Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian will attend after all a Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) summit that was due to take place in Yerevan but was moved to Moscow because of the escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Legal experts from the Council of Europe continue to support the Armenian government in rejecting a key safeguard against election fraud demanded by the opposition, Justice Minister Arpine Hovannisian claimed on Friday.
The Armenian government continued to reject significant concessions demanded by opposition and civic groups on Wednesday as it began negotiating with them on its new draft Electoral Code.
Armenia’s government will open negotiations on Wednesday with leading opposition parties and civil society members on new legislation that could greatly influence the conduct and outcome of next year’s parliamentary elections.
The Armenian government and the pro-government majority in the National Assembly have expressed readiness to address serious opposition concerns about a new Electoral Code drafted by them.
Three major opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament said on Friday that they will work together in trying to secure significant changes in a new and controversial election bill drafted by the government.
The Russian and Armenian presidents discussed the possibility of lowering the price of Russian natural gas supplied to Armenia when they met in Moscow last week, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian confirmed on Wednesday.
Legal experts from the Council of Europe met with leaders of Armenia’s parliamentary parties on Tuesday to discuss new legislation that could greatly influence the outcome of next year’s Armenian parliamentary elections.
Armenia’s main opposition Armenian National Congress party intends to cooperate with other political forces and civil society organizations in presenting joint demands regarding changes in the already published draft Electoral Code.
A parliamentary body looking into possible violations of ethnical norms of conduct by lawmakers has refused to consider a claim filed against a pro-government member by a leading human rights activist.
The National Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to appoint Armenia’s new human rights ombudsman nominated by President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK).
An Armenian lawmaker on Thursday admitted angrily berating an ethnic Armenian colleague from Turkey who backed pro-Azerbaijani resolutions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict debated by the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) last month.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Tuesday that their upcoming power-sharing agreement will signify a “long-term” political alliance.
The ruling Republican Party (HHK) all but predetermined on Friday the appointment of Arman Tatoyan, currently a deputy minister of justice, as Armenia’s new human rights ombudsman.
The existence of business monopolies is inevitable in a country like Armenia and the authorities in Yerevan are therefore not seeking to eliminate them, Economy Minister Karen Chshmaritian said on Wednesday.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), the second largest in parliament, said on Wednesday that President Serzh Sarkisian has not yet offered it to join a new coalition government that could be formed by him.
Yet another young activist of an Armenian opposition grouping seeking to topple President Serzh Sarkisian claimed on Friday to have been beaten up in Yerevan because of his active participation in anti-government protests.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) insisted on Wednesday that it did not force the human rights ombudsman, Karen Andreasian, to step down with harsh criticism voiced by some of its senior members.
President Serzh Sarkisian could stay in power as Armenia’s prime minister after completing his second and final term in 2018, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian said on Tuesday.
A coalition of four Armenian civic organizations that deployed the largest monitoring team during Armenia’s constitutional referendum on Monday rejected as fraudulent its official results showing a “Yes” vote for President Serzh Sarkisian’s constitutional changes.
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