A new law adopted by Armenian lawmakers on Thursday allows retired army officers to return to military service preserving their state pension, a move that pro-government authors of the bill believe will help attract more mid-level and junior officers to the armed forces.
Two opposition factions in the Armenian parliament have initiated a move to convene a special session of the legislative body on the issue of prisoners of war and other Armenians jailed in Azerbaijan.
The Armenian government’s bill for the mandatory installation of video surveillance systems with 24-hour police access throughout the capital, Yerevan, is unjustified and interferes with privacy and other rights, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to work on “one or two wordings” in their negotiations over a peace treaty, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said in parliament on Thursday.
A top Armenian investigator has expresses regret regarding an incident between him and a group of pro-government lawmakers that took place in parliament earlier this month.
Armenia sees an opportunity to resolve the sticking points in the draft peace treaty it is currently negotiating with Azerbaijan, a chief of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s staff said on Wednesday.
After remaining vacant for nearly a month, the post of Armenia’s justice minister will soon be filled as the country’s ruling party has finally nominated a candidate.
A senior lawmaker representing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party has spurned media reports on Tuesday suggesting that a group of his fellow lawmakers is seeking his ouster from a key parliamentary committee.
Ankara is closely following the efforts by Azerbaijan and Armenia to achieve peace, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an address following a Cabinet meeting on October 28.
Armenia’s anti-corruption body has launched a criminal probe following claims by the country’s top investigator regarding attempts at interference in an investigation allegedly orchestrated by a pro-government lawmaker.
All members of the majority faction in the City Council in Gyumri not representing Armenia’s ruling party have given up their seats following the reported resignation of Mayor Vardges Samsonian, potentially prompting a vote in the local legislature on a new head of Armenia’s second largest city.
Official Yerevan has expressed its deep concern over developments in the region after recent Israeli strikes against Iran.
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