The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) largely supports sweeping constitutional changes that have been drafted by a commission formed by President Serzh Sarkisian, a leader of the opposition party said on Thursday.
President Serzh Sarkisian attended on Wednesday the inauguration of a new church built by Gagik Tsarukian, making another public appearance with the former Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader forced out of politics earlier this year.
Leaders of several opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament objected on Monday to controversial constitutional changes planned by President Serzh Sarkisian at a meeting with the European Union’s top official, it emerged on Tuesday.
European Council President Donald Tusk met with Armenian leaders in Yerevan on Monday, reaffirming the European Union’s readiness to continue deepening relations with Armenia despite its recent accession to a Russia-led bloc.
The young organizers of protests in Yerevan against a controversial rise in electricity prices vowed to continue their campaign on Tuesday one day after being forced to vacate a street leading to President Serzh Sarkisian’s headquarters.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency launched on Friday a criminal investigation into excessive police use of force against protesters and journalists which was reported during last week’s dispersal of a demonstration in Yerevan.
President Serzh Sarkisian appears to have made a final decision to try to transform Armenian into a parliamentary republic with a largely ceremonial head of state not elected by popular vote, an opposition politician said on Thursday.
Utility regulators formally raised the prices of electricity in Armenia by over 16 percent on Wednesday as dozens of people scuffled with riot police in Yerevan in protest against the unpopular measure expected to spark larger anti-government demonstrations.
The chief executive of Armenia’s Russian-owned power distribution network provoked an angry rebuttal from the national utility regulator on Friday after blaming the Armenian authorities for its financial troubles that will lead to a further increase in electricity prices in the country.
A senior Armenian official on Wednesday revealed the planned sale of a key section of a pipeline transporting natural gas from Iran to Armenia’s national gas distribution network owned by Russia’s Gazprom giant.
Armenia’s chief public utility regulator said on Tuesday that the prices of electricity in the country will again rise soon despite strong resistance from opposition parties and many ordinary Armenians.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) is ready, in principle, to eventually rejoin Armenia’s government but has not yet received such an offer from President Serzh Sarkisian, a leader of the opposition party said on Friday.
The impending increase in the electricity prices in Armenia will not be as drastic as has been requested by the Russian-owned national power distribution network, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Yervand Zakharian said on Thursday.
Armenia’s controversial Finance Minister Gagik Khachatrian claimed on Monday that lucrative businesses linked with his family do not enjoy privileged treatment by tax authorities headed by him.
Armenian and Russian law-enforcement bodies are continuing their joint efforts to solve last January’s deadly shooting spree in Gyumri blamed on a Russian army soldier, Prosecutor-General Gevorg Kostanian said on Wednesday.
Armenia’s leading opposition parties on Monday pledged to work together in trying to prevent a more than 35 percent surge in electricity prices sought by the Russian-owned national power distribution network.
An ad hoc commission on constitutional reform set up by President Serzh Sarkisian on Monday stood by its view that Armenia must be transformed into a parliamentary republic with a largely ceremonial head of state.
Armenia has reaffirmed its support for Georgia’s territorial integrity after its parliament speaker Galust Sahakian angered official Tbilisi by meeting with a leader of South Ossetia, a breakaway Georgian region.
Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobian has come under fire from opposition figures and even some government loyalists after declaring that Armenian communities around the world have not done enough to ease socioeconomic hardship in Armenia.
Armenia’s parliament on Tuesday expressed gratitude to over two dozen countries that have recognized the 1915 Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire and called on other nations to do the same.
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