An Armenian cleric leading the weeklong antigovernment protests in Yerevan remained reluctant on Tuesday to name a candidate who he believes should replace Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Police clashed with residents of an Armenian border village and detained other people, including an opposition parliamentarian, on Friday amid ongoing protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s decision to hand over four border areas to Azerbaijan.
Law-enforcement authorities could bring criminal charges against over a dozen men arrested during ongoing protests in northern Tavush region against the Armenian government’s decision to hand over four contested border areas 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.
Hundreds of residents of border villages in Armenia’s northern Tavush province blocked a key national highway for the third consecutive day on Monday in protest against the Armenian government’s decision to hand over four adjacent areas to Azerbaijan.
Interior Minister Vahe Ghazarian bewildered many motorists on Tuesday when he suggested that a 55 percent rise in traffic deaths in Yerevan recorded last year primarily resulted from what he called a high quality of the city’s roads.
Armenian investigators reportedly raided the homes of supporters of a radical opposition group on Monday one day after three men linked to it detonated a hand grenade at the entrance to a police station in Yerevan.
Two men were wounded and another arrested during an apparent armed attack on a police station in Yerevan launched by them on Sunday.
The Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE) confirmed on Wednesday the resignation of its controversial rector Diana Galoyan, who was reportedly prosecuted in the United States for shoplifting in 2017.
A local government official in Yerevan was arrested and charged with bribery on Thursday after law-enforcement officers raided a municipal department that issues construction permits.
The Armenian Apostolic Church has added its voice to opposition criticism of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s plans to try to enact a new constitution demanded by Azerbaijan.
One day after being relieved of his duties, former Economy Minister Vahan Kerobian was indicted and detained on Thursday in an ongoing corruption investigation criticized by him.
Yerevan’s municipal administration has put on hold its plans to raise public transport fees which have sparked uproar from opposition groups and other critics.
Finance Minister Vahe Hovannisian insisted on Wednesday that the Armenian government is right not to raise pensions this year despite planning a 23 percent rise in its overall expenditures.
The Armenian economy will remain heavily dependent on Russia in the foreseeable future, according to credit rating agency Fitch.
A Cyprus-registered company has pledged to donate a 20 percent stake in one of Armenia’s three mobile phone operators to the Armenian government after being allowed to buy it from Russia’s MTS telecom giant.
Amid continuing economic growth, unemployment in Armenia fell to around 11 percent in 2023, the lowest rate registered in many years, according to official statistics.
Armenia is ready to formally pledge not to have any territorial claims to Azerbaijan in the future, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said over the weekend.
Economy Minister Vahan Kerobian has acknowledged that the Armenian government’s $1.2 million project to revive a Black Sea ferry service as an alternative trade route between Russia and Armenia has been a failure.
More than two dozen Armenian fishers have been arrested after clashing with officials enforcing a seasonal ban on fishing in the country’s Lake Sevan.
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