An Armenian government agency has launched an inquiry into a Turkish-owned company controversially chosen to process visa applications from Armenians planning to travel to Germany and five other European Union member states.
After a five-month investigation, Armenian law-enforcement authorities have decided not to prosecute anyone in connection with a massive wildfire in a nature reserve southeast of Yerevan.
Russia and Georgia have agreed to launch this year construction of a tunnel at a key crossing used by Armenian passengers and traders for travel and transportation of goods, Armenian Minister of Transportation Vahan Martirosian told media in Yerevan on Tuesday.
Scores of people in Yerevan queued up to buy antibiotics and other pharmaceutical drugs on Wednesday one day before the gradual entry into force of a government ban on over-the-counter sales of many types of medication in Armenia.
Production operations at a large copper mine in northern Armenia were halted last month because of its faulty waste disposal facilities, environment protection activists claimed on Monday.
One week after an embarrassing brawl between pro-government and opposition members of Yerevan’s municipal council, Mayor Taron Markarian has decided to ban reporters from attending its further sessions.
The Armenian police have received differing complaints about a bitter altercation between opposition and pro-government members of Yerevan’s municipal council which turned violent on Tuesday.
A session of Yerevan’s municipal council descended into chaos on Tuesday as three of its female opposition members scuffled with pro-government colleagues while trying to stage an unusual protest against Mayor Taron Markarian.
One of Armenia’s main fuel importers sought to justify on Wednesday a continuing rise in petrol and diesel prices in the country, citing the increased cost of oil and higher taxes introduced by the Armenian government.
The Armenian authorities have postponed the introduction of controversial legislation allowing judges to fine lawyers for contempt of court, it emerged on Wednesday
The Armenian Ministry of Health has drafted a bill that would introduce a blanket ban on smoking in cafes, restaurants and other public places and impose heavy fines on people violating it.
The prices of gasoline and diesel fuel in Armenia have risen further despite President Serzh Sarkisian’s calls for possible “drastic measures” against a handful of companies importing fuel.
Ruben Hayrapetian, the controversial chairman of the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA), said on Friday that he will not step down despite a promise given two years ago.
A controversial Russian businessman blacklisted by the United States for his alleged ties to organized crime has worked as an “adviser” to Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, the Foreign Ministry in Yerevan acknowledged on Tuesday.
Three arrested members of an armed opposition group that seized a police station in Yerevan in 2016 are continuing a hunger strike which they began last month in protest against their prison conditions.
Law-enforcement authorities in Georgia have extradited to Armenia a man accused of providing a sophisticated weapon to Samvel Babayan, the jailed army general linked to an Armenian opposition group, it emerged on Wednesday.
A government agency is investigating a toxic waste spill from a copper mine in northern Armenia that reached a nearby community earlier this month, Environment Protection Minister Artsvik Minasian said on Monday.
The Armenian government announced on Tuesday plans to start gradually introducing next year a national system of agricultural insurance increasingly seen as a vital necessity for struggling farmers across the country.
NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller praised Armenia’s increased cooperation with the U.S.-led alliance and said it will deepen further when she visited Yerevan on Monday.
An Armenian court sentenced a man to three years in prison on Monday after convicting him involvement in an armed revolt allegedly plotted by Zhirayr Sefilian, a radical opposition figure.
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