The Armenian Revolutionary Federation, an extra-parliamentary opposition party that was represented in the previous government, held a rally in front of the Yerevan Mayor’s Office on Wednesday to express its dissatisfaction with what it sees as the poor work of the city authorities.
An international company in charge of garbage collection in Yerevan has dropped its plans to hold a press conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, after hearing criticism over its decision in Armenia.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ordered Armenia to pay as much as 1.6 million euros ($1.8 million) in compensation to an Armenian man whose house and land had been expropriated during a controversial redevelopment of downtown Yerevan.
A new member of a state body overseeing Armenia’s courts unexpectedly resigned on Friday just hours after it rejected a legal challenge launched against her.
Armenia’s international air traffic continued to grow robustly in the first half of this year, the head of the Armenian government’s Civil Aviation Committee, Tatevik Revazian, said on Monday.
The Armenian government’s tax revenues soared by about 25 percent in the first half of this year, the head of the State Revenue Committee (SRC), Davit Ananian, said on Tuesday.
The Armenian Justice Ministry has drafted a bill calling for lengthy prison sentences for anyone who would create, lead or join a “criminal environment” in the country.
The Armenian government announced on Thursday plans to increase the minimum wage in the country by more than 23 percent.
Armenia is hoping to become a transit route for Russian tourists travelling to neighboring Georgia after all passenger flights between Russia and Georgia are suspended next month.
The Russian ambassador in Yerevan praised the current state of Russia’s relationship with Armenia on Tuesday, saying that the two countries have remained strategic allies after last year’s Armenian “velvet revolution.”
Dozens of members of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) have demonstratively claimed responsibility for a reported attack on an activist of a rival political party.
A court in Yerevan on Saturday ordered Armenia’s former President Robert Kocharian released from prison pending the outcome of his and three other former officials’ trial on coup charges.
The National Security Service (NSS) insisted on Wednesday that Russia was not responsible for the fact that a Ukrainian lawmaker was briefly prevented from entering Armenia after landing at Yerevan airport last week.
Opposition members of Yerevan’s municipal assembly denounced Mayor Hayk Marutian on Monday for planning to double his and his top aides’ salaries.
The official owner of Armenia’s largest food exporting company accused of tax evasion has been released from custody after paying the government 1 billion drams ($2.1 million).
Samvel Aleksanian, one of Armenia’s wealthiest and most influential businesspeople, has been questioned by law-enforcement authorities on suspicion of kidnapping a once prominent journalist.
The owner of Armenia’s largest food exporting company accused of tax evasion warned through his lawyer of “severe consequences” for the domestic economy after the Court of Appeals refused to release him from custody on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has defended investigators that brought corruption charges against a senior Armenian government official and lambasted civic activists questioning the credibility of the high-profile probe.
The leader of a major Armenian opposition party on Thursday accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of illegally firing and disrespecting customs officers in a way reminiscent of Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko’s public outbursts.
An Armenian customs officer resigned on Wednesday following what human rights activists described as an illegal sacking order issued by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
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