The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has not been weakened by former Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian’s decision to leave it along with his entourage, a senior HHK member insisted on Wednesday.
The pro-government majority in the National Assembly rejected on Monday an opposition proposal to launch a parliamentary inquiry into the origin of assets belonging to senior Armenian officials.
Thirteen people close to former Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian joined him on Wednesday in leaving the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) ahead of parliamentary elections.
The governor of Armenia’s southern Ararat province widely seen as a stronghold of Hovik Abrahamian resigned on Tuesday one week after the former prime minister decided to leave the ruling Republican Party (HHK).
The Armenian government said on Thursday that it plans to launch a “free economic zone” near Armenia’s border with Iran before the end of this year.
Economic growth in Armenia will significantly accelerate this year after a sharp slowdown recorded in 2016, Minister for Economic Development and Investments Suren Karayan insisted on Thursday.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian, who plans to challenge the government in upcoming parliamentary elections, on Monday rejected opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian’s view that that peace with Azerbaijan is vital for Armenia’s security and prosperity.
The Armenian parliament voted on Friday to allow its members to formally defect from political parties that helped them win parliament seats.
The National Assembly approved on Thursday the Armenian government’s draft 2017 budget calling for a major reduction in public spending strongly criticized by the parliamentary opposition.
The National Assembly approved on Tuesday a government proposal to make it easier for Armenia’s citizens to set up political parties.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) denied on Tuesday opposition allegations that it has forced thousands of people to become its members ahead of next April’s parliamentary elections.
The pro-government majority in the National Assembly plans to allow Armenian lawmakers to formally defect from political parties that helped them win parliament seats.
A senior official downplayed on Tuesday the fact that Armenia’s tax revenue from imported goods will fall short of a 2016 target due to an economic downturn in Russia and other members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
The main owner of a building in central Yerevan who received a permit to construct a hotel in its place says its recent controversial demolition by way of a controlled implosion was carried out by a licensed organization hired by the construction company, implying that he bore no responsibility for its consequences.
The Armenian government’s plans to enact new legislation criminalizing “illegal enrichment” of state officials will seriously discourage corrupt practices among them, Justice Minister Arpine Hovannisian insisted on Thursday.
Armenia’s Administrative Court on Tuesday rejected an opposition appeal against the official outcome of this month’s municipal election in Gyumri that handed the city’s pro-government mayor a second term.
Two Armenian ministers openly objected on Thursday to Prime Minister Karen Karapetian’s plans to change the names of two government ministries in a way that might affect their work.
Armenian civic organizations downplayed on Monday major legal amendments worked out by the government and the opposition, saying that they are “a necessary but not sufficient condition” for democratic elections.
A leading Armenian civic activist believes the government’s failure to honor its landmark deal with the opposition to introduce anti-fraud mechanisms in time for next year’s parliamentary elections will cause new strong disappointment of the West.
The actions of the gunmen who seized a police station in Yerevan and held it for two weeks in a deadly standoff with security forces last month amounted to terrorism, Armenian Parliament Speaker Galust Sahakian implied on Thursday.
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