Vahe Grigorian, a newly elected Constitutional Court judge, declared on Thursday that he can now also act as chairman of Armenia’s highest court.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said his Civil Contract party does not espouse any of the traditional political ideologies as it held on Sunday its first congress since coming to power one year ago.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency on Thursday condemned Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian for ignoring a summons from its officials investigating an arson attack reported ahead of a local election won by a BHK-backed candidate.
President Armen Sarkissian has nominated a prominent lawyer for the Constitutional Court after the current parliament twice rejected other candidates chosen by him.
The two opposition parties represented in the Armenian parliament deplored on Thursday a lack of transparency in government efforts to enact legislation for a mandatory “vetting” of the country’s judges demanded by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Armenia’s imprisoned former President Robert Kocharian continued to deny on Tuesday corruption and coup charges brought against him as politically motivated on the second day of his trial.
A court in Yerevan held on Monday the first, preliminary hearing in the trial of Armenia’s former President Robert Kocharian and three other former senior officials prosecuted in connection with the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
Armenia’s two main opposition parties continued to denounce the government on Tuesday for reducing the number of its ministries from 17 to 12 and refusing to limit Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s powers.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian on Monday dismissed pro-government lawmakers’ claims that he may be engaged in entrepreneurial activities in breach of Armenia’s constitution and laws.
Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman leading Armenia’s largest parliamentary opposition force, might be expelled from the National Assembly as a result of an inquiry ordered by prosecutors on Thursday.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian denied on Wednesday any connection between his political activities and business interests, comparing himself to U.S. President Donald Trump and Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Law-enforcement authorities had sufficient grounds to bring corruption charges against the head of an Armenian anti-graft agency, Prosecutor-General Artur Davtian insisted on Wednesday.
The National Assembly approved on Friday a government bill which the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) said is not far-reaching enough to protect domestic manufacturers of cement against cheap imports from neighboring Iran.
Tensions between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s alliance and Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) rose on Thursday as their senior representatives traded fresh accusations in the parliament.
The opposition minority in the Armenian parliament condemned the government on Wednesday for reducing the number of its ministries from 17 to 12 and refusing to limit Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s powers.
The National Assembly on Tuesday refused to appoint a new member of Armenia’s Constitutional Court nominated by President Armen Sarkissian.
A parliament deputy who was until recently Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian’s chief bodyguard has been convicted of violent assault and sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Tuesday threw his weight behind Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan, who has seemingly ruled out Armenian territorial concessions to Azerbaijan and promised a more offensive posture against the Azerbaijani army.
The president of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), Liliane Maury Pasquier, praised Armenia’s “democratic institutions” and inaugurated a square in Yerevan named after Europe during a three-day visit to the country which ended on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian claimed to be delivering on his repeated pledges to carry out an “economic revolution” in Armenia as he presented the first results of his government’s policies to the parliament on Wednesday.
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