Opposition groups in Gyumri insisted on Friday that they will not cede control of the municipal administration to Armenia’s ruling party despite the arrest of one of their leaders denounced by them as politically motivated.
Prosecutors have appealed against an Armenian court’s recent decision to overturn a prison sentence for an outspoken archbishop who was arrested last year amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s controversial campaign to oust Catholicos Garegin II.
Armenia should toughen legal requirements for ethnic Armenian foreign nationals seeking to become its dual citizens, Deputy Interior Minister Armen Ghazarian said on Friday.
A prominent opposition figure based in Gyumri was arrested on Thursday on charges which his lawyer and political allies said are part of government efforts to seize power in Armenia’s second largest city.
The Armenian government approved on Thursday about 5.65 billion drams ($14.6 million) in fresh subsidies to local agricultural exporters that manage to find new markets for their products recently banned by Russia.
Alen Simonian, a former parliament speaker unexpectedly pushed out by the ruling Civil Contract in late June, was appointed as the new secretary of Armenia’s Security Council on Thursday.
Two weeks after threatening legal action to end Russia’s management of Armenia’s railway network and triggering stern warnings from Moscow, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday that he is open to a “compromise” deal on the issue.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian spoke with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by phone on Wednesday three months after the latter’s visit to Yerevan that sparked a furious reaction from Russia.
Armenia’s two leading opposition groups said on Wednesday that they will fight hard to prevent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian from enacting a new Armenian constitution demanded by Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan is ready to supply electricity to Armenia after the closure of the Metsamor nuclear plant, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview publicized on Wednesday.
Armenians should brace for more economic pain in the months ahead because their government is on course to break ties with Russia, the parliamentary leader of the main opposition Strong Armenia alliance claimed on Wednesday.
A senior lawmaker confirmed on Tuesday that a new constitution drafted by Armenia’s leadership would meet Azerbaijan’s key condition for signing an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal finalized in Washington last year.
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