Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian met on Monday with senior members of several Armenian opposition groups, including the former ruling Republican Party (HHK), to discuss the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday that talks will be held in the coming days to try to convince the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to halt hostilities.
The Armenian parliament unanimously approved on Wednesday a government proposal to increase Armenia’s defense spending this year by roughly 13 percent because of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) and two other opposition parties will demand the holding of fresh general elections at their first joint rally scheduled for October 8, a Dashnaktsutyun leader said on Wednesday.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) and two other opposition parties led by embattled businessman Gagik Tsarukian and former National Security Service Director Artur Vanetsian announced on Tuesday that they will hold a joint anti-government rally on October 8.
Armenia should nearly double its population, create 1.5 million new jobs, achieve a sevenfold increase in its average wage and eliminate poverty over the next 30 years, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Monday.
Armenia’s COVID-19 infection rate may be increasing again after two months of steady decline, Deputy Health Minister Lena Nanushian warned on Friday.
Representatives of several civic groups deplored on Thursday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s angry reaction to their criticism of the choice of three new members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court confirmed by the parliament.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian strongly defended on Wednesday the choice of three new members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court while acknowledging that it was not “ideal.”
An Armenian army officer was taken prisoner by Azerbaijani forces over the weekend in disputed circumstances.
For the first time since his resignation as prime minister in 2018, former Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian is going to hold a press conference, his office has announced.
Yerevan Insists On Armenian-Azeri Confidence-Building Measures
A senior member of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Monday challenged Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to substantiate his allegations that it has illegally bought votes in various national and local elections.
At least a dozen deputies of Armenia’s 132-member parliament have reportedly been infected with the coronavirus amid the continuing spread of the disease in the country.
The Bright Armenia Party (LHK) seemed reluctant on Tuesday to join the other parliamentary opposition group in trying to scuttle the ruling political team’s efforts to replace three of the nine members of the country’s Constitutional Court.
Law-enforcement authorities on Monday asked the Armenian parliament to allow them to arrest Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman leading its largest opposition group, on charges which he and his allies reject as politically motivated.
Several other opposition forces have joined the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) in condemning as politically motivated criminal proceedings launched against its leader Gagik Tsarukian.
Opposition and independent lawmakers expressed serious concern about the continuing rapid spread of coronavirus in Armenia on Monday, saying that the authorities should do more to contain the epidemic.
Armenia’s government dismissed on Thursday growing calls for a fresh nationwide lockdown following a record-high number of daily coronavirus deaths registered in the country.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has confirmed that due to the coronavirus pandemic his administration will not hold anytime soon a planned referendum on its controversial bid to oust most members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court.
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