Citing financial constraints, the Armenian government signaled on Monday that it will put on hold plans to introduce a system of national health insurance that would cover the country’s entire population.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov downplayed on Tuesday Armenia's proposals regarding a peace treaty between the two states sought by Baku.
Representatives of the ruling Civil Contract party on Thursday denounced opposition efforts to bring down Armenia’s government through street protests and said they will end in failure.
Riot police made at least 18 arrests on Wednesday as they scuffled with opposition activists holding small-scale protests across Yerevan to try to drum up popular support for an opposition bid to oust Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
A group of pro-government parliamentarians have drafted legislation that should make it easier for Armenians to acquire firearms.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has accused Azerbaijan of deliberately discontinuing natural gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh, claiming that the Armenian-populated region is “on the verge of a humanitarian disaster.”
Armenia’s outgoing human rights ombudsman, Arman Tatoyan, insisted on Wednesday that he has no plans to join any political group after leaving office.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Armenia and neighboring Georgia late on Sunday, causing brief panic among some people.
The Armenian parliament rejected on Tuesday an opposition proposal to increase the national minimum wage by about 50 percent.
U.S. democracy watchdog Freedom House has criticized the Armenian authorities for continuing to prosecute citizens accused of insulting state officials.
Two members of Armenia’s parliament representing the ruling Civil Contract party have called for former Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan’s release from custody pending the outcome of his trial.
The Armenian government appears to have revived plans to introduce a system of national health insurance that would cover the country’s entire population.
Law-enforcement authorities will not prosecute anyone in connection with former Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutian’s allegations that senior officials pressured him to fire his subordinates criticizing the government and ensure preferential treatment of their cronies doing business in the Armenian capital.
The Armenian government has not done enough to fortify the country’s long border with Azerbaijan, opposition lawmakers claimed on Wednesday after three Armenian soldiers were killed in fresh skirmishes with Azerbaijani troops.
Prosecutors said on Thursday that they are looking into former Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutian’s allegations that senior officials pressured him to fire his subordinates criticizing the government and ensure preferential treatment of their cronies doing business in the Armenian capital.
Armenia’s parliamentary opposition has claimed that a border delimitation and demarcation process with Azerbaijan that may begin soon is “hasty and premature.”
Armenia expects diplomatic and military assistance from Russia over the latest escalation along its border with Azerbaijan, a top Armenian official visiting Moscow reportedly said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian faced fresh opposition allegations of a sellout on Thursday after Azerbaijan expanded border controls at a section of the main highway connecting Armenia to Iran, effectively making it off limits to Armenian vehicles.
Opposition lawmakers continued to push on Tuesday for an urgent session of the Armenian parliament on serious disruptions in Armenia’s trade with neighboring Iran resulting from a roadblock set up by Azerbaijan last month.
Armenia has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hold Azerbaijan responsible for what it called anti-Armenian “racial discrimination,” mass killings and other grave human rights abuses committed during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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