Azerbaijan is setting various preconditions to avoid signing a peace treaty with Armenia, a senior Armenian lawmaker claimed on Friday.
The Armenian government has petitioned a state judicial watchdog to punish the judge in the marathon trial of former President Robert Kocharian that ended without a verdict last December.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian again called for the adoption of a new Armenian constitution on Friday amid Azerbaijan’s continuing demands for a constitutional change in Armenia.
Senior pro-government lawmakers made on Tuesday differing statements on why the Armenian and Azerbaijani governments have missed a deadline for reaching an agreement on delineating the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have made more progress in ongoing negotiations on the delimitation of their border, the Armenian government said on Monday.
Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) on Wednesday denied former Economy Minister Vahan Kerobian’s claims that he had repeatedly declined personal favors requested by NSS Director Armen Abazian before being sacked and prosecuted on corruption charges.
Prosecutors have reportedly moved to confiscate assets belonging to a nominally independent lawmaker who could help the Armenian opposition initiate a parliamentary vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Pro-government deputies boycotted a session of the Armenian parliament on Monday to prevent a debate on opposition demands for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation fueled by more than month-long street protests in Yerevan.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Friday again threatened to crack down on Nagorno-Karabakh’s exiled leaders, saying that they are encouraging Karabakh Armenian refugees to participate in antigovernment protests in Yerevan.
Riot police fired stun grenades outside the Armenian parliament on Wednesday as they clashed with protesters continuing to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
Amid continuing antigovernment protests in Yerevan, the Armenian opposition moved on Monday to force an emergency parliament debate on its demands for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his cabinet.
Thousands of protesters marched to the Armenian parliament late on Sunday as their leader, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian, tried to step up his month-long campaign for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) has effectively denied government loyalists’ allegations that an outspoken archbishop trying to oust Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian works for Russian intelligence.
The Armenian government has again delayed the gradual introduction of a national system of health insurance which was due to start in July.
The Armenian government has restored the broadcast of Russia’s leading state TV channel in Armenia after it paid a debt worth 2.5 million drams ($6,500).
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian defended on Wednesday police officers that tried to physically stop Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, from visiting a key national memorial on Tuesday.
Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Garegin II, from visiting a war memorial on Tuesday as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian led there an official ceremony to mark the 106th anniversary of an independent Armenian republic.
Police made nearly 300 arrests on Monday as Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan to demand Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
Opposition leaders and other individuals trying to topple Armenia’s government risk losing their freedom, assets and even lives, a wealthy businessman and lawmaker allied to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian warned on Wednesday.
Residents of Kirants again blocked a local highway on Thursday after the Armenian government resumed preparations for ceding part of the border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province to Azerbaijan.
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