In a rare public statement that will stoke speculation about his political comeback, former President Robert Kocharian has backed businessman Gagik Tsarukian in a spat with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK).
Armenia still does not plan to evacuate more than 200 of its citizens remaining Egypt despite continuing turmoil there, the Foreign Ministry in Yerevan said on Friday. It at the same stood by its travel warning issued to Armenian nationals earlier this week.
A senior Armenian lawmaker strongly condemned the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on Tuesday for resuscitating an ad hoc “subcommittee” on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict over vehement Armenian objections.
Two mid-level officers of Armenia’s armed forces, who were fired on extortion charges late last year, will not stand trial and risk imprisonment because of "repenting" their alleged crimes, military investigators said on Friday.
President Serzh Sarkisian has threatened to formally annul Armenia’s normalization agreements with Turkey if Ankara continues to link their parliamentary ratification with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenian human rights activists praised on Wednesday the New York-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW) for its latest criticism of Armenia’s authorities and their Western partners.
Armenia’s top leaders on Tuesday expressed shock and indignation at a suicide bomb attack killed at least 35 people and injured more than a hundred others at a Moscow airport on Monday. (UPDATED)
Three of Armenia’s wealthiest government-connected businessmen have filed a libel lawsuit against a pro-opposition daily that implicated them in criminal activity in Russia, it emerged on Tuesday.
Riot police patrolled a village in central Armenia on Wednesday amid lingering tensions that were sparked there by a recent election of its mayor marred by violence and fraud allegations.
A major Armenian opposition party said on Tuesday that unknown individuals have broken into and messed up its headquarters for a second time in less than a month.
An Armenian army colonel was fired and arrested on Monday following the death of one of four civilian men allegedly assaulted by him on New Year’s Eve.
Military authorities in Armenia said on Friday that they have launched a criminal investigation into the alleged beating of two civilians by a senior army officer. One of them reportedly suffered life-threatening injuries and remains a critical condition.
Ignoring his protestations of innocence, a court in Armenia on Monday sentenced a police officer to eight years in prison on charges stemming from the death of a man in police custody.
Armenia expects to begin next month official negotiations with the European Union on the facilitation of visa procedures for Armenian citizens seeking to travel to EU member states, Deputy Foreign Minister Karine Kazinian said on Friday.
Military authorities in Armenia faced allegations of cover-up on Thursday after it emerged that two army soldiers arrested in connection with last week’s fatal shooting of a fellow conscript have been charged with negligence, rather than murder.
Military authorities in Yerevan reported on Monday the first arrest in the ongoing criminal investigation into the latest shooting in the Nagorno-Karabakh army ranks that left four soldiers dead and four others injured.
Yet another Armenian soldier has been shot dead in non-combat circumstances, the Defense Ministry in Yerevan said on Friday.
The United States hopes that American companies will participate in the planned construction of a new nuclear power station in Armenia, a senior State Department official announced on Monday.
Health Minister Harutiun Kushkian downplayed on Friday the dismissal of two of his deputies following corruption allegations made by Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian.
Four Armenian opposition activists were detained on Tuesday after clashing with police during an anti-government protest in Yerevan. All of them were set free several hours later.
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