Amid its lingering tensions with Moscow, Armenia has reportedly declined to host an upcoming summit of the leaders of Russia and other ex-Soviet states making up the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has confirmed his intention to appoint an acting mayor of Gyumri ahead of an early municipal election expected in Armenia’s second largest city.
After weeks of silence, law-enforcement authorities acknowledged on Wednesday that they have launched a criminal investigation into possible financial irregularities related to the launch of a first-ever Armenian satellite into space in May 2022.
Economic growth in Armenia is moderating to “more sustainable levels” due to dwindling positive side effects of Western sanctions against Russia, a senior official from the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
Prosecutors on Tuesday did not confirm or deny a report that they are looking into the personal wealth of two former officials believed to have exerted strong influence on Armenian courts for the last two years.
Greece is reportedly planning to sell Russian-made air defense systems used by its armed forces to Armenia, instead of supplying them to Ukraine.
A pro-government lawmaker who has fallen out of favor with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Tuesday that he has postponed his decision on whether to resign from the Armenian parliament.
Armenia’s total public debt has doubled to over $12.6 billion during Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s time in office, official statistics show.
Armenia will not take part in this week’s summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, a senior Russian diplomat said on Monday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has confirmed that he told the head of Armenia’s judicial oversight body, Karen Andreasian, to resign last week, saying that he is unhappy with some of the decisions made by Armenian courts.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has drawn strong condemnation from historians, opposition leaders and other critics after saying that Armenians should stop describing as “Western Armenia” parts of moder-day eastern Turkey populated by their ancestors until the 1915 genocide.
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.
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