Two weeks after threatening legal action to end Russia’s management of Armenia’s railway network and triggering stern warnings from Moscow, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday that he is open to a “compromise” deal on the issue.
A senior lawmaker confirmed on Tuesday that a new constitution drafted by Armenia’s leadership would meet Azerbaijan’s key condition for signing an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal finalized in Washington last year.
A senior member of the main opposition Strong Armenia alliance, Aram Vartevanian, was elected a deputy speaker of the Armenian parliament on Monday, taking up a position legally reserved for the opposition minority.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian indicated on Thursday that his government will complete soon the controversial nationalization of Armenia’s national electric utility owned by billionaire and opposition leader Samvel Karapetian.
Armenia’s new parliament controlled by the ruling Civil Contract party elected its speaker on Monday during its inaugural session marked by bitter accusations traded by pro-government and opposition lawmakers.
Law-enforcement officers searched the Yerevan home of the main opposition Strong Armenia alliance’s incoming parliamentary leader on Friday two days before the inaugural session of the country’s new parliament.
Risking further confrontation with Moscow, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian indicated on Thursday that he is determined to end Russia’s management of Armenia’s railway network and may take international legal action for that purpose.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday publicly demanded that law-enforcement authorities launch criminal proceedings against a former senior government official who was fired by him before running in Armenia’s recent parliamentary elections on an opposition ticket.
Two days after a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian again criticized on Wednesday Russia’s recent bans on key imports from Armenia, saying they mean that the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is “paralyzed.”
Armenia’s government is keen to significantly increase imports of natural gas from neighboring Iran, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Davit Khudatian confirmed on Tuesday after a weekend visit to Tehran.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) on Wednesday allowed prosecutors to indict but not arrest the incoming parliamentary leader of Armenia’s largest opposition force facing a crackdown linked to last month’s parliamentary elections.
Law-enforcement authorities have moved to arrest another senior member of billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s Strong Armenia alliance in a continuing post-election crackdown on the Armenian opposition which critics say was ordered by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities have revealed the violent nature of opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian’s arrest promised by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, sparking an uproar from human rights activists, opposition figures and many ordinary citizens.
Businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian strongly denied early on Tuesday new criminal charges that led to his arrest condemned by his party and other Armenian opposition groups as politically motivated.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities arrested opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian on Monday after searching his home and the offices of his key companies in mass raids linked by his aides to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s pledges to “dispossess” his main political foes.
A senior Armenian diplomat on Wednesday gave no indication that his government will agree to Russia’s involvement in the planned opening of a U.S.-administered transit corridor for Azerbaijan passing through Armenia.
The sister of an outspoken opposition figure has been sacked as deputy head of the Armenian government’s drug regulatory agency for what she sees as political reasons.
The ruling Civil Contract party on Thursday designated one of its senior members, Ruben Rubinian, as the speaker of Armenia’s new parliament elected in the disputed June 7 elections.
Law-enforcement authorities have not brought criminal charges against any of the officials from Yerevan’s municipal administration who were caught on camera assaulting opposition members of the city council on Tuesday.
The ruling Civil Contract party has drafted legislation that would effectively disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Armenian nationals living abroad and Russia in particular.
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