Ukraine’s interim government on Thursday refrained from publicly criticizing official Yerevan for accepting the outcome of a disputed referendum in its autonomous republic of Crimea that led to its incorporation into Russia.
Another resident of a border village in northern Armenia has been detained in Azerbaijan after apparently crossing into Azerbaijani territory by accident, Armenian officials confirmed over the weekend.
The crisis in Ukraine and its resulting negative economic impact on Russia could have spillover effects on Armenia, Economy Minister Vahram Avanesian admitted on Thursday.
The Armenia government pledged on Thursday to verify the quality of natural gas supplied to households, responding to growing suspicions about the amount of energy produced by its combustion.
An Armenian business association has expressed serious concern over sizable increases in the prices of many goods that are expected to result from Armenia’s membership of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
The Armenian police have stopped systematically ill-treating detainees and using disproportionate force against anti-government protesters, the chief of the national police service claimed on Tuesday.
The Azerbaijani military said on Thursday that one of its officers has been shot dead at a section of the Nagorno-Karabakh frontline where an Armenian soldier was killed earlier this week in what the Armenian side insists was a failed Azerbaijani commando raid.
The government adopted on Thursday a timetable for concrete measures needed for expediting Armenia’s accession to the Russian-led Customs Union.
Shant Harutiunian ended a more than two-week hunger strike on Friday amid fresh street protests by his supporters demanding the immediate release of the opposition activist and 13 other men arrested during last November’s clashes with riot police.
Shant Harutiunian, the arrested leader of anti-government protesters who clashed with riot police in Yerevan in November, was hospitalized Thursday on the 16th day of his continuing hunger strike.
The head of Armenia’s state anti-trust watchdog claimed on Wednesday that membership in a Russian-led customs will strengthen competition in the country that has long been hampered by the privileged position of its wealthiest entrepreneurs.
Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasian on Friday criticized the state human rights ombudsman, Karen Andreasian, for alleging widespread corruption among Armenian judges, saying that the claims will further undermine public trust in courts.
A U.S.-Armenian company said on Wednesday that it plans to launch early next year the first-ever production in Armenia of its tablet computers designed by local specialists.
Corruption within Armenia’s judicial system remains widespread, with judges often accepting bribes to hand down rulings, according to the country’s human rights ombudsman, Karen Andreasian.
The European Union and Armenia are likely to adopt a joint statement outlining their future relations, a senior official in Yerevan said before the opening of the two-day Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Thursday.
The business community in Armenia has been encouraged by the news of an agreement reached between Iran and six world powers over the weekend that they hope will boost their trade and economic ties with the neighbor to the south.
The United States heaped praise on Armenia on Friday for planning to expand its participation in multinational peacekeeping operations as part of growing military cooperation with NATO.
The Armenian government gave on Thursday the formal green light to the deployment of about two dozen Russian combat helicopters that will significantly boost Russia’s military presence in Armenia.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) thwarted on Friday an opposition-initiated parliament debate on the government’s controversial reform of the national pension system fiercely opposed by many young and well-paid professionals.
The chief of the Armenian police, Vladimir Gasparian, on Thursday denied allegations that he personally assaulted two of the anti-government protesters arrested after this week’s violent clashes with riot police in Yerevan.
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