Armenia’s Constitutional Court claims to have asked legal experts from the Council of Europe to give an “advisory opinion” on a controversial Armenian law allowing the confiscation of assets deemed to have been acquired illegally.
An Armenian judge confirmed on Wednesday that he had organized a dinner meeting the leaked audio recording of which forced the controversial head of the country’s judicial watchdog to resign.
Preparations are underway for another meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, a senior Armenian parliamentarian said on Tuesday.
A supposedly independent body overseeing Armenia’s courts failed to elect a new chairman on Monday nearly two weeks after ousting its previous head who had fallen foul of the government.
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.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have narrowed their differences on planned transport links between the two countries during ongoing negotiations mediated by Russia, according to Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigorian.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian acknowledged late on Monday that a scandal sparked by leaked audio featuring Armenia’s top judicial officer has undermined the credibility of judicial reforms declared by his administration.
Gagik Jahangirian, the controversial acting head of Armenia’s judicial watchdog, has dismissed calls for his resignation sparked by leaked audio in which he appeared to blackmail his predecessor at loggerheads with the government.
The nominal head of a state body overseeing Armenia’s courts was formally relieved of his duties on Thursday three days after publicizing what he sees as evidence of illegal government pressure exerted on him.
Russia on Wednesday dismissed a senior U.S. official’s assurances that Washington wants to continue to cooperate with Moscow in facilitating a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
An Armenian opposition politician was arrested on Friday on suspicion of trying to pay university students to participate in ongoing anti-government demonstrations in Yerevan.
The National Security Service (NSS) confirmed on Thursday that it has arrested former Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan in an ongoing criminal investigation into supplies of allegedly faulty ammunition to Armenia’s armed forces.
Deputy Prime Minister Suren Papikian told Iran’s ambassador in Yerevan on Wednesday that Armenia will complete soon work on an alternative road that will allow Iranian trucks to bypass an Azerbaijani roadblock set up on the main highway connecting the two states.
A road construction company run by parliament speaker Alen Simonian’s brother has won in the last few months two government contracts worth $1.4 million, raising suspicions of a conflict of interest and even corruption.
The last remaining pro-opposition head of a major community in Armenia’s Syunik province will have his tenure cut short and face an early election due to sudden resignations of most members of the local council.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian replaced Armenia’s ministers of justice and finance on Tuesday as part of a post-election cabinet reshuffle.
A senior Armenian prosecutor insisted on Monday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian did not intimidate his political opponents or promise a violent crackdown on them during the recent election campaign.
Armenia’s Constitutional Court began on Friday public hearings on opposition demands to overturn official results of last month’s parliamentary elections which gave victory to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s party.
The leader of the Bright Armenia Party (LHK), one of the two opposition groups represented in the outgoing Armenian parliament, on Thursday blamed former President Robert Kocharian for its failure to win any seats in the new National Assembly.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday admitted that Armenia and Azerbaijan are close to signing a Russian-brokered agreement on the demarcation of their border but denied a prominent critic’s claims that it will be heavily tilted in favor of Baku.
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