Armenia is ready to help evacuate ethnic Armenian residents of northern Syria affected by Turkey’s military operations conducted there, a senior official in Yerevan said on Friday.
Armenia’s government on Thursday condemned Turkey’s military offensive in northeastern Syria as “illegal” and discussed it at an emergency meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
The chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court, Hrayr Tovmasian, has denounced the ruling My Step alliance’s efforts to unseat him as politically motivated and accused the authorities of seeking potentially unrestricted powers.
Armenia’s Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan dismissed on Wednesday reports he will also lose his post following the dismissal of two other senior security officials.
The head of a state body overseeing Armenia’s judiciary said on Wednesday that the Constitutional Court will deal with the criminal case against former President Robert Kocharian in a way defined by the law.
Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanian said on Thursday he will meet with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov again soon for fresh talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The Armenian police appeared to have deployed more officers in the northern town of Ijevan on Friday two days after clashing with local residents protesting against government efforts to end illegal logging in nearby forests.
Armenian press freedom groups have condemned Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian for insulting an RFE/RL reporter and demanded parliamentary proceedings against him.
Senior representatives of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s My Step alliance expressed concern on Friday over a senior judge’s appointment to a state body overseeing Armenia’s courts.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian joined on Tuesday other opposition figures in defending the legitimacy of the Constitutional Court challenged by its newest judge and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s political allies.
The chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court, Hrayr Tovmasian, said on Thursday that he will not resign despite having his legitimacy challenged by the court’s newest judge and the ruling My Step alliance.
The pro-government majority in the National Assembly has raised eyebrows after failing to install a new member of Armenia’s state judicial watchdog nominated by it.
International donors have agreed to finance a sharp increase in the salaries of Armenia’s judges sought by the Armenian government, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian insisted on Thursday that his government performed “brilliantly” after taking office as a result of last spring’s “velvet revolution” in Armenia.
The National Assembly on Tuesday voted to elect a prominent lawyer, Vahe Grigorian, as a new member of Armenia’s Constitutional Court.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian indicated on Tuesday that he will ignore a second summons from law-enforcement officials investigating an arson attack reported ahead of a recent local election won by a BHK-backed candidate.
The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), a state body overseeing Armenia’s courts, has been effectively paralyzed by the resignations of five of its nine members.
President Armen Sarkissian’s latest nominee to the Constitutional Court said on Thursday that his warm relations with members of Armenia’s new ruling elite would not influence his judicial activities.
Armenia’s Constitutional Court has delayed until July 9 a keenly anticipated decision on whether former President Robert Kocharian can stand trial on charges stemming from the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
The two opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament said on Friday that they have no plans to join forces with former President Robert Kocharian in challenging the current government.
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