Traders selling various goods in small shops and markets have rallied in Yerevan to protest against a sharp increase in the key tax paid by them.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian indicated on Thursday that his government will press ahead with plans to seek Armenia’s membership in the European Union despite serious warnings from Russia.
The secretary of Armenia’s Security Council, Armen Grigorian, expressed concern on Thursday over Azerbaijan’s renewed threats of military action against Yerevan.
The Armenian government would not explicitly say on Wednesday whether it is planning to make more territorial concessions to Azerbaijan as a result of the latest agreement on delimiting the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinian on Wednesday pledged to slightly scale back the impending significant increase in public transport fees which could trigger protests in the Armenian capital.
A member of the ruling Civil Contract party notorious for insulting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s critics and refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday withdrew his candidacy for a vacant seat in Armenia’s judicial oversight body following an uproar from opposition and civic groups.
Defending the Armenian government’s silence, parliament speaker Alen Simonian declined to condemn on Tuesday the ongoing trials of eight former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh imprisoned in Azerbaijan.
Former Mayor Hayk Marutian and his opposition party have urged commuters to boycott the impending significant increase in public transport fees in Yerevan initiated by the current municipal administration.
A senior Armenian diplomat has discussed Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and other high-ranking officials during a visit to Tehran.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov played down Russia’s lingering tensions with Armenia on Tuesday after holding what he called “very useful” talks in Moscow with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan.
A representative of Armenia’s political leadership on Monday defended its failure to condemn or react otherwise to the trials of eight former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh which began in Azerbaijan on Friday.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has questioned the legality of the Armenian police’s heavy use of powerful stun grenades against anti-government demonstrators in Yerevan last June.
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