A parliament deputy from the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) reaffirmed on Wednesday his party’s negative attitude to the ongoing dialogue between another opposition force and Armenia’s political leadership.
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian has pointedly declined to dismiss speculation that the unfolding dialogue between Armenia’s government and leading opposition force could put his continued tenure at risk.
An Armenian government official has put a brave face on the recent negative conclusions by a leading international publication about Armenia’s economic status, calling them ‘momentary’ and not constituting ‘a final diagnosis’.
A senior member of Armenia’s ruling party has downplayed the latest opposition threat to resume its push for an immediate power change unless the government agreed to formal negotiations around holding early elections.
President Serzh Sarkisian called for a “new impetus” to democratization in Armenia as he addressed the nation on its Constitution Day marked July 5.
The Georgia diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church has welcomed the recent amendments passed by Georgian lawmakers granting a legal status to the local Armenian church.
Close defense links with Russia do not impede Armenia’s growing military cooperation with NATO and the United States in particular, according to a senior Pentagon official.
One of the two opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament said on Monday that it will continue boycotting National Assembly sessions in protest against what it sees as President Serzh Sarkisian’s efforts to tighten his grip on power.
Industry will be the main driving force of Armenia’s ongoing economic recovery this year, having already grown by over 10 percent, Economy Minister Tigran Davtian said on Friday.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unlikely to kick-start Turkey’s ill-fated rapprochement with Armenia even after his Justice and Development Party (AKP) won yet another general election, Armenian political analysts said on Monday.
Murad Bojolian, an Armenian scholar and former diplomat, left a prison in Yerevan on Friday after completing a ten-year sentence on charges of spying for Turkey which he strongly denies.
International mediators said on Wednesday that they expect the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach framework agreement on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at their upcoming meeting in Russia.
The United States welcomes the unfolding dialogue between Armenia’s political leadership and largest opposition force and hopes it will foster the proper conduct of the next Armenian elections, the outgoing U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch said on Friday.
Relations between Armenia and Georgia are as good as never before and they are not affected by the two countries’ markedly different ties with Russia, the Georgian ambassador in Yerevan said on Tuesday.
Several dozen people picketed a Yerevan court on Monday to demand the release of the brother of a well-known opposition parliamentarian who is being prosecuted on bribery charges which the opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party says are politically motivated.
The most recent casualties suffered by the Azerbaijani army around Nagorno-Karabakh are the result of “retaliatory” actions taken by Armenian troops, Armenia’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have different interpretations of two key principles that are at the heart of a framework agreement to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict proposed by international mediators, President Serzh Sarkisian said in a newspaper interview published on Monday.
The leader of Moldova’s breakaway Transdniester region has unexpectedly pardoned an Armenian-born journalist who was controversially arrested and imprisoned last year.
The Armenian state forestry agency claimed on Thursday to have made significant strides in combating illegal logging and reversing the country’s serious post-Soviet deforestation.
Consumer price inflation in Armenia eased for the second consecutive month in April but still remained well above the maximum level targeted by the Armenian authorities, according to official statistics released on Monday.
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