A group of opposition supporters indicted in connection with the June 12 clashes in Yerevan between riot police and protesters demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation went on trial on Monday.
Gurgen Arsenian, a prominent Armenian pro-government lawmaker, has resigned from his parliamentary seat, sparking further speculation that he will be appointed Armenia’s new ambassador to Russia.
An outspoken priest leading Armenia’s latest protest movement vowed renewed efforts to remove Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian from power as he continued to tour Armenia’s regions this month.
A judicial oversight body has decided not to apply any disciplinary action sought by Armenia’s justice minister against a judge hearing two high-profile cases.
Louis Bono, a U.S. special envoy for Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks, visited Yerevan on Thursday two weeks after a meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers held in Washington.
In a move demanded by the Armenian government, a judicial oversight body fired a Yerevan court judge on Tuesday for her handling of former President Robert Kocharian’s marathon trial that ended without a verdict last December.
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.
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