Armenia and Azerbaijan again accused each other of ceasefire violations along their restive border, reporting shooting in the direction of their respective military positions on the night of November 9.
The government has moved to enact legislation that would make it a crime to publicly call for Armenia to “renounce its sovereignty.”
Russia remains the main guarantor of Nagorno-Karabakh’s security and “de facto independence,” Arayik Harutiunian, the Karabakh president, said late on Thursday.
The Armenian opposition said on Thursday that it will ask the Constitutional Court to invalidate the controversial appointment of a longtime ally of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian as head of the Central Election Commission (CEC).
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s administration continues to criticize the Collective-Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for not openly supporting Armenia in the conflict with Azerbaijan but remains careful not to pull out of the Russian-led military alliance.
The Russian ambassador in Yerevan, Sergei Kopyrkin, on Thursday dismissed complaints that Russia has failed to support Armenia during and after the latest escalation of its conflict with Azerbaijan.
Over three dozen nongovernmental organizations on Thursday condemned the violent break-up of a protest staged by angry parents of Armenian soldiers killed during the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh and demanded the resignation of the national police chief.
Four dozen angry parents of Armenian soldiers killed in the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh were detained on Wednesday as they tried to prevent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian from laying flowers at Armenia’s main military ceremony.
Armenia’s main opposition groups announced another change of tactics on Friday, citing the failure of their attempts to topple Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian with street protests launched in May.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian described his latest talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev as “not easy” but gave no other details on Thursday.
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet again in Brussels on August 31 for talks to be hosted by the European Union’s top official, it was announced on Thursday.
A leader of the main opposition Hayastan alliance on Wednesday condemned the ruling Civil Contract party’s reported plans to install a longtime associate of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian as chairman of Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC).
The Armenian government indicated on Tuesday that it is pressing ahead with its plans to set up a ministry of interior as part of a major structural reform of the national police and two other agencies.
A leader of Armenia’s main opposition coalition said on Monday that it has no plans to stop boycotting sessions of the parliament and trying to topple Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian with street protests.
The Armenian military has allegedly moved to call up dozens of opposition activists who have actively participated in opposition demonstrations aimed at toppling Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leader insisted on Thursday that a new highway that will replace the existing corridor connecting the territory with Armenia will be safer and more reliable for its population.
The Armenian police sacked on Tuesday the top police official of a small town where a gunman killed two local residents and wounded five others in disputed circumstances over the weekend.
The head of Armenia’s Civil Aviation Committee, Tatevik Revazian, resigned on Monday after four years in office.
Citing financial constraints, the Armenian government signaled on Monday that it will put on hold plans to introduce a system of national health insurance that would cover the country’s entire population.
Police fired stun grenades and made many arrests late on Friday in fresh clashes with opposition supporters who continued to demonstrate in Yerevan to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
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