A court in Yerevan allowed law-enforcement bodies on Sunday to arrest a wealthy businessman and son of Armenia’s arrested former Finance Minister Gagik Khachatrian who has accused the government of seeking to illegally dispossess his family.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian defended on Tuesday state regulators’ decision to allow Armenian utility companies to cut off electricity, natural gas and water supplies to people not paying their bills because of economic disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
An influential archbishop has been charged with fraud and money laundering amid mounting tensions between Armenia’s political leadership and the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh seem determined to hold the second round of a presidential election after reporting the first case of coronavirus on Tuesday.
The Armenian government approved on Thursday cash payments to more people who have been hit hard by economic disruptions resulting from the coronavirus epidemic.
Armenia’s public utility companies have agreed not cut off electricity, natural gas and water supplies to people failing to pay their bills because of economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday.
Armenia’s parliament backed on Monday a government proposal to introduce jail sentences for people defying quarantine or self-isolation orders issued by health authorities dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is likely to pose significant challenges to the Armenian economic in the short term, Economy Minister Tigran Khachatrian has said, adding that the possible overall economic impact is yet difficult to assess.
The Armenian government has offered loan portfolios for local businesses that are likely to be affected by the economic consequences of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and other senior government officials on Tuesday called on citizens not to buy more food and essentials than they need, assuring the public that Armenia has no shortage of supplies.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has offered his apology to a 34-year-old man whom he snubbed during a recent trip to the Lori province where he also campaigned ahead of next month’s constitutional referendum.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has made public a draft manifesto ahead of a constitutional referendum slated for April 5 in which citizens will be asked to approve the termination of powers of several High Court judges.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian took a vacation on Tuesday to get actively engaged in political campaigning ahead of next month’s constitutional referendum in which citizens will be asked to approve the termination of powers of several High Court judges.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian held meetings with European Union officials as he paid a working visit to Brussels on Monday.
A town mayor linked to businessman Gagik Tsarukian’s opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Thursday strongly denied criminal charges brought against him earlier this week.
Armenia has agreed to take part in fresh NATO-led military exercises that will be held in Georgia later this year, Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Gharibashvili said during a visit to Yerevan on Thursday.
Nearly two years after resigning amid mass protests against his continued rule, Armenia’s former President Serzh Sarkisian went on trial on Tuesday on corruption charges which he rejects as politically motivated.
The Armenian government is pressing ahead with its plans to set up a special law-enforcement agency tasked with investigating corruption cases, a senior official said on Thursday.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Friday questioned the legality of an upcoming referendum on constitutional changes sought by the country’s leadership and said it will avoid any involvement in the process.
The National Security Service (NSS) said on Friday that it has indicted six more people in an ongoing criminal investigation into a senior Armenian government official arrested on corruption charges last week.
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