A member of the ruling Civil Contract party who has denounced “Russian neocolonialism” in Armenia was appointed on Friday as head of the country’s state utility regulator.
A controversial former head of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s security detail has reportedly assaulted one of his subordinates in yet another violent incident decried by the Armenian opposition and media.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian castigated Armenia’s judicial and law-enforcement bodies on Friday, saying that they have failed to end a perceived lack of “justice” in the country during his more than six-year rule.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov on Friday declined to confirm Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s assertion that Armenia and Azerbaijan may be close to opening their border to trade and travel.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday again condemned the holding of the COP29 summit in Baku, saying that the international community thus let Azerbaijan “greenwash” ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh and other “extreme human rights abuses” committed by it.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party has signaled plans to delay the holding of an early municipal election in Gyumri, raising concerns among local opposition groups.
Armenia said on Thursday that it has not unfrozen its membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) despite attending a meeting in Moscow of senior diplomats of the ex-Soviet states making up the Russian-led military alliance.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday stepped up his criticism of Armenia’s 1990 declaration of independence which Azerbaijan says is the main hurdle to peace between the two South Caucasus nations.
Armenia’s government agencies must be purged of officials who have their underage sons renounce Armenian citizenship to avoid compulsory military service, Defense Minister Suren Papikian said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday rejected continuing Azerbaijan demands for a change of Armenia’s constitution which Baku says contains territorial claims to Azerbaijan.
Iran and Russia have diverging interests in the South Caucasus, according to the Iranian ambassador to Armenia, Mehdi Sobhani.
The ruling Civil Contract party’s presumptive top candidate in the upcoming municipal election in Gyumri denied on Tuesday media reports that he bitterly argued and brawled with other local activists allied to the Armenian government.
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