Armenia’s leading opposition groups continued to negotiate on Monday on the possibility of joining forces ahead of next February’s presidential election.
A French-Armenian community leader has voiced concern that public opinion in France does not favor a new law criminalizing denial of the Armenian genocide.
Armenia and France accentuated their longstanding friendly relations and pledged to boost economic and political ties as their leaders met in Paris on Monday.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) announced on Thursday that it will hold talks with other major political groups to try to drum up multi-partisan support for constitutional and other major changes which it believes should be enacted in Armenia.
In a move which it linked with the upcoming presidential election, the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) of Gagik Tsarukian effectively called late on Tuesday for a sweeping constitutional reform that would curb presidential powers and transform the country into a parliamentary republic.
The ArmRosGazprom (ARG) national gas distribution company has become Armenia’s leading corporate taxpayer this year due to a more than 40 percent surge in its tax contributions to the state, according to the latest government data.
Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian was again summoned to Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) on Monday in his continuing prosecution on charges which he considers politically motivated.
Armenian prison authorities will not give in to the demands of several detainees who went on hunger strike and severely injured themselves last week, Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasian said on Wednesday.
Economic growth in Armenia is on course to accelerate to 7 percent this year and remain relatively robust next year, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said on Tuesday, presenting his government’s draft 2013 budget to lawmakers.
A leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Friday called on the country’s leading opposition groups to nominate a joint candidate for the upcoming presidential election.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) continues to favor close cooperation with the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) of Gagik Tsarukian in its efforts to topple President Serzh Sarkisian, a leading member of the opposition alliance said on Tuesday.
Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian will join the Armenian delegation at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) to regain his immunity from prosecution on controversial charges, his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) said on Monday.
Gagik Tsarukian, the leader of Armenia’s second most important parliamentary party, has met Yerevan-based senior European diplomats and apparently discussed with them a controversial criminal case opened against one of his top allies ahead of a presidential election.
Khachatur Kokobelian, the leader of the opposition Free Democrats Party, has refused to give up his parliament seat after the head of another opposition party with which he entered the National Assembly resigned and urged him to follow suit.
An opposition-leaning Armenian party is considering giving its lawmaker an extra “immunity” from possible arrest in an ongoing controversial prosecution on money laundering charges in the form of a mandate of a pan-European legislative body.
A senior member of a political party that quit the main opposition alliance earlier this year has not ruled out supporting President Serzh Sarkisian if the incumbent faces his predecessor in next year’s presidential election.
The Armenian government and Russia’s Gazprom monopoly are continuing to negotiate on a new price of Russian natural gas delivered to Armenia, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said on Wednesday.
The Armenian parliament allowed law-enforcement authorities on Tuesday to prosecute Vartan Oskanian on fraud charges which the former foreign minister and his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) consider politically motivated. (UPDATED)
Tensions between President Serzh Sarkisian and his former main coalition partner rose further on Monday when the Armenian parliament debated controversial criminal proceedings launched against former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian.
Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian struck a defiant note on Friday as the pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament indicated its intention to lift his legal immunity from prosecution on controversial criminal charges.
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