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.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian called for President Serzh Sarkisian’s immediate resignation on Wednesday, saying that he has brought Armenia into disrepute and is leading it to ruin with his “adventurist” foreign policy. (UPDATED)
The European Union will continue providing economic assistance to Armenia after Yerevan’s decision to join the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasian said on Tuesday.
The Armenian government unveiled on Monday its draft state budget for next year calling for an 8 percent rise in public spending which Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said will primarily benefit social security, education and healthcare.
Disagreements over who should run Armenia’s moribund Volleyball Federation have triggered a bitter war of words between Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian and Artur Baghdasarian of the Orinats Yerkir party represented in the government.
An outspoken opposition lawmaker was named to lead the small parliamentary faction of Raffi Hovannisian’s Zharangutyun (Heritage) party on Tuesday after weeks of harsh criticism and verbal abuse from President Serzh Sarkisian’s political allies.
Lawmakers from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Thursday refused to retract their offensive statements about an opposition colleague who sought to embarrass President Serzh Sarkisian at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) earlier this month.
A leader of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) rejected on Tuesday the idea of placing Nagorno-Karabakh under Russian control which has allegedly been floated by a prominent pro-government intellectual.
Opposition parties in Armenia see a hidden agenda in the government plans to change the constitutional requirements concerning the eligibility of nominees in presidential elections.
Authorities in Yerevan have confirmed plans to make changes in the constitutional requirements concerning the eligibility of nominees to run for president. But they deny the proposed reform is tailored to any specific election needs.
Hundreds of convicts in Armenia are expected to be released from prisons after a general amnesty act adopted by the country’s parliament last week began to be applied on Tuesday.
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