An Armenian government agency has told the municipal council of the southeastern town of Goris to replace its opposition-linked mayor following the recent entry into force of a court ruling that bars him from holding public office.
The Foreign Ministry of Belarus summoned an Armenian diplomat on Wednesday after its embassy in Yerevan was pelted with eggs in protest against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s latest anti-Armenian statement.
Russia rounded on Armenia on Wednesday for criticizing its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov who accused Yerevan of torpedoing a Russian-brokered agreement to give Azerbaijan a transport corridor to its Nakhichevan exclave.
The Armenian Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday the first-ever outbreak of West Nile fever in the country, saying that it has killed one person and left four others in a serious condition.
Davit Tonoyan, a former defense minister facing corruption charges, refrained from criticizing the Armenian government on Tuesday just days after being released from jail amid his ongoing trial.
The Armenian government denounced on Tuesday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s claim that it is “sabotaging” a Russian-brokered agreement to open transport links between Azerbaijan and its Nakhichevan exclave through Armenia’s Syunik province.
The West cannot offer any viable alternatives to Armenia’s security and economic development, a senior Russian diplomat insisted on Tuesday, reiterating Moscow’s warnings to Yerevan.
Individual cash remittances sent to Armenia through commercial banks fell by about 14 percent in the first half of this year following a drastic increase resulting from Western sanctions against Russia, official figures show.
Several pro-Western political and civic groups announced on Monday that they will start collecting next month signatures in support of their demands for a referendum on Armenia’s membership in the European Union.
Russia remains ready to help Armenia and Azerbaijan negotiate a peace treaty and delineate their border, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a state visit to Baku on Monday.
Hours after a harsh statement from Moscow regarding a passage in the new edition of an Armenian history textbook authorities in Yerevan announced that the text has already been edited.
Military authorities in Yerevan have once again refuted allegations from Baku that Armenian forces fired at Azerbaijani army positions at the border.
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