The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reaffirmed on Saturday its readiness to help the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict exchange prisoners of war and recover the bodies of their soldiers killed in action.
Two female parliamentarians representing the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) have announced plans to introduce legislation that would ban abortions except in cases of medical emergency.
Gagik Tsarukian, the leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), on Friday again criticized the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and other policies but stopped short of demanding its resignation.
A government commission on constitutional reform has recommended the abolition of Armenia’s Constitutional Court which has been locked in a standoff with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s administration.
Senior representatives of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) condemned a fellow parliamentarian on Friday for leaving the country’s largest parliamentary opposition force led by businessman Gagik Tsarukian.
Artur Vanetsian, the former National Security Service (NSS) director leading an opposition party, accused the Armenian authorities of trying to “silence” him after being questioned on Friday in an investigation launched by the NSS.
Relatives of protesters killed during the 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan and supporters of former President Levon Ter-Petrosian have deplored the Armenian government’s choice of a candidate to replace one of the three Constitutional Court judges controversially dismissed last month.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian lashed out on Thursday at his political opponents accusing him of stifling dissent, mishandling the coronavirus crisis and failing to address its socioeconomic consequences.
Armenia’s Constitutional Court is scheduled to start on July 7 hearings on the legality of coup charges brought against former President Robert Kocharian.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian dismissed on Wednesday opposition claims that Gagik Tsarukian, the leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), is prosecuted for political reasons.
Several other opposition forces have joined the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) in condemning as politically motivated criminal proceedings launched against its leader Gagik Tsarukian.
The opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) accused the authorities on Tuesday of launching a smear campaign against its leader Gagik Tsarukian in response to his calls for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
The opposition minority in the Armenian parliament on Monday rejected as unconstitutional a government-backed bill that will allow the authorities to formally cancel a planned referendum on ousting most members of the country’s Constitutional Court.
Armenia’s government and parliamentary opposition have joined forces to draft legislation that will abolish direct elections of the mayors of all towns and even some villages in the country.
The government on Thursday extended a state of emergency in Armenia by another month while lifting the last remaining restrictions on business activity which were aimed at containing the coronavirus epidemic.
Three former Armenian prime ministers petitioned a Yerevan court to release former President Robert Kocharian from custody when his trial resumed after a two-month pause on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian told Armenians on Wednesday to brace themselves for months of economic hardship resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
Law-enforcement authorities on Thursday pledged to investigate a violent clash between a deputy speaker of Armenia’s parliament and an outspoken anti-government activist which raised eyebrows in the country.
The National Assembly elected on Friday the next governor of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) nominated by the ruling My Step alliance.
Health Minister Arsen Torosian on Friday sounded a note of caution over a decreased rate of new coronavirus cases in Armenia, saying that the epidemic is not yet ending and requires continued “harsh” measures by the authorities.
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