Armenian investigators reportedly raided the homes of supporters of a radical opposition group on Monday one day after three men linked to it detonated a hand grenade at the entrance to a police station in Yerevan.
A media ethics watchdog has defended the executive director of Armenian Public Radio who was censured by a state body last month for criticizing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s statements on the conflict with Azerbaijan.
Thousands of Russians who moved to Armenia after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine appear to have voted against President Vladimir Putin in a tightly controlled presidential election that gave him a fifth term in office.
Armenia has sent a protest note to Russia over fresh harsh criticism of its government aired by Russian state television.
A senior member of Germany’s parliament on Tuesday argued against imposing sanctions on Azerbaijan over its military offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh and what the European Union has described as territorial claims to Armenia.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian will bow to pressure from Azerbaijan and make more concessions to Baku, former President Serzh Sarkisian claimed on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has pointedly declined to guarantee that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be arrested if he visits Armenia after the country’s recent accession to the International Criminal Court.
The two opposition groups represented in Yerevan’s municipal council accused the Armenian authorities on Friday of trying to stifle dissent after the ruling Civil Contract party moved to oust five of their council members.
Health Minister Anahit Avanesian reaffirmed on Friday government plans to start gradually introducing in July this year a system of mandatory health insurance in Armenia.
Russia is not torpedoing U.S. efforts to broker an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace accord despite being strongly opposed to them, the U.S. State Department insisted on Thursday.
Pro-government lawmakers rejected on Monday an opposition-backed ballot initiative to legally ban Armenia’s leadership from recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan.
Former President Robert Kocharian’s younger son arrested during recent anti-government protests in Yerevan was released from custody on Monday after taking up a vacant parliament seat reserved for the main opposition Hayastan alliance.
The Armenian government has no plans to pay the pensions and other benefits received by residents of Nagorno-Karabakh until their exodus to Armenia, Finance Minister Vahe Hovannisian said on Tuesday.
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan will not meet in Brussels before the end of this month for fresh talks that were due to be hosted by the European Union’s top official, it was confirmed on Wednesday.
Yerevan’s new Mayor Tigran Avinian sparked strong opposition criticism on Thursday after it emerged that a lavish inauguration ceremony organized by him last week cost taxpayers over 87 million drams ($220,000).
Former President Serzh Sarkisian on Tuesday brushed aside government claims that Armenia became a democratic country after he was forced to resign during the 2018 “velvet revolution.”
A first group of 149 people was evacuated from Israel to Armenia on Monday on a special flight organized by the Armenian government.
An Armenian government official on Thursday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to help reverse what Yerevan regards as “ethnic cleansing” in Nagorno-Karabakh resulting from last month’s Azerbaijani military offensive.
Former Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutian has questioned the legitimacy of Armenia’s leadership, pointing to the results of last month’s municipal elections in which he finished second.
Nearly 100 people who fled Nagorno-Karabakh after last month’s Azerbaijani military offensive continued to live in a school gym in Armenia on Monday, highlighting the Armenian government’s failure to accommodate all refugees lacking adequate housing.
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