Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian castigated Armenia’s judicial and law-enforcement bodies on Friday, saying that they have failed to end a perceived lack of “justice” in the country during his more than six-year rule.
The owner of Armenia’s largest textile company based in Vanadzor and several government officials were arrested on Tuesday in a criminal investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption Committee.
Businesses affected by severe spring floods in Armenia’s Lori and Tavush provinces will receive financial support from the state based on the taxes they paid during last year, according to a decision made at a weekly cabinet session on Thursday.
A group of young Dutch volunteers are spending their summer vacations in an Armenian village helping to construct a new educational and rehabilitation center for children with special needs.
Russia completed on Wednesday the withdrawal of its border guards from Yerevan’s Zvartnots international airport which was demanded by Armenia earlier this year amid mounting tensions between the two estranged allies.
The government approved on Thursday 1 billion drams ($2.6 million) in financial aid to residents of Armenia’s northern regions who lost loved ones or properties or suffered other material damage in recent floods.
At least three people died and two others went missing on Sunday after rivers in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces overflew their banks, leaving local settlements under water and washing away roads and a bridge.
Residents of Kirants again blocked a local highway on Thursday after the Armenian government resumed preparations for ceding part of the border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province to Azerbaijan.
Riot police unexpectedly left a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province on Tuesday after its mayor said that authorities suspended preparations for the handover of adjacent territory to Azerbaijan amid antigovernment protests approaching Yerevan.
An outspoken archbishop and his supporters began marching on Saturday to Yerevan from a border village in the northern Tavush province that has been the epicenter of two-week protests against the Armenian government’s territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.
The Armenian government began handing over border areas to Azerbaijan on Tuesday amid continuing protests staged by residents of adjacent communities in Armenia’s northern Tavush province concerned about their security.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has touted the latest border arrangement with Azerbaijan, praising the fact that the two bitter South Caucasus rivals “have, for the first time, resolved an issue at a negotiating table.”
Residents of several Armenian communities in the northeastern Tavush province began protests late on Friday after the authorities of Armenia and Azerbaijan announced a border delimitation deal under which Baku will regain control of four formerly Azeri-populated villages in the area.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday held more meetings with concerned residents of two villages in Armenia’s northeastern Tavush province adjacent to border areas which he seems intent on handing over to Azerbaijan.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian appears to be facing mounting backlash from residents of villages in Armenia’s northern Tavush province adjacent to contested border areas which he wants to hand over to Azerbaijan.
Armenia must cede more territory to Azerbaijan to avoid another attack by its neighbor, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian told residents of Armenian border villages that would be gravely affected by that unilateral concession.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian met on Monday with concerned residents of two villages in Armenia’s northern Tavush province adjacent to border areas which he seems intent on handing over to Azerbaijan.
Two senior Armenian officials were sacked on Thursday one day after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian witnessed the poor quality of construction financed by his government during a visit to northern Lori province.
Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party replaced the opposition mayor of a major community in northern Lori province by one of its members on Tuesday through a vote of no confidence condemned by its political opponents as illegal.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party has moved to oust the mayor of a major community in Armenia’s northern Lori province affiliated with an opposition group.
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