A senior representative of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Yelk alliance on Tuesday called for the conduct of fresh municipal elections in Yerevan following the resignation of Mayor Taron Markarian.
The chief bodyguard of Gagik Tsarukian, an influential Armenian businessman and political figure, was arrested early on Tuesday on suspicion of beating up a man in Yerevan.
The National Assembly approved on Wednesday the new Armenian government’s decision to complete an unpopular reform of the country’s pension system which was launched four years ago.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian told an Armenian law-enforcement agency on Tuesday to vigorously prosecute corrupt state officials, tackle vote buying and solve the killings of eight opposition protesters committed in 2008.
A man working for a controversial Armenian parliamentarian affiliated with the former ruling Republican Party (HHK) has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting anti-government protesters in Yerevan last month.
U.S. Ambassador Richard Mills on Tuesday praised the Armenian police and anti-government protesters led by Nikol Pashinian for avoiding bloodshed during their 11-day standoff that led to the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian.
Angry demonstrations against Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian’s rule continued unabated in Yerevan on Saturday despite fresh mass detentions of their participants.
A new and more powerful body tasked with tackling corruption in Armenia will be formed before the end of next month in line with a government bill passed by the parliament last year.
In a move condemned by the opposition, the Armenian government has granted the outgoing President Serzh Sarkisian ownership of a mansion in Yerevan where he and his predecessors have lived while in office.
A former employee of Armenia’s electricity distribution network, who was fired in 2013 after accusing company executives of corruption, has filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
A report aired during last week’s evening show on Armenia’s Public Television sparked criticism among human rights activists who insist that female prison inmates featured in the program became a target of unsolicited ridicule.
An opposition leader in Armenia has asked the country’s prosecutor-general to subpoena ex-president Robert Kocharian for questioning over 2008 post-election violence that left 10 people dead.
Armenia’s has slightly improved its position in an annual survey of corruption perceptions around the world conducted by Transparency International.
Justice Minister Davit Harutiunian on Tuesday brushed aside claims by some lawyers and opposition politicians that the upcoming election by the Armenian parliament of the country’s next president is unconstitutional.
Leaders of the opposition Yelk alliance denounced at the weekend President Serzh Sarkisian’s perceived plans to extend his decade-long rule by becoming prime minister after Armenia is transformed into a parliamentary republic in April.
The National Assembly voted down on Friday an opposition bill that would reverse recent increases in personal income and fuel taxes initiated by the Armenian government.
Hundreds of Armenian lawyers staged a fresh strike on Wednesday in protest against government plans to allow judges to fine them for contempt of court.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), President Serzh Sarkisian’s junior coalition partner, has said that it remains dissatisfied with the socioeconomic situation in Armenia despite “unprecedented” GDP growth achieved last year.
The Armenian government has already secured more than a third of around $850 million in investments which it promised to attract into the domestic economy this year, Minister for Economic Development Suren Karayan claimed on Friday.
The head of the European Union mission in Armenia, Piotr Switalski, dismissed on Tuesday the Armenian authorities’ angry reaction to his public criticism of the conduct of the country’s recent parliamentary elections.
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