Residents of a village on Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan said on Thursday that more local houses were hit overnight by continuing cross-border gunfire.
In yet another furious diatribe, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian threatened to imprison opposition lawmakers on Wednesday after one of them accused him of turning a blind eye to media reports alleging corruption among members of his entourage.
A political ally of Robert Kocharian accused on Wednesday a rival opposition group of using dirty tricks to try to undercut the former Armenian president and the leader of the Hayastan alliance before the next general elections.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday reaffirmed and defended his decision to attend Friday’s military parade in Moscow dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
Investigators from Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC) raided the police department of the town of Vagharshapat on Wednesday, arresting as many as nine of its officers.
Former President Robert Kocharian’s Hayastan alliance has essentially dismissed a proposal to try to unseat Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian through a vote of no confidence which is backed by the second opposition group represented in Armenia’s parliament.
A car belonging to an opposition member of Yerevan’s municipal council was seriously damaged early on Tuesday in an apparent arson attack which he and his Mayr Hayastan movement blamed on the Armenian authorities.
The Russian Foreign Ministry dismissed on Tuesday Armenian parliament speaker Alen Simonian’s claims that Russia is waging a “hybrid war” against Armenia in a bid to bring down its government.
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.
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