The supervisory board of Yerevan State University (YSU) on Thursday narrowly failed to sack its long-serving rector, Aram Simonian, who is under growing pressure by the Armenian government to resign.
The former longtime mayor of the central Armenian town of Hrazdan affiliated with former President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of embezzling public funds.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party is careful not to admit a large number of new members even though thousands of Armenians are seeking to join it, a senior party member said on Tuesday.
The former mayors of two Armenian villages have been reelected just months after resigning under pressure from angry local residents.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian was questioned by an Armenian-law-enforcement body on Thursday as a witness in its ongoing investigation into the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) is engaged in a “constructive” dialogue with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian more than three months after being driven out of his government, a leader of the party said on Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanian on Monday dismissed serious concerns voiced by critics of the Armenian government over a series of high-level Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations held in recent months.
Hrant Markarian, the long-serving top leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), announced his resignation on Wednesday more than one month after the party’s failure to win any seats in Armenia’s new parliament.
Opposition members of the Yerevan city council on Friday threatened to sue Mayor Hayk Marutian if he refuses to release details of bonuses paid to about 2,000 municipal officials late last month.
An opposition politician claimed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s government is too scared to cede a leadership position in Armenia’s newly elected parliament to his party.
Ten days after triumphing in snap general elections, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s My Step alliance named late on Wednesday the speaker of Armenia’s new parliament and two of his three deputies.
Former Prime Minister Karen Karapetian has ended his membership in former President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), it emerged on Tuesday.
A leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Tuesday criticized as politically motivated criminal charges brought against former President Robert Kocharian following this spring’s regime change in the country.
Voters in Armenia cast ballots on Sunday in snap parliamentary elections held more than seven months after mass protests that brought down the country’s former government.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian insisted on Tuesday that he did not mean any crackdowns on dissent when he ordered Armenian security services to “deal with” his bitter opponents.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian criticized the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Friday for promising that its wealthy leader Gagik Tsarukian will invest more in the Armenian economy if the BHK does well in the upcoming general elections.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday lambasted senior Nagorno-Karabakh officials who he said are “meddling” in Armenia’s ongoing parliamentary race with their public statements.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian put the emphasis on his and Prosperous Armenia (BHK) party’s economic programs when he launched its parliamentary election campaign on Tuesday.
Campaigning officially kicked off on Monday for Armenia’s snap parliamentary elections which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his political allies are expected to win by a landslide.
The chief bodyguard of Gagik Tsarukian prosecuted on assault charges is among the candidates of the tycoon’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) running in the December 9 parliamentary elections.
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