A representative of the main opposition Hayastan alliance said on Monday that it remains allied to Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian, the leader of an anti-government movement sparked by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.
Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman and politician, on Monday claimed to have addressed government concerns about his controversial project to erect a giant statue of Jesus Christ on a mountain near Yerevan.
A 71-year-old resident of Yerevan is facing charges carrying up to two years in prison after hurling an apple towards Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in an apparent protest against his policies.
A critically ill Armenian woman has been urgently evacuated to Armenia from Turkey in a rare crossing of the closed border between the two neighboring countries, a senior official in Yerevan said on Friday.
Iran will continue to seek closer ties with Armenia and support its territorial integrity under President Masoud Pezeshkian, his newly appointed Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday.
In an apparent change of rhetoric, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian downplayed on Friday a constitutional reference to the 1990 declaration of Armenia’s independence which Azerbaijan calls the main hurdle to peace between the two South Caucasus nations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated his latest offer to help Armenia and Azerbaijan negotiate a peace treaty and delineate their border in a phone call with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Friday.
The former executive director of Armenian Public Radio has decided to sue a state broadcasting watchdog that effectively fired him after he criticized Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian early this year.
Armenia’s multimillion-dollar exports of brandy to Russia are continuing unabated following a Russian consumer rights group’s calls for serious restrictions on its sales, Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan said on Thursday.
Armenian authorities moved on Thursday to again imprison the mayor of the southeastern town of Goris who has refused to step down following the entry into force of a court ruling that bars him from holding public office.
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.
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