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.
A Yerevan court trying Robert Kocharian on Tuesday failed to gather for a hearing during which several former prime ministers of Armenia would vouch for the release of the former president charged with overthrowing the country’s constitutional order.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has made public a draft manifesto ahead of a constitutional referendum slated for April 5 in which citizens will be asked to approve the termination of powers of several High Court judges.
A senior European Union diplomat has expressed hope that the EU will start “soon” formal negotiations with Armenia on lifting its visa requirements for Armenian citizens.
Nearly two years after resigning amid mass protests against his continued rule, Armenia’s former President Serzh Sarkisian went on trial on Tuesday on corruption charges which he rejects as politically motivated.
A former Justice Ministry official related to Hrayr Tovmasian was arrested on Thursday as part of criminal proceedings launched against the embattled chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court.
Justice Minister Rustam Badasian denounced on Thursday a senior judge who has accused Armenia’s government and parliament of pressuring courts.
American reality-television star Kim Kardashian confirmed that she is considering manufacturing her shapewear line or other products in Armenia as she attended on Tuesday an international conference held in Yerevan.
Amid continuing angry protests against the sacking of the acclaimed Armenian-American director of Armenia’s national opera theater, the government pledged to at least delay the appointment of his successor on Monday.
A court in Yerevan on Friday extended by two months the pretrial detention of Robert Kocharian, a lawyer for the former Armenian president said after the court session.
Employees of pawnshops and exchange offices on Thursday threatened to block the central streets of Yerevan if the government representatives did not listen to their demands.
Armenia’s current government has made “serious progress” in combatting corruption in the country but should not “rest on its laurels,” a senior European Union diplomat said on Tuesday.
Former President Robert Kocharian again defended his actions in the wake of a disputed 2008 presidential election as he personally challenged his pretrial detention in Armenia’s Court of Appeals on Friday.
A court in Yerevan on Friday refused to grant bail to former Armenian President Robert Kocharian and allowed law-enforcement to hold him in pretrial detention for two more months.
A district court judge in Yerevan on Thursday accepted prosecutors’ demand to stop considering granting bail to Robert Kocharian, a former Armenian president prosecuted on coup charges.
Lawyers for former President Robert Kocharian have asked Armenia’s Constitutional Court to declare unconstitutional a legal provision which they believe paved the way for his renewed arrest in December.
Former President Robert Kocharian was again taken into custody on Friday after an Armenian court allowed his pre-trial arrest on charges stemming from the deadly break-up of 2008 post-election protests in Yerevan.
Armenia’s courts must allow law-enforcement authorities to again arrest former President Robert Kocharian in connection with the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan, Prosecutor-General Artur Davtian insisted on Wednesday.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) officially launched on Tuesday its observation mission for snap parliamentary elections that will be held in Armenia next month.
An Armenian court on Monday rejected investigators’ request for an arrest to be applied against Ara Minasian, a former director of one of Yerevan’s leading hospitals accused of fraud and forgery.
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