Oscar-winning U.S. actor Kevin Spacey received a warm welcome from scores of movie fans in Yerevan on Tuesday as he visited Armenia to take part in an annual film festival held there.
The Armenian government has petitioned a state judicial watchdog to punish the judge in the marathon trial of former President Robert Kocharian that ended without a verdict last December.
Vladimir Gasparian, a former chief of the Armenian police, was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison on corruption charges denied by him.
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan have not yet agreed to meet later this week on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington, official Yerevan said on Monday.
Sparking fresh controversy, speaker Alen Simonian has given Armenian parliament members and staffers additional hefty bonuses worth their monthly salaries.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian called at the weekend for continued deepening of Armenian-Iranian relations when he congratulated moderate reformist Masoud Pezeshkian on winning Iran’s presidential election.
Amid its deepening rift with longtime ally Russia, Armenia announced on Saturday that it will host another joint military exercise with the United States this month.
Iran’s ambassador in Yerevan on Friday dismissed the latest U.S. efforts to get Armenia and Azerbaijan to negotiate a peace accord.
A group of U.S. lawmakers voiced support for Armenia’s territorial integrity and praised the Armenian government for implementing “democratic reforms” and seeking closer ties with the West as they ended a four-day visit to the country on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian again called for the adoption of a new Armenian constitution on Friday amid Azerbaijan’s continuing demands for a constitutional change in Armenia.
Armenia’s ambassador to Russia has visited two Russian cities reportedly shelled by Ukraine after Moscow condemned other Armenian officials for making pro-Ukrainian statements during a recent trip to a town near Kyiv.
The mayor of Yerevan’s northern Arabkir district was moved to house arrest on Thursday one day after being detained along with his two deputies and several other people on corruption charges.
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