Suren Khachatrian, the controversial governor of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province, officially stepped down on Thursday amid the continuing fallout from a deadly shootout that occurred near his house on June 1.
A senior Armenian law-enforcement official insisted on Wednesday that a regional governor notorious for violent conduct was not personally involved in a shootout outside his house that left one person dead and sparked calls for his prosecution.
The Armenian authorities have assured the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that they are committed to implementing “deeper and more comprehensive” reforms sought by the Washington-based lending institution, a senior IMF official said on Tuesday.
The notoriously violent governor of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province said on Monday that he is “temporarily” stepping down in connection with a weekend shootout outside his villa that left one of his local rivals dead and two other men injured.
Britain’s Prince Charles ended a three-day private visit to Armenia on Thursday with a meeting with Catholicos Garegin II at the Echmiadzin headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
President Serzh Sarkisian on Wednesday met with Britain’s visiting Prince Charles and praised his contribution to charitable work done in Armenia by a former Armenian prime minister based in London.
Charles, the prince of Wales, arrived in Armenia on Tuesday on a three-day private visit which a senior British diplomat said reflects his interest in the country’s history and culture.
In what amounted to a vote of confidence, the Armenian parliament approved the government’s new five-year plan of actions on Thursday after three days of heating debates between its pro-government majority and opposition factions.
Armenia’s leading opposition groups represented in parliament rejected the government’s new five-year program on Tuesday, dismissing its pledges to speed up economic development, tackle corruption and strengthen the rule of law.
President Serzh Sarkisian’s newly reshuffled government pledged to significantly reduce poverty and unemployment and establish the rule of law in Armenia in the next five years as it sought a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian made clear on Tuesday that his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), the second largest in parliament, will not declare itself an opposition force despite regularly criticizing government policies.
Belarus is keenly interested in Armenia’s experience in the peaceful use of atomic energy and hopes to receive Armenian technical assistance after constructing its first-ever nuclear plant, President Alexander Lukashenko said during an official visit to Yerevan on Monday.
A former regional governor affiliated with the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) is facing prosecution on corruption charges, law-enforcement authorities announced on Wednesday.
Leading Armenian civic organizations described the mayoral elections in Yerevan as undemocratic on Monday, alleging widespread vote buying, multiple voting and other irregularities that benefited the ruling Republican Party (HHK).
Polling centers across Yerevan opened early on Sunday for local elections that pitted President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) against Armenia’s other major political groups hoping to end its control over the municipal administration.
The mayoral election campaign in Yerevan officially drew to a close on Friday, with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and its opposition challengers making the last pitch for votes in various parts of the capital.
Gagik Tsarukian rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan on Thursday, urging city residents to defy what he called attempts to intimidate them and to vote for his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) in Sunday’s mayoral elections.
Armenia’s main opposition forces on Monday accused the authorities of illegally registering scores of pro-government voters from provinces in Yerevan to boost the ruling Republican Party’s (HHK) chances of winning the forthcoming mayoral elections.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian flew to Moscow on Thursday on what a spokesman for his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party called a “private visit” that might involve meetings with Russian officials.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian and deputies from three leading opposition groups will not attend President Serzh Sarkisian’s inauguration for a second term in office, it was confirmed on Monday.
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