Law-enforcement authorities on Friday brought criminal charges against the chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court, Hrayr Tovmasian, in what he denounced as a “political process” aimed at forcing him to resign.
Russia is planning to significantly strengthen its troops deployed in Armenia with new weapons, the Russian ambassador in Yerevan, Sergey Kopyrkin, said on Tuesday.
A government bill designed to tackle Armenia’s “criminal subculture” has stopped scores of Russian crime figures from migrating to the South Caucasus state, a senior Armenian official claimed on Friday.
Authorities in the Czech Republic have agreed to extradite to Armenia a fugitive nephew of former President Serzh Sarkisian accused of illegal arms possession and drug trafficking, Armenian prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Monday again claimed to have eliminated “systemic corruption” in Armenia and ruled out any clemency for current government officials suspected of graft.
One day after an Armenian court allowed them to arrest former Prosecutor-General Gevorg Kostanian, law-enforcement authorities shed some light on Thursday on their charges brought against him in connection with the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
Law-enforcement authorities requested on Thursday an arrest warrant for Armenia’s former Prosecutor-General Gevorg Kostanian three days after indicting him in connection with the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
A group of environmentalists have taken legal action against Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinian in response to his claims that some activists have ulterior motives in campaigning against a U.S.-backed gold mining project in Armenia.
A senior Armenian police officer was suspended over the weekend after being seemingly caught on video brutally beating a man together with three other individuals.
Nineteen months after being toppled by a popular uprising, former President Serzh Sarkisian has accused Armenia’s current leadership of jeopardizing democracy and stifling dissent in the country.
A senior pro-government parliamentarian on Monday accused lawyers for Robert Kocharian of dragging out the high-profile trial of Armenia’s jailed former president facing coup and corruption charges denied by him.
Two days after resigning from the post of the chairman of the Public Council Vazgen Manukian has announced his plans to return to politics.
The Armenian parliament on Tuesday refused even to put on its agenda a bill seeking to expressly outlaw same-sex marriages in the country.
A member of Armenia’s pro-government faction in parliament has responded to criticism from the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party’s leader regarding the lack of breakthrough in economy and a poor investment environment in the country.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has called on fellow member states of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to “consider the interests of all participating nations” when it comes to issues such as foreign policy and military-technical cooperation.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s parliament has overwhelmingly voted against constitutional changes that would allow Samvel Babayan, the Armenian-populated territory’s former top military commander, to run in a presidential election slated for March.
The top manager of companies belonging to Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian denied on Friday fraud and tax evasion charges levelled against him last month.
A court in Yerevan on Thursday extended until December 24 the pre-trial arrest of former Finance Minister Gagik Khachatrian who is accused abuse of power and misuse of public funds.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian denied through a spokesman on Monday opposition claims that he ordered criminal proceedings against the chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court, Hrayr Tovmasian, in a bid to force the latter to resign.
The National Security Service (NSS) interrogated Hrayr Tovmasian’s father and two daughters on Friday one day after another law-enforcement agency launched separate criminal proceedings against the embattled chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court.
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