Armenian investigators pressed on Friday multiple charges against an Azerbaijani soldier who was arrested after crossing into Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province and attacking members of a local family.
Two days after meeting with the head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian indicated on Thursday that he is no longer interested in the kind of nuclear energy technology that has been offered to Armenia by the United States.
Facing a storm of criticism, Armenia's Public Television apologized on Monday for broadcasting a pop concert on the sixth anniversary of the outbreak of the last war in Nagorno-Karabakh that left at least 3,833 Armenian soldiers and civilians dead.
Turkey poses no threat to Armenia’s national security, the secretary of the Armenian government’s Security Council and a longtime political ally of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday.
Armenian government officials and pro-government lawmakers walked out of a parliamentary hearing in Yerevan on Wednesday, objecting to the presence of individuals presented by an opposition deputy as representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh’s exiled leadership.
Armenia’s two main opposition groups on Tuesday denounced as unconstitutional Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s plans to initiate a parliamentary inquiry into the Armenian Apostolic Church as part of his continuing efforts to oust its supreme head, Catholicos Garegin II.
Armenia’s top appeals court has rejected prosecutors’ demand to imprison the formerly opposition mayor of the southeastern town of Goris following his decision to team up with the ruling Civil Contract party for an upcoming local election.
Two weeks after President Vladimir Putin expressed readiness to withdraw Russian troops from Armenia, a senior Russian diplomat has said that their continued presence is indispensable for the South Caucasus country’s security.
The market value of Armenia’s national electric utility will be assessed by a local company, a minister has said, as the government moves to take over the utility owned by billionaire businessman and opposition leader Samvel Karapetian.
Armenia has appealed Russian restrictions on imports of Armenian goods and expects them to be lifted through mechanisms available within the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Armenian Deputy Economy Minister Tigran Gasparian said on Tuesday.
A third Armenian judge has effectively refused to hear the criminal case against Catholicos Garegin II and six senior clergymen amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s continuing attempts to depose the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has signaled Russia’s agreement to discuss the possibility of transferring its concession to operate Armenia’s railway to a third country amid what appeared to be conflicting interpretations in Yerevan and Moscow of their recent talks.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced on Thursday that the head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, will visit Armenia this month to present Moscow’s proposals for building a new nuclear power plant in the South Caucasus country.
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.
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