The mayor of an Armenian village bordering Azerbaijan’s Nakhichevan exclave was wounded on Monday night as a result of fresh shootouts between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops stationed at the border section.
Armenian lawmakers approved on Thursday a government proposal to impose a new tax on exports of copper and other metals one day after law-enforcement officers raided the offices of Armenia’s largest mining company partly controlled by an opposition leader.
Russia has begun preparations for deploying its troops in another Armenian province bordering Azerbaijan, a senior Armenian official said on Wednesday.
A senior member of the main opposition Hayastan bloc said on Tuesday that it has still not decided whether to take up its seats in Armenia’s new parliament elected on June 20.
Families of Armenian servicemen who went missing in action (MIA) during last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh have urged acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to set up a separate commission to deal with the matter.
Russia will likely deploy troops in another Armenian region bordering Azerbaijan, Armenia’s top army general said on Tuesday.
Former President Serzh Sarkisian has condemned Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s threats to “hammer” political foes after Sunday’s parliamentary elections and warned that an opposition alliance led by him would put up a stiff resistance to any violence.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday brushed aside the publication of what former President Serzh Sarkisian has portrayed as further proof of his reckless rejection before last year’s war with Azerbaijan of an international plan to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenia’s sole remaining deputy foreign minister, Armen Ghevondian, said on Thursday that he has not withdrawn his resignation despite the government’s refusal to accept it.
An opposition alliance led by former President Robert Kocharian on Friday claimed to have opened about 800 campaign offices across Armenia for the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The Armenian authorities are “working around the clock” to secure the release of Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan, a senior security official said on Tuesday.
Armenia has set two conditions for embarking on a demarcation of its border with Azerbaijan proposed by Russia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday.
A senior pro-government lawmaker insisted on Friday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has not secretly agreed to cede any Armenian territory to Azerbaijan as part of a demarcation of the border between the two states proposed by Russia.
Russia offered on Wednesday to help Armenia and Azerbaijan demarcate their border some portions of which have been the scene of a military standoff over the past week.
Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian military officials announced no agreements after holding more talks over the weekend in a bid to end a military standoff at disputed sections of Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
Armenian-Azerbaijani crisis talks have yielded no agreement so far, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinian said on Friday, warning of a further escalation of a military standoff at disputed sections of Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
Armenia continued to accuse Azerbaijan of occupying its internationally recognized territory on Thursday as troops from the two countries remained locked in a border standoff for a second day.
Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) began on Tuesday preparations for early parliamentary elections one day after they were officially scheduled for June 20.
Law-enforcement authorities have brought criminal charges against Movses Hakobian, Armenia’s former top general, nearly six months after he accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of mishandling the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Former President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) announced on Thursday its decision to seek an electoral alliance with another opposition party led by former National Security Service (NSS) Director Artur Vanetsian.
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