Armenian authorities have started accessing and using personal data from people’s mobile phones to fight against the coronavirus epidemic, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Authorities suspended public transport in Yerevan and set up roadblocks across Armenia on Wednesday as they stepped up their efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Ignoring strong opposition objections, Armenia’s parliament on Monday allowed authorities to access personal data from people’s mobile phones for the purpose of stopping the spread of coronavirus in the country.
Law-enforcement authorities on Wednesday asked a court in Yerevan to issue a fresh arrest warrant for a prominent Armenian businessman who was allowed to receive medical treatment abroad after being indicted more than a year ago.
None of the members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court at loggerheads with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has accepted a lucrative government offer of early retirement which expired on Thursday.
Armenia’s political leadership has insisted that it will not resort to fraud and use government levers to win the upcoming referendum on controversial constitutional changes sought by it.
More than 60 lawyers critical of the Armenian government have joined forces to campaign for a “no” vote in the upcoming referendum on a controversial government proposal to oust most members of the country’s Constitutional Court.
Ignoring opposition objections, Armenia’s parliament decided on Thursday to hold a referendum on constitutional changes that would dismiss seven of the nine members of the Constitutional Court locked in a bitter dispute with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s government.
In a move denounced by the Armenian opposition, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s My Step bloc has drafted constitutional changes that would dismiss seven of the nine members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court locked in a bitter dispute with the government.
Constitutional Court Chairman Hrayr Tovmasian has said that he will not step down despite facing criminal charges and growing pressure from Armenia’s political leadership.
Citing the need to reverse Armenia’s falling birthrate, the government approved on Thursday sharp increases in child benefits which will come into force in July.
Environment Minister Erik Grigorian said on Wednesday that about one-third of his ministry’s employees will be laid off next year.
Opposition leaders on Tuesday dismissed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s harsh criticism of Armenian government and law-enforcement agencies, calling it an attempt to mask his failed policies.
After a heated debate, the Armenian parliament passed on Tuesday a controversial government bill giving most Constitutional Court judges financial incentives to resign before the end of their mandate.
A controversial Armenian provincial governor on Wednesday strongly denied allegations that he ordered an assault on a hairdresser who refused to serve him at very short notice earlier this month.
In an attempt to speed up the process of changing the composition of the Constitutional Court the Armenian government on Thursday endorsed a draft law envisaging incentives for members of the highest judicial body in case of their early retirement.
Young members of an Armenian opposition party continue to demand the resignation of the country’s minister of education, science, culture and sports over a proposed reform that they claim will jeopardize “national values.”
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun) has responded to a key minister in the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian by continuing to challenge him over a controversial education reform that the traditionalist party believes compromises national values.
Opposition Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukian complained about conditions for investments in Armenia as he inaugurated a new ceramic cookware factory on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Monday claimed to be successfully carrying out an “economic revolution” in Armenia promised by him and downplayed relatively modest GDP growth forecast by his government for next year.
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