An Armenian pressure group campaigning against a highly unpopular pension reform on Wednesday accused the government of forcing public sector employees not to opt out of a new national retirement plan which is being introduced by it.
The National Assembly debated on Thursday a government proposal to classify information about personal and travel expenses of Armenia’s president, prime minister and parliament speaker covered from the state budget.
The four main political parties challenging Armenia’s leadership said on Wednesday that they will continue their joint activities after the unexpected resignation of Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian and the upcoming formation of a new government.
President Serzh Sarkisian announced on Sunday his decision to appoint the influential parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian as Armenia’s new prime minister. He acknowledged that he had serious misgivings about Abrahamian’s candidacy. (UPDATED)
After six years in office, Armenia’s Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian unexpectedly stepped down on Thursday for reasons that were not immediately clear.
An unprecedented spring snowstorm accompanied by freezing temperatures swept through Armenia over the weekend, causing what appears to be massive damage to local agriculture.
Armenia should import more goods from Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus to avoid a major rise in the cost of living as a result of its forthcoming accession to their Customs Union, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said over the weekend.
The Armenian parliament approved on Tuesday President Serzh Sarkisian’s plans to set up a new and powerful law-enforcement agency tasked with conducting criminal investigations.
Hundreds of farmers blocked a major highway in Armenia on Thursday as they protested against the construction of a hydroelectric plant which they believe would destroy their livelihoods.
Representatives of Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) will attend on Saturday a major opposition rally that will be held in Yerevan on the sixth of anniversary of a bloody post-election unrest.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Tuesday pledged to launch a new campaign of anti-government protests which he said will lead to a “constitutional revolution” in Armenia.
The economic situation in Armenia is much better than it is often portrayed by government critics and it will improve further in the coming years, President Serzh Sarkisian insisted over the weekend.
Several young activists of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) risked prosecution on hooliganism charges on Thursday after being confronted by government loyalists and detained by the police as a result.
Nine activists of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) were detained by police in downtown Yerevan early on Monday while trying to draw graffiti that branded President Serzh Sarkisian a “national traitor.”
The Armenian police have moved to impose punitive fines on some of at least 110 anti-government protesters who were arrested in Yerevan in December during a demonstration against Russia’s visiting President Vladimir Putin.
Law-enforcement authorities in Georgia have arrested a fugitive Armenian businessman at the center of a high-profile fraud case that has sparked corruption allegations against Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian.
A German-owned mining and metallurgical company remains Armenia’s number one corporate taxpayer, according to the State Revenue Committee (SRC).
Russia remains pleasantly surprised by the speed with which President Serzh Sarkisian’s administration is trying to make Armenia part of the Russian-led Customs Union, a senior diplomat said on Monday.
A recent liberalization of the domestic civil aviation sector is already translating into more and cheaper flights carried out to and from Armenia, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
A senior Armenian pro-government politician rejected on Wednesday Kazakh President Nursutlan Nazarbayev’s apparent threats to block Armenia’s accession to the Customs of Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan if Yerevan does not end a free-trade regime with Nagorno-Karabakh.
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