A lawmaker ousted from the ruling Civil Contract party made clear on Thursday that he will not resign from Armenia’s parliament despite Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s implicit pledge to have him prosecuted.
Azerbaijan has reportedly turned down U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s proposal to organize more peace talks between his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts.
One day after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian held out hope for a peace deal with Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev again demanded on Thursday that Armenia change its constitution and ensure the return of Azerbaijanis who lived there until the late 1980s.
Justice Minister Srbuhi Galian expressed confidence on Thursday that a government panel headed by her will execute Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s order to draft a new constitution for Armenia by the end of 2026.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday that an outspoken pro-government lawmaker who has declined his “requests” to resign from the Armenian parliament must be prosecuted and stripped of his seat.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday confirmed that he refused to host an upcoming Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) summit and said Armenia will not unfreeze its membership in another Russian-led bloc: the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
The Armenian government pushed its draft state budget for next year through the parliament on Wednesday after revising downwards its economic growth projection.
An outspoken Armenian parliamentarian has been ousted from the ruling Civil Contract party after declining Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s “requests” to resign from the National Assembly.
A senior judge reportedly enjoying government support has become the new chairman of a powerful body overseeing Armenia’s courts.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Tuesday claimed to have successfully coped with grave security challenges facing Armenia, saying that he can now guarantee the country’s survival “for the next century.”
Yerevan’s municipal administration fired 18 drivers of public buses on Tuesday just hours after they and dozens of their colleagues went on strike to demand higher pay.
Armenia’s government is not in a position to help ethnic Armenian residents of Aleppo flee the northern Syrian city following its unexpected capture by Islamist rebels, an official in Yerevan acknowledged on Monday.
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