Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has confirmed that he told the head of Armenia’s judicial oversight body, Karen Andreasian, to resign last week, saying that he is unhappy with some of the decisions made by Armenian courts.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency has again interrogated an outspoken pro-government lawmaker who seems to be defying reported government orders to resign from the parliament.
Hovik Aghazarian, an Armenian pro-government lawmaker, insisted on Wednesday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian is not pressuring him to leave the parliament after forcing the resignations of six senior state officials.
Citing the need to create a level playing field for all businesses, the Armenian government has moved to abolish a preferential tax regime enjoyed by many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The pro-government mayor of a major rural community near Yerevan resigned on Monday two days after being reportedly involved in a violent dispute that left one person dead.
Several lawmakers from Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party, including Parliament Speaker Alen Simonian, have proposed an amendment that would require a number of law enforcement bodies to report directly to the National Assembly.
A new law adopted by Armenian lawmakers on Thursday allows retired army officers to return to military service preserving their state pension, a move that pro-government authors of the bill believe will help attract more mid-level and junior officers to the armed forces.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities have dropped criminal charges against one of the three exiled Nagorno-Karabakh mayors prosecuted by them after signaling support for antigovernment protests in Yerevan.
The ruling Civil Contract party is starting preparations for a fresh municipal election in Gyumri following a government crackdown on a local businessman whose bloc runs Armenia’s second largest city.
Armenian opposition leaders gathered in the parliament on Thursday to again condemn Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s administration for “denigrating” a 1990 declaration of Armenia’s independence which Azerbaijan says is the main obstacle to peace between the two nations.
Azerbaijan is rejecting Armenian proposals to sign a bilateral peace deal in possible preparation for a new military aggression against Armenia, a deputy chairman of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s party said on Wednesday.
Armenia should be ready to replace wheat mostly imported from Russia with rice grown elsewhere in order to boost its national security, a senior Armenian official declared over the weekend.
Catholicos Garegin II has not changed his critical attitude towards Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian after inviting the latter to a major religious ceremony, a spokesman for the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church indicated at the weekend.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian’s renewed street protests in Yerevan are unlikely to force Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign, another high-ranking clergyman critical of the Armenian government said on Friday.
Justice Minister Grigor Minasian tendered his resignation on Tuesday, bowing to demands from many lawmakers representing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party.
It is still not clear when the Armenian government will start the repeatedly delayed introduction of a national system of health insurance, a senior official said on Tuesday.
In an Independence Day message to the nation, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Saturday apologized for his “mistakes” and said he will inevitably commit more of them while in power.
Hrayr Tovmasian, the former chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court, rejected criminal charges levelled against him as baseless and politically motivated at the end of his marathon trial in Yerevan on Wednesday.
The ruling Civil Contract party stripped three more opposition members of Yerevan’s municipal council of their seats on Tuesday ahead of a planned opposition bid to oust Mayor Tigran Avinian through a no-confidence vote.
Russia maintains a ban on fresh fruits and vegetables imported by 16 Armenian entities following its negotiations with relevant Armenian authorities, a senior official in Yerevan said on Wednesday.
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