Four anti-government activists were arrested and indicted over the weekend for allegedly creating a social media account that regularly spreads offensive comments about Armenia’s leadership.
Traffic was brought to a standstill in much of central Yerevan on Saturday as an alliance of more than a dozen Armenian opposition parties resumed street protests aimed at forcing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign.
An Armenian court on Thursday again adjourned a trial of former President Serzh Sarkisian following the death of another defendant.
In a move condemned by press freedom groups, Armenian prosecutors have drafted legislation that would make defamation of government, law-enforcement and other state officials a crime punishable by up to two years in prison.
Representatives of three major Nagorno-Karabakh parties have put forward a bill that would make Russian the Armenian-populated territory’s second official language.
An outspoken lawmaker announced on Tuesday his decision to leave Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), citing differences with the country’s largest parliamentary opposition force.
Armenian media organizations have accused the government of trying to restrict press freedom with bills that would sharply increase fines for libel and make it harder for journalists to use anonymous sources.
European Union member states have completed the ratification of the EU’s Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Armenia which was signed more than three years ago.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have exchanged more prisoners in line with the Russian-brokered agreement that stopped the war in Nagorno-Karabakh on November 10.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a London-based think-tank, has downgraded Armenia’s position in its annual survey of the state of democracy around the world.
Opposition leaders accused the Armenian parliament of undermining judicial independence on Wednesday as it approved a government proposal to hire new judges who will deal only with corruption cases or pre-trial arrests of criminal suspects.
Law-enforcement authorities arrested five protesters who clashed with riot police while demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation on Thursday.
In a move sought by Yerevan, Russia’s government has provisionally lifted a coronavirus-related entry ban for Armenian nationals which has aggravated Armenia’s economic problems.
Opposition leaders denounced on Monday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s reported plans to appoint a senior but politically inexperienced lawmaker as Armenia’s new ambassador to the United States.
Two pro-government lawmakers are pressing the National Assembly to scale back a recent sharp increase in a special tax used for compensating the families of Armenian soldiers killed or seriously wounded in action.
The Armenian government did not confirm or refute on Friday reports that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian will fly to Moscow on Monday for further talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The head of a state body overseeing Armenian courts rejected on Tuesday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest strong criticism of the country’s judiciary.
Armenia’s leading opposition forces have rejected Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s offer to discuss with them the conduct of snap parliamentary elections.
The opposition Bright Armenia Party (LHK) has called for a parliamentary inquiry into the causes and the outcome of the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Thousands of people poured into Yerevan’s main square on Tuesday as the Armenian opposition tried to intensify its campaign for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
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