Gagik Tsarukian on Thursday announced fresh anti-government protests planned by his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and its opposition allies but again stopped of calling for President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation.
The Armenian government has moved to again postpone the enforcement of a controversial tax law in response to renewed street protests by hundreds of self-employed people and small business owners affected by it.
Armenia’s leading opposition parties have condemned authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh for forcibly preventing dozens of members of a smaller Armenian opposition group from entering the territory as part of its campaign for “regime change” in Yerevan.
Angry street protests in Gyumri could reignite if Russian authorities fail to hand over a Russian soldier charged with killing seven members of a local family to Armenian law-enforcement bodies, a senior Armenian clergyman warned on Monday.
The top Gyumri-based cleric of the Armenian Apostolic Church urged local residents to “stay calm” on Tuesday as he presided over a requiem service for 6-month-old Seryozha Avetisian, the seventh member of an Armenian family massacred there last week.
Hundreds of angry people clashed with riot police outside the Russian consulate in the Armenian city of Gyumri late on Thursday on the second day of protests against the killing of a local family allegedly committed by a Russian soldier. (UPDATED)
Amid mounting anger in Gyumri, the Russian military on Thursday pledged to ensure “the most severe punishment” for one of its soldiers believed to have killed six members of a local Armenian family.
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian has ordered the Armenian military to launch “preventive” offensive operations in response to what the authorities in Yerevan say is the latest upsurge in Azerbaijani armed incursions, which reportedly left one Armenian civilian dead on Sunday.
The International Monetary Fund renewed on Tuesday its calls for the Armenian authorities to speed up key reforms as it provided them with a fresh $17 million loan tranche designed to boost macroeconomic stability in the country.
Gagik Tsarukian will hold next month a conference that could shed light on the future of an ongoing anti-government campaign conducted by his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and its opposition allies.
The Armenia dram rallied against the U.S. dollar for a second consecutive day on Friday amid more signs of stabilization in Russia’s volatile currency market severely affected by falling oil prices.
The Armenian dram strengthened against the U.S. dollar by 16 percent on Thursday after weeks of depreciation that accelerated dramatically earlier this week amid turmoil in Russia’s currency market.
The Armenian authorities on Wednesday described as artificial and temporary the continuing weakening of the national currency, the dram, and insisted that it will not undermine the country’s financial system.
Opposition leaders on Thursday accused the chief of the Armenian police of violating the country’s laws and constitution after he admitted using undercover agents to keep abreast of actions planned by government foes.
The three pilots of an Armenian combat helicopter shot down by Azerbaijani forces near Nagorno-Karabakh received full military honors on Tuesday as they were laid to rest in a state funeral attended by top military officials and hundreds of ordinary people.
Nikol Pashinian, a prominent opposition figure, on Monday challenged Armenia’s three leading opposition parties to prove their stated commitment to “regime change” by trying to impeach President Serzh Sarkisian.
International mediators on Wednesday urged Azerbaijan to give the Armenian side access to the wreckage of an Armenian military helicopter shot down near Nagorno-Karabakh for recovering the bodies of its three crew members.
The opposition minority in the National Assembly will initiate an emergency parliament session to try to push through major changes in Armenia’s electoral legislation, a leader of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Sunday.
The Armenian government on Monday denied claims by authorities in Crimea that a Russian airline has begun direct flights from the Black Sea region annexed by Russia to Armenia, which have not been allowed by Ukraine.
President Serzh Sarkisian flew to Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday to monitor large-scale Armenian military exercises that are being held in and around the territory. (UPDATED)
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