An Armenian army officer, who reportedly threatened to blow up a Yerevan restaurant where one of his colleagues was beaten to death, received on Thursday a four-month prison sentence meaning that he will be set free in the less than a month.
Former President Robert Kocharian on Wednesday condemned the controversial criminal case against Vartan Oskanian and voiced support for the opposition politician who had served as Armenia’s foreign minister throughout his decade-long rule.
The Armenian parliament allowed law-enforcement authorities on Tuesday to prosecute Vartan Oskanian on fraud charges which the former foreign minister and his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) consider politically motivated. (UPDATED)
Tensions between President Serzh Sarkisian and his former main coalition partner rose further on Monday when the Armenian parliament debated controversial criminal proceedings launched against former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian.
An Armenian army officer, who reportedly threatened to blow up a restaurant in Yerevan where one of his colleagues was beaten to death, faced up to six months in prison as he went on trial on Tuesday.
In what may have been another sign of their rift with President Serzh Sarkisian, former President Robert Kocharian and Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian have again failed to attend an annual government reception.
The head of Armenia’s leading anti-graft watchdog and other civic activists have demanded criminal and parliamentary investigations of Vartan Ayvazian, a former environment minister heavily fined by a U.S. federal court for alleged corruption.
President Serzh Sarkisian berated his government in unusually strong terms at the weekend for what he described as widespread bribery and nepotism in state procurements administered by various Armenian ministries and other government bodies.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian has still not decided whether to stand as a candidate in next year’s presidential election, a senior representative of his Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Tuesday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian has resigned his parliamentary seat in a move which his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party linked on Monday to Armenia’s approaching presidential election.
A former aide to Robert Kocharian predicted on Friday that the former president will not stand as a candidate in Armenia’s next presidential election due in February 2013.
Lawmakers from Armenia’s leading opposition forces harshly criticized the government for failing to prevent the repatriation of Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov as the National Assembly debated the resulting diplomatic scandal at an emergency session on Wednesday.
Lawyers representing the family of the late military doctor Vahe Avetian accused the Armenian police on Monday of deliberately botching a criminal investigation into his violent death at a Yerevan restaurant owned by a government-linked businessman.
The Armenian police have reaffirmed their refusal to prosecute businessman Ruben Hayrapetian in connection with a deadly assault at a Yerevan restaurant owned by him, a lawyer said on Wednesday.
Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) remains part of the country’s political leadership despite pulling out of the ruling coalition in May, a prominent associate of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian said on Friday.
There are currently about 2,000 ethnic Armenians from Syria residing in Armenia after having mostly fled violence in the Middle Eastern state, the Ministry of Diaspora in Yerevan said on Thursday.
The Armenian opposition on Friday failed to muster sufficient support for an emergency session of parliament on last month’s deadly violence at a now infamous restaurant in Yerevan.
The opposition minority in Armenia’s parliament demanded on Thursday that the National Assembly launch a separate inquiry into last month’s deadly violence at a Yerevan restaurant owned by a controversial businessmen close to the government.
An Armenian human rights campaigner claimed to have been assaulted by Ruben Hayrapetian late on Sunday as hundreds of activists clashed with riot police in continuing protests against deadly violence at a restaurant owned by the government-linked businessman.
Yet another prominent member of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) announced on Thursday his decision to leave the opposition alliance because of policy differences with its leader Levon Ter-Petrosian.
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