Justice Minister Artak Zeynalian on Friday urged supporters of an armed opposition group that seized a police station in Yerevan in 2016 to avoid destabilizing the situation in Armenia in the wake of what he called a democratic revolution.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Tuesday described as “very productive” his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin which was held in Sochi on Monday.
Protesters again blocked many roads in and outside Yerevan on Wednesday, responding opposition leader Nikol Pashinian’s calls for renewed “civil disobedience” actions which followed the Armenian parliament’s vote against his becoming prime minister.
Angry demonstrations against Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian’s rule continued unabated in Yerevan on Saturday despite fresh mass detentions of their participants.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) confirmed late on Wednesday that it will nominate its chairman, former President Serzh Sarkisian, to be the country’s next, more powerful prime minister.
President Serzh Sarkisian will become Armenia’s prime minister just days after his decade-long presidency ends on April 9, Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobian said on Wednesday.
Russia has supplied Armenia with more weapons and other military equipment in response to the April 2016 fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, a senior Russian lawmaker said during a visit to Yerevan on Monday.
A substantial part of the provisions of a landmark accord signed between the European Union and Armenia last year will come into effect beginning on April 1 following its parliamentary ratification in Yerevan expected by the end of this month, according to an Armenian official.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian leader Bako Sahakian is paying a visit to the United States that has elicited a strong reaction from Azerbaijani authorities.
A number of Armenian media outlets and free speech activists are considering countermeasures against upcoming restrictions on the work of journalists in state-run institutions.
A newly established opposition movement plans to hold its first rally in the Armenian capital over the weekend.
Authorities in Lyon will not stop cooperating with Yerevan, a twin city, because of an incident that took place at the Armenian capital’s City Council last month, according to the French city’s visiting mayor.
A Danish state agency has decided to withdraw an export credit guarantee for a $62 million investment in Armenia’s second largest copper mine, accusing its private owner of failing to comply with environmental standards.
Armenia’s First Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakarian denied on Thursday any connection between last week's Armenian-Azerbaijani summit in Geneva and subsequent deadly ceasefire violations around Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Armenian government approved on Thursday a bill that allows civic groups to initiate referendums backed by a large number of citizens.
U.S., Russian and French mediators met with President Serzh Sarkisian in Yerevan on Friday to discuss preparations for his upcoming negotiations with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev which they hope will revive the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
The State Revenue Committee (SRC) claimed to be successfully combatting widespread tax evasion in Armenia on Wednesday as it reported a nearly 10 percent increase in various taxes collected in the first nine months of this year.
The head of the European Union Delegation in Yerevan, Piotr Switalski, on Thursday declined to back claims by Armenian opposition and civil society groups that there are political prisoners in Armenia.
More 180 Armenian lawyers went on strike on Wednesday to protest against controversial security checks on attorneys representing radical opposition members in three ongoing trials.
The head of Armenia’s national bar association has been reelected for another four-year term after months of strong criticism from lawyers for radical opposition members that are currently standing trial in Yerevan.
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