The ongoing introduction of insurance for all cars, trucks and other road vehicles in Armenia will be completed within a month, the head of a state agency coordinating the process said on Wednesday.
The newly appointed Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetian pledged to revamp his ministry and adopt a more hands-on approach to Armenia’s struggling agriculture as he officially assumed his duties on Monday.
Armenia’s main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) held simultaneous protests in capital Yerevan and three provinces on Friday demanding the release of its members currently imprisoned for their roles in the 2008 post-election unrest.
The Armenian government on Thursday announced a change in the terms of pending mandatory motor insurance that it said would favor owners of disused or rarely used vehicles.
Armenia’s former President Robert Kocharian and his family have filed a libel suit against a pro-opposition newspaper over that they say are untrue reports implicating them in large-scale business activities.
Justice Minister Gevorg Danielian was unexpectedly sacked on Thursday for what the Armenian government described as a failure to punish one of his high-ranking subordinates allegedly involved in violent conduct.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian has brushed aside what he described as ‘false accusations’ that his Armenian National Congress (HAK) lacks ideology or a cohesive platform other than pushing for a leadership change in the country.
The Armenian government’s tax collection agency confirmed on Friday reports that it has withdrawn its “permanent representatives” from two dozen lucrative firms suspected of tax evasion.
Citing proposals from lawmakers, the Armenian government approved on Thursday a slight increase in expenditures envisaged by its draft budget for next year.
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said on Thursday that he has received “radical” reform proposals from Armenia’s ministers of agriculture, finance, education and health in response to his harsh criticism of corruption in their areas of responsibility.
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian insisted on Wednesday that Azerbaijan has not gained the upper hand in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict despite recent years’ spike in defense spending fuelled by its soaring oil revenues.
More than two thousand people rallied in southeastern Armenia on Thursday to voice their strong opposition to plans by the Armenian and Russian governments to jointly develop uranium reserves believed to be located in the mountainous area.
Two Armenian deputy ministers of health and another senior government official were dismissed on Tuesday less than a week after Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian accused them of corruption and incompetence.
An Armenian parliamentary body urged the government on Friday to revoke the operating licenses of a Russian company managing Armenia’s two largest gold mines for what it called mismanagement and legal violations.
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian railed against several Armenian government ministries on Thursday, accusing them of corruption and mismanagement and ordering senior personnel changes there.
The upcoming summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) could see a “breakthrough” in international efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov was reported to say on Wednesday.
A member of Belgium’s Senate spoke with relatives of Armenians who went missing during the Nagorno-Karabakh war in Yerevan on Tuesday, in what she described as an effort to promote Armenian-Azerbaijani dialogue.
An embattled Armenian television company seeking to regain its broadcasting license after staying off the air for more than eight years is among the few facing competition in the current biddings, according to information released by the country’s broadcast regulator on Thursday.
The government unveiled on Thursday draft legislation expanding the mandatory use of cash registers by businesses in Armenia and significantly toughening financial penalties for their failure to do so.
The Armenian government has announced plans to spend 44 billion drams ($122 million) in the next few years on addressing the environmental fallout from the rising water level of the country’s ecologically vital Lake Sevan.
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