A senior lawmaker stressed on Friday that the Armenian authorities are not obliged to consult with the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission before holding a referendum on controversial constitutional changes drafted by them.
A deputy chief of the Armenian police on Wednesday criticized a wealthy businessman close to the country’s former leadership for an angry statement which he made after being briefly detained in Yerevan on Tuesday.
Lilit Makunts, the parliamentary leader of the ruling My Step alliance, said on Wednesday that the Armenian police must explain why they briefly detained at least four activists highly critical of the government.
A political party whose members stormed a police station in Yerevan in 2016 said on Friday that it will no longer support Armenia’s current government and will strive instead for snap general elections.
A retired senior judge appears to have fled Armenia at the weekend immediately after being charged with bribery.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) defended on Monday its decision to expel from its ranks three activists who refused to join anti-government protests staged by the opposition party last month.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) has expelled from its ranks three young members who have publicly objected to recent anti-government protests staged by the opposition party.
The two opposition parties represented in the Armenian parliament categorically rejected on Monday a government proposal to give most Constitutional Court judges financial incentives to resign before the end of their mandate.
A senior pro-government parliamentarian on Monday shrugged off former National Security Service (NSS) Director Artur Vanetsian’s claim that activities financed by U.S. billionaire George Soros in Armenia pose a security risk.
The Armenian government on Monday approved a bill envisaging a stricter punishment for those who drive soldiers to commit suicide.
A pro-government lawmaker has dismissed as cynical the remarks by former President Serzh Sarkisian, who implied during his recent meeting with a U.S. envoy that Armenia lacks real democracy.
Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanian insisted on Friday that long-running efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are not in deadlock, citing more high-level talks planned by Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The head of Armenia’s Special Investigative Service (SIS) declined to say on Wednesday whether it will bring criminal charges against Constitutional Court Chairman Hrayr Tovmasian recommended by another law-enforcement body.
The head of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission has expressed serious concern over what he described as the Armenian government’s “open conflict” with the Constitutional Court and called for a renewed “normal operation” of Armenia’s constitution.
The jailed man who led a deadly attack on the Armenian parliament in 1999 has asked authorities to release him on parole, it emerged on Tuesday.
The key witness in an ongoing investigation into the recent mysterious death of a former chief of the Armenian police has left the country, law-enforcement authorities said on Thursday.
Armenia’s government on Thursday condemned Turkey’s military offensive in northeastern Syria as “illegal” and discussed it at an emergency meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
In a weekend incident condemned by Armenia’s leading political forces, angry government supporters attacked the offices of an online publication highly critical of the Armenian authorities.
The Armenian parliament formally appealed to the Constitutional Court on Friday to replace its chairman, Hrayr Tovmasian, who is increasingly at loggerheads with the country’s political leadership.
Russian and Armenian officials are holding negotiations over a new agreement on the price of Russian natural gas delivered to Armenia, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigorian said on Wednesday.
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