Armenia’s leading anti-corruption watchdog on Friday expressed serious concern at discrepancies in the official results of the recent parliamentary elections registered in hundreds of precincts.
Russia has twice sacked the chief of its customs checkpoint on the border with Georgia this year following corruption alleged by Armenian traders and truck drivers, the head of Armenia’s largest business association said on Thursday.
Vote buying was decisive in the ruling Republican Party’s victory in the recent parliamentary elections, Armenia’s leading anti-corruption watchdog claimed on Monday.
Syrian nationals of Armenian descent have continued to relocate to Armenia this year due to the continuing bloody conflict in Syria, Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobian said on Friday.
A Syrian commercial jet arrived in Yerevan from Damascus on Wednesday, marking the official resumption of regular flights between Armenia and Syria that were halted four years ago.
Two members of Yerevan’s municipal assembly representing a radical opposition party made clear on Wednesday that they will not resign their seats after being accused by the party leadership of “treason.”
Hundreds of angry farmers blocked a road in Armenia on Tuesday to demand that the government compensate them for massive damage caused by a powerful hailstorm that swept through the country the previous night.
Residents of about two dozen small villages in Armenia’s eastern Gegharkunik province blocked a local highway on Wednesday in protest against government plans to merge them into larger communities.
Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission on Sunday approved the final results of the May 14 municipal elections in Yerevan, rejecting the appeal filed by an opposition party that particularly alleged large-scale vote buying and pressure on people to vote in favor of the ruling party.
A Russia-based Armenian businessman with suspected ties to the criminal world was issued a diplomatic passport of Armenia in accordance with the law, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan confirmed in an interview with RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) on Wednesday.
Two Armenian customs officers have been arrested on charges of accepting bribes by smugglers to allow illegal tax-free imports of Azerbaijani apples to the country.
The teachers of a rundown Armenian school went on a one-day strike on Thursday to demand urgent repairs of its facilities.
The Russian soldier convicted of murdering an Armenian family of seven in Gyumri more than two years ago may serve his life sentence in Russia, the Armenian Ministry of Justice indicated on Tuesday.
Campaigning for reelection, Yerevan Mayor Taron Markarian promised on Thursday to radically revamp the city’s outdated system of public transportation, a source of growing complaints from commuters and opposition allegations of government corruption.
The ruling Republican Party (HHK) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) have started negotiations on extending their power-sharing agreement reached a year ago, a senior HHK representative said late on Wednesday.
One man was injured and several others reportedly questioned by police late on Thursday in what appears to be a bitter dispute two election candidates of the ruling Republican Party (HHK) of Armenia.
Armenia’s human rights ombudsman, Arman Tatoyan, on Wednesday refused to comment on a Yerevan court’s controversial decision to sentence an opposition activist to two years in prison.
Environment Minister Artsvik Minasian rejected on Tuesday environment protection groups’ criticism of the Armenian government’s decision to give the green light for a new gold mine currently constructed in Armenia.
Minister for Local Government Davit Lokian defended on Monday the Armenian government’s decision to merge hundreds of small villages into larger communities over the objections of many local residents.
Utility regulators cut the prices of electricity in Armenia by at least 2.6 percent on Friday, citing a recent decrease in domestic gas tariffs agreed with Russia’s Gazprom monopoly.
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