Meeting for its final session on Friday, Armenia’s outgoing parliament approved a bill that makes it a crime to seriously insult government officials and other public figures.
The Armenian government said on Thursday that it will buy 500,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines soon to step up its vaccination campaign which has made slow progress so far.
A senior member of the main opposition Hayastan bloc confirmed on Tuesday that it will accept its seats in Armenia’s new parliament despite refusing to recognize official results of last month’s elections that gave victory to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s party.
Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutiunian met on Tuesday with the commander of Russian peacekeeping forces deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh to discuss the continuing military standoff on Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan.
The opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) remained on Friday in no rush to respond to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s offer to hold snap general elections.
The Armenian parliament elected on Tuesday a 42-year-old senior judge and former prosecutor as head of the Court of Cassation, the country’s highest body of criminal and administrative justice.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s My Step bloc installed on Friday two new members of a state body empowered to nominate, sanction and fire Armenian judges.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s My Step alliance did not respond on Tuesday to President Armen Sarkissian’s calls for fresh parliamentary elections in Armenia.
Armenia believes the introduction of mechanisms for the verification of a possible future ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh is a priority at the moment.
Armenia and Azerbaijan confirmed on Tuesday that their foreign ministers will separately meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington later this week for talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenia’s former top utility regulator was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of giving privileged treatment to a company allegedly linked to Mikael Minasian, former President Serzh Sarkisian’s fugitive son-in-law.
Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutian defended on Tuesday his decision to allow the construction of a new restaurant and café in a famous park which was the scene of a three-month standoff between former municipal authorities and environmental activists eight years ago.
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The chairman and three other members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court indicated on Thursday that they have no intention to resign despite government-backed constitutional changes mandating their replacement.
Robert Kocharian’s office said on Friday that wealthy supporters of Armenia’s jailed former president are ready to help him post a $4.2 million bail needed for his release.
The opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) called on Wednesday for a parliamentary inquiry into the authorities’ response to the continuing coronavirus epidemic in the country.
The opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) accused the authorities on Tuesday of launching a smear campaign against its leader Gagik Tsarukian in response to his calls for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
The Armenian opposition accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday of trying to shift the blame for his government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis to the public.
Armenia’s government dismissed on Thursday growing calls for a fresh nationwide lockdown following a record-high number of daily coronavirus deaths registered in the country.
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