Citing the need to comply with international trading rules, the Armenian government pushed through parliament on Wednesday a bill setting a new regime of taxation for imported fuel, tobacco and alcohol.
Armenia’s parliament debated on Tuesday an opposition bill obliging Yerevan to formally recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian on Tuesday snubbed President Serzh Sarkisian’s invitation to attend an official reception dedicated to Armenia’s Independence Day and celebrated it with his supporters instead.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Monday brushed aside opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian’s new conditions for engaging in dialogue with the authorities and his renewed demands for their resignation.
Armenia’s leading opposition forces remained adamant in rejecting electoral reforms proposed by President Serzh Sarkisian’s governing coalition as they met with European election experts on Tuesday.
In yet another attempt to placate critics, the Armenian government has again altered a controversial bill that would allow the existence of schools where the main language of instruction is not Armenian.
A court in Yerevan on Tuesday upheld the municipal administration’s controversial decision to ban the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) from holding a rally in the city’s historic Liberty Square.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) made clear on Friday that it will not back a fellow opposition party’s bill obliging Armenia to formally recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state.
President Serzh Sarkisian downplayed the significance of a new United Nations resolution on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict pushed by Azerbaijan as he visited Stepanakert on Sunday. (UPDATED)
An independent television station based in Armenia’s second city of Gyumri claimed on Thursday that the administration of President Serzh Sarkisian will go to great lengths to take it off the air in the next few years.
A resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict involving Armenian territorial concessions to Azerbaijan would lead to President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation, the deputy chairman of a major Armenian opposition party claimed on Tuesday.
Ill-treatment of criminal suspects in custody remains the norm in Armenia despite law-enforcement authorities’ pledges to tackle the illegal practice, a prominent human rights campaigner said on Friday.
A1+, Armenia’s leading independent television controversially taken off the air eight years ago, said on Thursday that it is extremely unlikely to win a new license and resume broadcasts anytime soon.
Road safety in Armenia has continued to improve this year, with the number of both road accidents and deaths caused by them falling further, police said on Tuesday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian reasserted formal control over his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party and took a swipe at former President Levon Ter-Petrosian, while also calling for leadership change in Armenia at the weekend.
Official Yerevan denied Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov claims on Friday that details of Armenian troop withdrawal from occupied Azerbaijani territories will dominate his upcoming talks with his Armenian counterpart, Edward Nalbandian.
Armen Harutiunian, the state human rights ombudsman, described as “worrisome” the situation with media freedom in Armenia, in a special report released on Wednesday.
Armenia’s leading political forces offered on Tuesday differing assessments of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Yerevan, with the ruling Republican Party (HHK) touting it as “very important” for the country and its opponents sounding far more skeptical.
The governing Republican and Prosperous Armenia parties on Wednesday criticized the New York-based group Freedom House for again branding Armenia as a “semi-consolidated authoritarian” country.
The Armenian government pushed through parliament on Thursday its controversial legal amendments allowing the existence of foreign-language schools in the country.
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