Yet another opposition member controversially imprisoned after Armenia’s 2008 presidential election could be set free next week, officials in Yerevan indicated on Friday.
Raffi Hovannisian, the leader of the opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party, went on hunger strike on Tuesday to demand that Armenia’s leadership hold fresh presidential and parliamentary elections that are also sought by another major opposition group.
A senior official from the International Monetary Fund praised on Friday the Armenian government’s efforts to rein in rising inflation and, in particular, its extraordinary plans to regulate key food prices.
The opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party will not boycott Armenian parliament sessions or relinquish its seats in the National Assembly, one of its leaders said on Wednesday.
The bulk of the tickets for the upcoming crunch game in Yerevan between Armenia’s and Russia’s national football teams will be sold only to Armenian citizens for security reasons, officials said on Tuesday.
The Armenian government has controversially moved to empower tax authorities to temporarily freeze bank accounts and other assets of companies failing to pay taxes on time.
Lawmakers representing the opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party demonstratively walked out of Armenia’s parliament on Monday, accusing President Serzh Sarkisian of seeking to illegally prolong his rule.
Zaruhi Postanjian, an outspoken Armenian lawyer and opposition parliamentarian, accused the Armenian authorities on Monday of trying to intimidate her after state prosecutors launched criminal proceedings against her brother.
The National Assembly approved on Thursday a government-backed bill increasing from five to six days the length of a regular workweek for a large part of Armenia’s population.
Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasian said on Tuesday that he has addressed concerns voiced by the head of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) about a government bill regulating the crowd control powers of law-enforcement bodies.
The main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) announced on Friday that it will resume on February 18 regular rallies in Yerevan aimed at unseating the country’s “illegitimate, incompetent and corrupt” government.
The key defendant in the trial of six men accused of plotting to assassinate Gagik Khachatrian, the controversial head of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC), on Wednesday insisted on his innocence and accused investigators of foul play.
Two young activists of Armenia’s leading opposition group received two-year suspended prison sentences on Tuesday on charges of violent conduct which they rejected as politically motivated.
The head of Armenia’s National Service For Seismic Defense, Alvaro Antonian, has been charged with embezzlement and is risking up to eight years in prison, it emerged on Monday.
Armenia’s embattled A1+ TV company, which has been off the air for almost a decade, has been defeated in another frequency tender administered by the state regulator after allegedly submitting fraudulent documents.
Hundreds of opposition supporters marched through central Yerevan on Friday to mark International Human Rights Day and reiterate opposition demands for the release of Armenia’s remaining “political prisoners.”
The Armenian authorities on Thursday granted parole to yet another opposition activist who was jailed in connection with the 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan.
The National Assembly began debating on Tuesday a government bill that would allow Armenia’s government to sign agreements with unrecognized republics and Nagorno-Karabakh in particular.
Opposition members of the Armenian parliament on Monday voiced strong criticism regarding a submitted report on the monitoring of the fulfillment of proposals made by an ad hoc committee looking into the 2008 post-election unrest.
Dozens of pro-establishment scholars, writers and other intellectuals have expressed concern over the alleged mistreatment of opposition leader and newspaper editor Nikol Pashinian in prison and called for his immediate release.
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