An Armenian court on Friday convicted a former Nagorno-Karabakh official, who did not flee the region right after its recapture by Azerbaijan, of spying for Baku and sentenced him to 18 years in prison.
Six months after being tasked by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian with drafting a new constitution of Armenia, an hoc government panel has still not met to discuss the matter, a senior official said on Friday.
Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri has been left without a municipal administration for almost a month, with the central government still not clarifying as of Friday afternoon whether it will hold a snap election there in the coming weeks.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency has again interrogated an outspoken pro-government lawmaker who seems to be defying reported government orders to resign from the parliament.
Armenia has not participated in the COP29 climate summit in Baku because of Azerbaijan’s failure to free any of at least 23 Armenian prisoners held by it, a senior official in Yerevan indicated on Thursday.
The Armenian government announced on Thursday it will stop paying housing allowances to many refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh and significantly reduce them for others next year.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian lambasted a former provincial governor on Thursday one day after naming him as Armenia’s new minister of territorial administration and infrastructures.
Hovik Aghazarian, an Armenian pro-government lawmaker, insisted on Wednesday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian is not pressuring him to leave the parliament after forcing the resignations of six senior state officials.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made a brief stopover in Yerevan late on Tuesday as she flew to Baku to attend the COP29 climate summit held there.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian named Armenia’s new ministers of interior and public infrastructures on Wednesday, replacing two of the six senior state officials forced by him to resign on Monday.
Citing the need to create a level playing field for all businesses, the Armenian government has moved to abolish a preferential tax regime enjoyed by many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
A pro-government member of Armenia’s parliament on Tuesday joined six senior state officials in tendering resignation following strong criticism of their performance voiced by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
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