Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman and politician who used to challenge Armenia’s current government, has announced that he and his political allies will run in next year’s general elections.
Jailed billionaire Samvel Karapetian pledged to continue campaigning for a change of Armenia’s government at the weekend as his opposition movement claimed to have enlisted 5,000 members since being launched in late August.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian touted the Armenian-Azerbaijani agreements brokered by the United States when he attended a summit of the leaders of Russia and several other ex-Soviet states in Tajikistan on Friday.
The Armenian government has refused to extradite to Russia a Georgian man who reportedly fought against Russian forces in Ukraine before being arrested in Armenia last month.
An Armenian parliamentary commission has not absolved Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of blame for Armenia’s defeat in the 2020 war with Azerbaijan, an opposition lawmaker who has seen its classified report claimed on Friday.
An Armenian appeals court on Thursday moved to house arrest two supporters of jailed Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian standing trial with him on coup charges rejected by them as politically motivated.
Arman Tatoyan, Armenia’s former human rights ombudsman critical of the government, officially announced on Thursday the formation of a new opposition group that will challenge Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in next year’s general elections.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are entering a “stable and peaceful period” two months after reaching U.S.-brokered agreements in Washington, a senior Armenian official said on Thursday.
Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, pledged to continue to campaign for Nagorno-Karabakh’s displaced population on the international stage when he received the region’s exiled leaders on Wednesday.
An Armenian opposition party led by former National Security Service (NSS) Director Artur Vanetsian made clear on Wednesday that it will not team up with former President Serzh Sarkisian again to participate in next year’s parliamentary elections.
Opposition groups represented in Gyumri’s municipal council have accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of trying to illegally depose the mayor of Armenia’s second largest city installed by them as a result of a local election held in March.
Armenia’s government has decided to essentially repeal controversial legislation requiring most citizens to file income declarations with tax authorities.
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