In a move strongly condemned by its opposition minority, the National Assembly approved on Friday a controversial government proposal to merge the vast majority of Armenian cities and villages into much bigger communities.
Local officials from various regions of Armenia have denounced government plans to merge virtually all cities and villages into much bigger communities.
Law-enforcement authorities have suspended a criminal investigation into an alleged violent assault on the opposition-linked mayor of a large village in Armenia’s Lori province who refused to resign following the June 20 parliamentary elections.
A nurse in the northern Armenian city of Vanadzor claimed on Thursday that local authorities tried to get her fired because she ran in last month’s parliamentary elections as an opposition candidate.
The heads of at least three rural communities in Armenia’s northern Lori province supporting opposition groups have resigned, bowing to government pressure exerted on them after last month’s parliamentary elections.
The governor of Armenia’s northern Lori province affiliated with the ruling Civil Contract party on Wednesday demanded the resignation of elected heads of local communities who supported opposition forces in the June 20 parliamentary elections.
The mayor of a large village in Armenia’s northern Lori province supporting the main opposition Hayastan alliance claimed to have been beaten up on Tuesday after rejecting the provincial governor’s demands to step down.
Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) reiterated on Wednesday that it would not join a possible coalition government led by Nikol Pashinian after Sunday’s general elections.
Edmon Marukian, the leader of the opposition Bright Armenia Party (BHK), insisted on Wednesday that it would not cut a separate power-sharing deal with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian or former President Robert Kocharian as a result of Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Friday urged voters to give him and his party a mandate to continue to rule Armenia with a more firm hand.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday brushed aside the publication of what former President Serzh Sarkisian has portrayed as further proof of his reckless rejection before last year’s war with Azerbaijan of an international plan to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The governor of Armenia’s northern Lori province said on Tuesday that he will step down because of a decision to replace him made by the country’s political leadership.
Yet another textile factory in Armenia has suspended its operations due to coronavirus infections among its workers.
Authorities in the northern Armenian city of Vanadzor shut down three local kindergartens on Wednesday after the parents of some children attending them were infected with the coronavirus.
Two more textile factories in Armenia suspended their operations on Tuesday after dozens of their workers tested positive for the coronavirus.
The government on Tuesday ordered Armenia’s largest textile factory to close for three days after at least three of its 2,600 employees tested positive for coronavirus.
The Armenian government has allowed two textile plants employing about 3,000 people to resume their operations suspended last month due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Health Minister Arsen Torosian called for “additional efforts” to slow the spread of coronavirus in Armenia on Tuesday after authorities reported the highest daily increase in infections in more than two weeks.
The Armenia government will allow more companies to resume next week their operations suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has offered his apology to a 34-year-old man whom he snubbed during a recent trip to the Lori province where he also campaigned ahead of next month’s constitutional referendum.
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