government plans to cut maternity benefits paid by the state in Armenia.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian and businessman Gagik Tsarukian met on Tuesday to discuss preparations for an upcoming joint anti-government rally planned by their political parties and two other groups critical of President Serzh Sarkisian.
At least 150 Iraqi Yazidis who have taken refuge in Turkey are ready to relocate to Armenia on a permanent basis, a leader of the Armenian Yazidi community said on Tuesday.
Dozens of young specialists are resigning from Armenia’s state-run universities and research institutes in order to be able to opt out of a controversial national retirement plan introduced by the government.
President Serzh Sarkisian has added his voice to concerns about the plight of Iraq’s Yazidi community targeted by Islamist militants and told the Armenian government to provide them with more humanitarian aid than was initially planned.
The National Assembly gave the green light over the weekend to the relaunch of a controversial reform of the national pension system that has been initiated by the Armenian government.
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