Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian sounded confident on Sunday about his chances of becoming Armenia’s prime minister after more than two weeks of massive anti-government protests organized by him.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for a quick solution to the political crisis in Armenia which would reflect the outcome of last year’s parliamentary elections won by Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK).
Armenia’s Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgian and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian held talks with Russian officials in Moscow on Thursday amid the continuing political crisis in their country.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian threatened on Tuesday to resume his street protests “on an even larger scale” if the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) refuses to hand over power to his popular movement.
The European Union on Sunday called on Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian and opposition forces challenging him in the streets to urgently resume negotiations on settling the deepening political crisis in Armenia.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian stepped up the pressure on the Armenian authorities on Friday, saying that he would only discuss with them the terms of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation and demanding snap parliamentary elections.
Former President Serzh Sarkisian sought to justify his decision to hold on to power on Tuesday as lawmakers elected him Armenia’s new prime minister amid continuing opposition demonstrations in Yerevan.
Ignoring continuing street protests in Yerevan, the ruling Republican Party (HHK) on Saturday nominated its chairman and former President Serzh Sarkisian to be Armenia’s next prime minister.
Two days before completing his second term in office, President Serzh Sarkisian made clear on Saturday he and the outgoing Prime Minister Karen Karapetian will bear "the burden of responsibility” for Armenia’s government for the next four years.
Nearly two years after his landmark visit to Armenia, Pope Francis inaugurated the statue of a medieval Armenian cleric in the Vatican on Thursday at a ceremony attended by President Serzh Sarkisian and the leaders of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
The Armenian government reported on Tuesday a sharp rise in the number of new information technology (IT) firms that have qualified for tax breaks introduced three years ago to boost Armenia’s rapidly growing IT sector.
A consortium of Dutch and Spanish companies has won an international tender for the construction of Armenia’s first large solar power plant which is expected to cost around $50 million.
A senior official from the International Monetary Fund has hailed sweeping economic reforms promised by the Armenian government and indicated the IMF’s readiness to allocate a fresh loan to Yerevan.
President Serzh Sarkisian gave on Monday the strongest indication yet that he will become Armenia’s prime minister and thus extend his decade-long rule after serving out his final presidential term on April 9.
Armenia on Thursday formally annulled U.S.-backed 2009 agreements to normalize its relations with neighboring Turkey, citing Ankara’s continuing refusal to implement them unconditionally.
A former Armenian prime minister who has lived in Britain for nearly three decades officially accepted on Friday the outgoing President Serzh Sarkisian’s offer to serve as Armenia’s next president under a new, parliamentary system of government.
Armenia accused Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Friday of undermining international efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict after he again claimed that Yerevan and other parts of Armenia are “historic Azerbaijani lands.”
The Armenian government has reaffirmed its pledges to significantly increase the share of hydropower and other renewables in domestic electricity production at the expense of natural gas mostly imported from Russia.
The prime ministers of Armenia and the Iraqi Kurdistan region met in Switzerland on Wednesday to discuss ways of reinvigorating bilateral commercial ties complicated by last year’s Kurdish independence referendum.
Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC) reported on Tuesday a more than 7 percent rise in the amount of taxes and customs duties collected by it last year.
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