Armenia’s ruling party has dismissed as “ridiculous and ignorant” a claim made by a Russian propagandist television channel that accused the South Caucasus nation’s government elites of glorifying Nazism.
All men who have illegally evaded compulsory military service and will have turned 27 by December 1 may be amnestied provided they pay a hefty sum, according to a new amendment passed by Armenian lawmakers on Friday.
Armenia’s parliament on Wednesday passed in its second and final reading a controversial bill that, in particular, restricts the rights of students to draft deferments.
A standing committee of Armenia’s parliament rejected on Friday a Defense Ministry proposal to scrap a law allowing Armenian men who illegally evaded compulsory military service to buy an amnesty.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian defended on Thursday the Armenian military’s plans to draft more university students when he met with several organizers of continuing street protests against the measure.
Pro-government lawmakers publicly criticized on Wednesday a Defense Ministry proposal to abolish a law allowing Armenian men who illegally evaded compulsory military service to buy a government amnesty.
The upcoming abolition of most remaining military draft deferments enjoyed by university students is fair and will not harm higher education in Armenia, Education Minister Levon Mkrtchian said on Monday.
Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobian said on Friday that her ministry will propose next year a set of government measures to encourage many ethnic Armenians living abroad to relocate to Armenia.
The Armenian Defense Ministry issued a stern warning to the wife of former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian on Monday after she seemingly accused his successor, Vigen Sargsian, of evading compulsory military service.
The Armenian parliament overwhelmingly passed on Friday a controversial government bill that will mostly abolish temporary exemptions from military service that have long been enjoyed by many students of state-run universities.
Defense and national security will remain the top priority for President Serzh Sarkisian even after he serves out his final term next April, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Wednesday.
A senior member of Armenia’s second largest parliamentary force led by businessman Gagik Tsarukian questioned on Wednesday the Armenian government’s stated commitment to implementing political reforms envisaged by an upcoming agreement with the European Union.
Armenia’s prime minister will likely have less authority over the armed forces than the president of the republic currently has after the country becomes a parliamentary republic next April.
The Armenian government plans to largely abolish temporary exemptions from military service that have long been enjoyed by many students of state-run universities.
The National Assembly overwhelmingly ratified on Thursday a Russia-Armenian agreement on a joint military force that was first formed in Armenia more than a decade ago.
The government of the Czech Republic did not authorize the recently disclosed delivery to Azerbaijan of Czech-made heavy artillery systems, the speaker of the country’s upper house of parliament insisted on Tuesday.
Weekly flights from Armenia to Iraq’s Kurdistan region continued on Friday despite the Iraqi authorities’ decision to close the region’s airspace to foreign airlines in retaliation for its vote for independence.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership on Wednesday welcomed the holding of a controversial referendum on independence in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
President Serzh Sarkisian should stay in power after serving out his second and final presidential term in April, a deputy chairman of his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian insisted on Wednesday that the macroeconomic situation in Armenia has improved during his one-year tenure.
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