A standing committee of the Armenian parliament on Friday endorsed a government-backed bill calling for the “start of a process of Armenia's accession to the European Union,” paving the way for its adoption by the National Assembly.
A U.S. human rights lawyer representing Ruben Vardanyan has said that the Armenian government is doing little to try to secure the release of his client and seven other former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh standing trial in Azerbaijan.
Further security assistance to Armenia promised by the United States could contribute to the withdrawal of Russian border guards from the South Caucasus country, a senior Armenian official said on Friday.
The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict was on the agenda of newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s phone call with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reported by the U.S. State Department on Thursday.
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.
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