Interior Minister Arpine Sargsian downplayed on Thursday a 16 percent increase in armed robberies, shootouts and other firearm-related crimes registered by the Armenian police last year.
One day before the start of his trial in Baku, Armenian billionaire and former Nagorno-Karabakh premier Ruben Vardanyan on Thursday rejected criminal charges brought against him as politically motivated and accused Azerbaijani investigators of attributing false testimony to him.
Armenia reported on Thursday progress in the latest round of negotiations with Azerbaijan on delineating the long border between the two states.
Armenia’s Foreign Ministry declined to clarify on Thursday when Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will visit Russia to discuss heightened tensions between the two countries.
Armenian analysts cautioned on Wednesday against excessive expectations from a U.S.-Armenian agreement to upgrade bilateral relations to “strategic partnership,” saying that Washington did not pledge to give Yerevan security guarantees or significant military aid.
Defense Minister Suren Papikian said on Wednesday that he sees no “grounds” for the outbreak of another war with Azerbaijan when he commented on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s latest threats of military action against Armenia.
Two prominent Armenian businessmen have expressed serious concern about the possibility of Armenia’s withdrawal from a Russian-led trade bloc raised by Yerevan’s decision to strive to join the European Union.
The Armenian government threatened on Wednesday to block the broadcasts to Armenia of another program of Russian state television after protesting against its weekend report critical of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s policies.
The United States on Tuesday officially upgraded its relations with Armenia to “strategic partnership” and said they will deepen further in the coming years.
Justice Minister Srbuhi Galian said on Tuesday that a government panel headed by her will draft a new constitution for Armenia before the country’s next general elections expected in June 2026.
Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan has described as “vital” a large-scale gold mining project which the Armenian government helped to disrupt six years ago but is now trying to revive.
Russia on Tuesday reacted cautiously to the impending signing of a U.S.-Armenian agreement on “strategic partnership” while warning of further damage to its relations with Armenia.
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