An Armenian law-enforcement agency said on Wednesday that former President Serzh Sarkisian will go on trial for a fourth time on more corruption charges that were brought against him five years ago.
Law-enforcement authorities raided the Yerevan offices of jailed billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s Tashir Group on Wednesday as the Armenian parliament approved a controversial government bill paving the way for the seizure of its biggest asset: the national electric utility.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan discussed with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi bilateral relations and the aftermath of Iran’s war with Israel in a phone call on Tuesday.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian said on Tuesday that prosecutors will ask the National Assembly for permission to indict an opposition lawmaker and close collaborator of an Armenian archbishop arrested on coup charges last week.
A Russian-Armenian billionaire arrested two weeks ago right after criticizing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has moved to file an international lawsuit against the Armenian government over its plans to seize Armenia’s national electric utility owned by him.
In what his critics call an admission of abuse of power, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has said that his allegations regarding the private lives of senior clergymen are based on information provided to him by Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS).
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, discussed the possibility of implementing a law calling for Armenia’s eventual accession to the EU when they met in Yerevan on Monday.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan accused Moscow on Monday of meddling in Armenia’s internal affairs after his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov criticized Yerevan’s “unjustified attacks” on the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Mehdi Sobhani, the Iranian ambassador in Yerevan, rejected on Friday Azerbaijani leaders’ continuing description of much of Armenia’s territory as “Western Azerbaijan.”
Samvel Karapetian, the jailed owner of Armenia’s national electric utility, will fight back “until the end” government attempts to seize it, the company’s chief executive said on Friday.
Russia will consider retaliating against economic decisions stemming from Armenia’s ongoing “rapprochement” with the European Union, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said on Friday.
Security forces clashed with angry priests and other followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church on Friday as they tried unsuccessfully to arrest another archbishop critical of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
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