Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian insisted at the weekend that his government is doing its best behind the scenes to try to secure the release of eight former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh and other Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan.
Yerevan’s municipal administration faced more accusations of incompetence and mismanagement after the city’s public transport network largely collapsed due to heavy snowfall on Thursday evening.
Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan has been accused by critics of misleading Armenians about the size of their country’s public debt which has doubled to over $12.8 billion during Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s time in office.
Workers of Armenia’s largest metallurgical company have agreed to end their strike after its management pledged to raise their wages and improve their working conditions.
The Russian chief executive of the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC) accused “some forces” of trying to seize control of Armenia’s largest metallurgical enterprise that remained paralyzed by a strike on Monday despite a 20 percent pay rise promised by him.
The Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC) fired on Friday eight of its workers who organized one week ago a continuing general strike that disrupted mining and ore-processing operations at Armenia’s largest metallurgical enterprise.
Many commuters appeared to be heeding on Monday opposition calls to boycott a significant increase in the cost of public transport in Yerevan initiated by Mayor Tigran Avinian.
Traders selling various goods in small shops and markets have rallied in Yerevan to protest against a sharp increase in the key tax paid by them.
Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinian on Wednesday pledged to slightly scale back the impending significant increase in public transport fees which could trigger protests in the Armenian capital.
Armenia’s government pointedly declined to react on Friday to the start of the trials in Azerbaijan of eight former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh and eight other Karabakh Armenian prisoners which human rights activists in Yerevan condemned as a travesty of justice.
Armenia has no plans yet to leave the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan said on Monday in response to Russia’s stern warnings about consequences of Yerevan’s bid to join the European Union.
The father of Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinian has landed him in yet another scandal by insulting owners of cheap cars and saying that on-street parking spots in the Armenian capital must be off limits to them.
Armenia’s recently established foreign intelligence agency is seeking direct access to state secrets which would further dilute the powers of the National Security Service (NSS).
A 71-year-old resident of Yerevan is facing charges carrying up to two years in prison after hurling an apple towards Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in an apparent protest against his policies.
The former executive director of Armenian Public Radio has decided to sue a state broadcasting watchdog that effectively fired him after he criticized Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian early this year.
A body overseeing state-funded broadcasters has admitted objecting to Armenian Public Radio’s critical coverage of the government years before replacing its executive director, Garegin Khumarian.
A body overseeing state-funded broadcasters has formally replaced the executive director of Armenian Public Radio who criticized earlier this year Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s statements on the conflict with Azerbaijan.
Air Arabia, the Middle East’s largest low-cost airline, is reportedly planning to sue the Armenian government following the collapse of their joint venture set up in 2021.
The Armenian government’s tax revenue fell well short of its target in the first half of this year despite continued robust growth of the domestic economy.
Armenia’s leading media associations on Thursday strongly condemned riot police for injuring at least a dozen journalists during Wednesday’s clashes in Yerevan with protesters demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
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