The Armenian government has amended a controversial plan to help tens of thousands of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh obtain permanent housing in Armenia after failing to attract strong interest from them.
Russia’s ambassador in Yerevan met with Levon Ter-Petrosian on Tuesday five days after the former Armenian president seemingly praised neighboring Iran for opposing an Azerbaijani land corridor that would pass through Armenia.
A company importing and selling mobile phones became Armenia’s second largest corporate taxpayer last year in what appears to be a result of Western economic sanctions against Russia.
An Armenian court granted bail to a retired top general critical of the government on Tuesday more than one month after he was arrested on charges stemming from the 2020 war with Azerbaijan.
Former President Robert Kocharian said on Monday that he has no plans to leave active politics and will continue to lead the main opposition Hayastan alliance in its declared efforts to oust Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinian on Monday condemned and threatened to crack down on commuters continuing to heed opposition calls to boycott a significant increase in the cost of public transport initiated by him.
Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan has been accused by critics of misleading Armenians about the size of their country’s public debt which has doubled to over $12.8 billion during Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s time in office.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his press office said nothing about Armenia’s possible bid to join the European Union in statements on his talks with European Council President Antonio Costa held in Munich on Friday.
Amid Armenia’s lingering tensions with Russia, a senior lawmaker representing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s party has visited Ukraine and praised his Ukrainian colleagues for their work in the face of “difficult conditions.”
The long list of accusations levelled by Azerbaijan against Armenian businessman and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan includes a plot to assassinate Azerbaijani diplomats serving abroad.
The Russian Foreign Ministry insisted on Friday that Russia and Iran have similar positions on the thorny issue of transport links between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian met with the Iranian ambassador to Armenia and lavished praise on him on Thursday one week after he reaffirmed Iran’s strong opposition to an Azerbaijani land corridor that would pass through a key Armenian region.
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