Iran will increase exports of natural gas to Armenia and deepen broader economic ties with its Christian neighbor, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said during an official visit to Yerevan on Wednesday.
A senior re presentative of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) dismissed on Monday former President Levon Ter-Petrosian’s latest calls for Armenian concessions to Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, saying that Baku is not willing to reciprocate them.
Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian has expressed hope that former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian will stand in Armenia’s forthcoming parliamentary elections in an alliance with his party and other opposition groups.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian will top the list of candidates of his Armenian National Congress (HAK) in next year’s parliamentary elections, a senior representative of the opposition party said on Friday.
President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) on Thursday scoffed at plans by a group of prominent Diaspora Armenians critical of the authorities in Yerevan to monitor Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian assured opposition lawmakers on Wednesday that the Armenian government will not reverse a sizable reduction in the domestic prices of natural gas after next year’s parliamentary elections.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian looks set to resume his political activities at the helm of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), one of the main contenders in parliamentary elections due in April.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) denied on Tuesday opposition allegations that it has forced thousands of people to become its members ahead of next April’s parliamentary elections.
President Serzh Sarkisian plans to become Armenia’s prime minister after serving out his second and final presidential term in 2018, an opposition leader claimed on Monday.
With less than five months to before Armenia’s next parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Karen Karapetian announced on Thursday his decision to join President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK).
The National Assembly overwhelmingly approved on Thursday a controversial government proposal to introduce a new tax for sharply increasing compensations paid to the families of Armenian soldiers killed or seriously wounded in action.
Armenia’s government faced strong criticism from the parliamentary opposition on Monday as the National Assembly began debating its plans to introduce a new tax for sharply increasing compensation paid to the families of soldiers killed or seriously wounded in action.
Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said on Thursday that his Hamakhmbum (Consolidation) party is ready to form an alliance with other opposition groups ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian may join the governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) at its upcoming congress in Yerevan, a senior HHK lawmaker said on Wednesday.
The Armenian government has been instructed to develop legal mechanisms to place all financial flows generated by paid parking services and traffic cameras in the form of fees and penalties under state control.
Aram Sargsian, a former prime minister of Armenia who currently heads an extra-parliamentary opposition party, believes that the distinction between what is “real” and “false” opposition in the South Caucasus country should be drawn along the line of political parties’ attitude towards a Russian-led bloc that Armenia formally joined last year.
Armenian Parliament Speaker Galust Sahakian believes the October 27, 1999 shootings in the country’s National Assembly in which eight official, including the then prime minister and parliament speaker were killed, were organized “from outside”.
International efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have not reached an impasse despite fresh recriminations traded by Armenia and Azerbaijan, a senior European Union diplomat said during a visit to Yerevan on Friday.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian presented his newly formed cabinet’s plan of actions to the Armenian parliament on Thursday, reiterating its pledges to combat corruption and improve the country’s business environment.
Samvel Babayan, Nagorno-Karabakh’s former top military commander, on Monday criticized President Serzh Sarkisian for dismissing Armenia’s Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian in a government reshuffle completed early this month.
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