Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday that Armenian authorities are looking into reports that teachers and students of several public schools in the central Aragatsotn province were forced to attend his election campaign meetings held there on Wednesday.
Armenia’s leadership remained reluctant on Tuesday to give possible dates for its exit from a Russian-led trade bloc that are increasingly demanded by Moscow.
Campaigning officially began in Armenia on Friday for the June 7 parliamentary elections which will extend or end Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s eight-year rule.
Samvel Karapetian, a Russian-Armenian billionaire leading the main opposition contender in next month’s Armenian parliamentary elections, on Thursday described Russia as a “strategic ally” and criticized Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s pro-Western foreign policy.
A coalition of Armenian vote-monitoring groups claimed on Thursday that a commercial bank owned by government-linked businessmen is sponsoring pre-election concerts for the ruling Civil Contract party in breach of Armenia’s campaign funding rules.
The Armenian and Russian governments have not reached any agreements on the future of Armenia’s rail network managed by Russia’s state-owned railway monopoly, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigorian indicated on Wednesday.
For the first time since 2022, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will not attend an annual international conference in Turkey that brings together dozens of foreign leaders.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet again shortly after Armenia’s parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7.
Armenia will leave Russian-led defense and trade blocs if Russia raises the concessional price of its natural gas or imposes other economic sanctions on Yerevan, parliament speaker Alen Simonian said at the weekend.
One man has been charged after a street altercation with Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonian that led to his and a fellow activist’s detention by police on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday that, as head of the Armenian government, he refused to pursue what he described as an agenda of “restoring historical justice,” arguing instead for a focus on building a “just reality.”
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has faced mounting criticism from opposition figures after warning that Armenia will face a new war if his political rivals win upcoming parliamentary elections.
A senior Armenian lawmaker nominated to the country’s Constitutional Court has stepped aside from a key parliamentary role as his candidacy continues to draw criticism from rights advocates and opposition members.
Riot police made several arrests on Friday as hundreds of supporters of billionaire and emerging opposition leader Samvel Karapetian demonstrated outside a court in Yerevan to demand his release from house arrest ahead of Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
The continuing war between the United States and Israel and Iran will likely delay the planned opening of a U.S.-administered transit corridor for Azerbaijan through Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday acknowledged that he forced the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI) to resign because of what she told and gave U.S. Vice President JD Vance during his recent visit to Yerevan.
Law-enforcement authorities arrested at the weekend an individual accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the headquarters of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS).
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian indicated on Thursday that he will tread carefully in his efforts to end Russia’s management of Armenia’s railway network.
The Armenian government has not yet made a final decision to end Russia’s management of Armenia’s railway network, parliament speaker Alen Simonian said on Tuesday.
The Armenian government believes that neighboring Iran’s escalating war with the United States and Israel poses no security threats to Armenia, senior officials in Yerevan said on Monday.
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