The pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament voted on Tuesday to block an ethics inquiry into one of its senior lawmakers who insulted a journalist.
A pro-government parliamentarian has drafted a bill designed to combat a sharp increase in drug trafficking and abuse in Armenia with longer jail sentences, including life imprisonment.
Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinian on Monday criticized the head of the city’s northern Nor Nork district for beating up a video blogger critical of the municipal administration but indicated that he will not sack him.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian branded former President Robert Kocharian a “Russian spy” on Monday amid the Armenian government’s apparent efforts to ease tensions with Moscow.
A 31-year-old son of Armen Abazian, the head of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS), has paid more than $600,000 to buy a luxury apartment in a deal which an Armenian investigative publication believes may have been riddled with corruption.
Amid a lingering outcry from opposition leaders and civic activists, a pro-Western party allied to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian continued to defend on Friday the head of a Yerevan district affiliated with it who beat up a video blogger.
The son of Ruben Vardanyan has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to press Azerbaijan to free the prominent businessman and philanthropist and all other Armenian prisoners.
Finance Minister Vahe Hovannisian on Friday blamed global trends for the increased cost of the Armenian government’s external borrowing.
A senior member of a pro-Western party running Yerevan’s northern Nor Nork district was indicted but still not arrested or sacked on Thursday one day after beating up a video blogger highly critical of the municipal administration.
An Armenian judge known for sanctioning the arrests of opposition figures was remanded in pre-trial custody on Thursday the day after the country’s judicial watchdog allowed a law-enforcement agency to prosecute him for bribery.
A senior European Union official has commented cautiously on Armenia’s efforts to eventually join the EU.
Two members of Armenia’s government have visited border villages in the Syunik province whose residents have reported nightly gunfire from Azerbaijani army positions for more than a month.
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