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.
A court in Yerevan allowed investigators on Thursday to hold a former parliament staffer in detention on coup charges which his lawyers said are aimed at stepping up government pressure on Hrayr Tovmasian, the embattled chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian denied through a spokesman on Monday opposition claims that he ordered criminal proceedings against the chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court, Hrayr Tovmasian, in a bid to force the latter to resign.
Members of the Constitutional Court on Monday rejected lawmakers’ calls for the dismissal of its chairman, Hrayr Tovmasian, who is increasingly at loggerheads with Armenia’s political leadership.
A senior pro-government parliamentarian refused to apologize on Thursday for his offensive comments about former Justice Minister Arpine Hovannisian’s parents which have caused a storm of condemnation from Armenian opposition politicians and public figures.
Gagik Tsarukian said on Wednesday that his opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) will not join the ruling My Step bloc in trying to oust the embattled chairman of the country’s Constitutional Court, Hrayr Tovmasian.
Five former and current members of the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) were reelected village mayors in weekend local polls in which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party fielded no candidates.
The pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament will urge the Constitutional Court to replace its chairman, Hrayr Tovmasian, accusing him of mishandling judicial proceedings in the criminal case against former President Robert Kocharian.
Armenia would not hesitate to veto Azerbaijan’s possible attempts to gain a special status in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a senior Armenian lawmaker said on Tuesday.
Inmates of Armenia’s largest prison and other penitentiary institutions rioted for unclear reasons on Thursday evening.
Armenia’s Constitutional Court began on Tuesday final deliberations on former President Robert Kocharian’s appeal against his arrest and prosecution on coup charges.
A senior member of former President Levon Ter-Petrosian’s Armenian National Congress (HAK) party on Friday criticized the current government’s domestic and foreign policies, saying that they are not “clear” enough.
Armenia’s government allocated on Thursday 33.7 million drams ($70,000) in funding to two civil society groups for monitoring upcoming local elections in Nagorno-Karabakh.
A court in Yerevan on Tuesday again refused to release Manvel Grigorian, a retired Armenian army general facing a string of criminal charges, from prison on bail.
Government officials pointedly declined to invite businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian to a weekend investment conference in Armenia’s central Kotayk province where he has long been a leading economic player.
Justice Minister Rustam Badasian on Thursday defended a controversial government bill that offers members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court financial incentives to resign.
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