Former secretary of Armenia’s Security Council Armen Grigorian has been appointed first deputy minister of foreign affairs in a move that ruling party representatives see as a prelude to his appointment to the currently vacant ministerial position.
Political groups led by former Presidents Levon Ter-Petrosian and Serzh Sarkisian may still agree to join forces to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, a prominent opposition figure said on Monday.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian has accused the Armenian authorities of planning to hold snap parliamentary elections in violation of the country’s constitution.
Former President Robert Kocharian has again expressed confidence that an emerging opposition force led by him will be Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s principal challenger in parliamentary elections expected in June.
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to recognize the 1915 mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide, according to multiple Western media reports.
Onik Gasparian, Armenia’s former top general controversially replaced last month, called on Friday for a parliamentary inquiry into the political and military authorities’ handling of last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday blamed former Presidents Serzh Sarkisian and Robert Kocharian for Armenia’s defeat in last year’s war with Azerbaijan, sparking uproar from his detractors.
Armenia will maintain close ties with Russia regardless of the outcome of its parliamentary elections planned for June, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said in an interview published on Tuesday.
Armenia’s Constitutional Court has started the examination of applications from former President Robert Kocharian and a lower court judge regarding the compliance of a penal code article to the country’s basic law.
A pro-government lawmaker does not consider the weekend rallies of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian as an “early start” of an election campaign despite criticism from political opponents.
The status of Armenia’s top general remained uncertain on Tuesday nearly two weeks after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian decided to fire him in response to demands for the government’s resignation voiced by the military’s top brass.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and the leader of a major opposition party on Thursday met but failed to agree on snap parliamentary elections which they believe should be held to end the political crisis in Armenia.
Russian pro-government lawmakers and pundits strongly condemned Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday for implying that Armenia's most advanced Russian-made missiles proved useless during the recent war with Azerbaijan.
The owner of a company supplying Armenia’s armed forces with weapons and ammunition on Friday strongly denied fraud charges leveled against him and said he was arrested illegally.
Armenia’s government could withdraw its proposal to hold fresh parliamentary elections if opposition forces continue to demand its resignation, a close associate of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian warned on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s My Step bloc moved on Wednesday to install a former senior prosecutor long criticized by human rights groups as a member of a state body overseeing Armenian courts.
Thousands of people poured into Yerevan’s main square on Tuesday as the Armenian opposition tried to intensify its campaign for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
A coalition of more than a dozen Armenian opposition parties vowed to force Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign soon as thousands of its supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his political team are ready to discuss with the Armenian opposition the possibility of holding fresh parliamentary elections, a senior pro-government lawmaker said on Thursday.
The Constitutional Court has thrown out an appeal by the leadership of the Armenian parliament to strip Gagik Tsarukian, the leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), of his parliament seat.
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