Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) remained reluctant to clarify its political status on Wednesday, saying that it will not demand President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation despite criticizing his policies.
The main political parties critical of Armenia’s government are increasingly cooperating with each other and could soon join forces to try to oust President Serzh Sarkisian, the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) claimed on Monday.
A prominent opposition politician scoffed at mounting tensions between President Serzh Sarkisian and his predecessor President Robert Kocharian on Friday, saying that they have no bearing on the lives of ordinary people.
Levon Ter-Petrosian’s opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) played down on Thursday the significance of former President Robert Kocharian’s latest statements, saying that they do not herald his return to active politics.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) ruled out the possibility of former President Robert Kocharian’s return to the political arena on Wednesday as it again responded to his latest verbal attacks on the Armenian government. (UPDATED)
President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Monday rejected as “unacceptable” his predecessor Robert Kocharian’s latest verbal attacks on the country's government.
Armenia would have dramatically increased the risk of another with war with Azerbaijan had it not decided to join a Russian-led customs union at the expense of closer ties with the European Union, according to a prominent political ally of President Serzh Sarkisian.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met not only his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian but also veteran politician Vazgen Manukian during his visit to Yerevan last week, it emerged on Monday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu paid a first-ever visit to Armenia on Thursday, underlining Ankara’s declared attempts to initiate a new thaw in Turkish-Armenian relations. (UPDATED)
The Armenian government has effectively acknowledged that it secretly subsidized the increased price of Russian natural gas up until Armenia’s last presidential election, running up mountains of debt to Russia as a result.
The Armenian government has ceded its remaining 20 percent share in the domestic natural gas distribution network to Russia’s Gazprom monopoly in a deal that was announced during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the country on Monday.
President Vladimir Putin on Monday pledged to strengthen Russia’s geopolitical presence in the South Caucasus and insisted that Armenia decided to join a Russian-led union of ex-Soviet states on its own. (UPDATED)
Armenia stands by its decision to join a Russian-led trade bloc and expects the European Union to specify its approaches to further cooperation with the former Soviet country, a senior pro-government lawmaker said in Yerevan on Wednesday.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Wednesday accused the government of refusing to allow its wealthy leader, Gagik Tsarukian, to provide low-income students of state-run universities with financial assistance.
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian has bewildered his political opponents by declaring that he is not aware of key details of a memorandum which he signed with the head of the Russian-led customs union’s executive body in Yerevan last week.
An opposition parliamentarian on Monday accused law-enforcement authorities of illegally not allowing him to meet any of the 14 anti-government protesters that were arrested after clashing with riot police in Yerevan last week.
A controversial activist who pledged to topple the government and 13 other arrested men faced lengthy prison sentences on Friday after being formally charged in connection with their clashes with riot police in Yerevan earlier this week.
President Serzh Sarkisian is likely to reappoint the current head of a parliamentary oversight body to another six-year term despite strongly criticizing his activities earlier this year, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said on Tuesday.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisian reiterated on Monday that Russia has mostly reversed a recent surge in the price of its natural gas for Armenia because of Yerevan’s decision to join the Russian-led Customs Union.
Opposition lawmakers accused Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian of profligacy on Friday after it emerged that his most recent trips abroad cost the Armenian state budget almost 80 million drams ($200,000) in air travel expenses alone.
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