President Serzh Sarkisian should not quit power after completing his second and final term in 2018, deputies from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said during ongoing parliamentary debates on constitutional changes sought by him.
Armenian youth activists who led recent protests against an electricity price hike on Wednesday dismissed as “laughable” a senior Russian law-enforcement official’s claims that their campaign was part of a Western conspiracy against Armenia’s alliance with Russia.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) would welcome former President Robert Kocharian’s renewed direct involvement in political processes in the country, a leader of the opposition party said on Tuesday.
The National Security Service (NSS) confirmed on Friday the arrest of an Armenian judge accused of bribery.
The head of Armenia’s most powerful security agency has warned opposition groups against trying to forcibly topple the government, saying that such attempts would meet with a “resolute” response. (UPDATED)
Four Armenian opposition parties demanded the sacking of a senior police official on Tuesday as they continued to boycott parliament sessions in protest against last week’s attacks on well-known government critics.
The Armenian authorities rejected on Monday allegations that they ordered the latest beatings of anti-government activists in an effort to quash an opposition campaign of protests against President Serzh Sarkisian.
Dozens of deputies representing four opposition parties walked out of the Armenian parliament on Monday after failing to force an emergency debate on last week’s spate of attacks on opposition activists.
Opposition leaders Levon Ter-Petrosian and Gagik Tsarukian will not take part in the next anti-government demonstration that will be held by their political parties on Friday, it emerged on Tuesday.
Two leading Armenian opposition parties defended on Friday their endorsement of Armenia’s accession to the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union against criticism voiced by other, pro-Western forces and figures critical of President Serzh Sarkisian.
The National Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to ratify Armenia’s controversial accession treaty with the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union which President Serzh Sarkisian hopes will come into force next month.
The Armenian authorities will stabilize the exchange rate of the national currency, the dram, and prevent a surge in consumer prices, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian said on Wednesday, echoing statements by the Central Bank.
Nikol Pashinian, a prominent opposition figure, hit out at three major political parties challenging the Armenian government on Monday after they refused to back his calls for impeaching President Serzh Sarkisian.
A senior representative of Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Thursday effectively rejected an opposition lawmaker’s calls for the country’s three main opposition groups to seek President Serzh Sarkisian’s impeachment.
Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) will vote for the parliamentary ratification of Armenia’s accession treaty with the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union, a senior BHK lawmaker said on Wednesday.
John Heffern, the U.S. ambassador in Yerevan, made a case for Armenia’s close relations with the West on Tuesday, saying that they could help the country reduce the fallout from Western economic sanctions against Russia.
Armenia will maintain a free trade regime with neighboring Georgia after joining the more protectionist Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharian revealed on Monday.
International mediators on Wednesday urged Azerbaijan to give the Armenian side access to the wreckage of an Armenian military helicopter shot down near Nagorno-Karabakh for recovering the bodies of its three crew members.
The three main parties challenging President Serzh Sarkisian will face “extinction” after rejecting a government offer of dialogue, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) claimed on Wednesday.
Three leading Armenian opposition parties dismissed on Tuesday a government proposal to open negotiations on a list of demands which they issued before launching joint street protests in September.
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