The European Union hopes that upcoming general elections in Armenia will be democratic and plans to allocate over $3 million for that purpose, senior EU diplomats said on Thursday.
Former President Robert Kocharian was released from custody on Monday immediately after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he cannot be prosecuted for the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
Armenian human rights activists have called on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to help ensure the release of a well-known political activist who was jailed for organizing a violent anti-government demonstration in Yerevan in 2013.
Armenia’s Transport Minister Ashot Hakobian on Monday rushed to Georgia’s sole border crossing with Russia where hundreds of Armenian cars and commercial trucks were stranded due to a severe bottleneck.
Armenia’s leading political groups have not yet nominated candidates for the vacant post of Yerevan’s mayor ahead of fresh municipal elections expected soon.
More than 200 Armenian employees of a U.S.-based mining company demonstrated in Yerevan on Monday against the blockage of a massive gold deposit in southeastern Armenia which continued for a tenth consecutive day.
A veteran Armenian politician accused of plotting to seize power together with members of a clandestine militant group was released from custody on Monday pending the outcome of their ongoing trial.
The Yerevan State University (YSU) administration accused Armenia’s new government of exerting “political pressure” on its rector, Aram Simonian, on Tuesday after he was confronted by angry students demanding his resignation.
An Armenian opposition activist was released from custody on Monday pending a verdict in his trial on charges of aiding gunmen that seized a police station in Yerevan in 2016 to demand then President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation.
Protesters again blocked many roads in and outside Yerevan on Wednesday, responding opposition leader Nikol Pashinian’s calls for renewed “civil disobedience” actions which followed the Armenian parliament’s vote against his becoming prime minister.
According to the latest report of the International Labor Organization published ahead of March 8, International Women’s Day, among post-Soviet countries Armenia has the highest unemployment rate among women.
A U.S.-British company said on Monday that it expects to finish next year the ongoing construction of a massive gold mine in Armenia that will sharply increase the country’s gold exports.
Armenia’s policy of seeking a “privileged” relationship with the European Union while remaining part of a Russian-led bloc will strengthen its positions in the region and make it more attractive to investors, France’s ambassador in Yerevan said on Tuesday.
Armenia’s highest court on Friday declared unconstitutional a legal provision that has enabled pro-government forces to overcome a yearlong boycott of Vanadzor’s municipal council by its majority representing opposition parties.
After years of foot-dragging and indecision, the Armenian authorities plan to enact soon a special law aimed at combatting domestic violence and helping its predominantly female victims.
Retail prices of meat and butter in Armenia have risen by more than 20 percent in the last ten days, making these foodstuffs even less affordable for a large part of the country’s population.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities announced on Friday a nationwide hunt for three individuals who they said were behind a brazen shooting in downtown Yerevan which left one man dead and another gravely wounded.
A landmark agreement to deepen the European Union’s relations with Armenia will most likely be signed as planned in November, Germany’s and France’s ambassadors in Yerevan said on Tuesday
A trial prosecutor claimed on Friday that an Armenia Catholic priest financed members of a militant group that allegedly plotted to seize power in Armenia before being arrested in November 2015.
The European Union said on Monday that it will not cut funding for Armenian civil society groups despite the alleged embezzlement of some of its grants that has led to the arrest of a senior EU staffer in Armenia.
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