Former Prime Minister Armen Sarkissian, who is tipped to become Armenia’s next president, has dismissed suggestions that he would play a largely ceremonial role as head of state because of the country’s impending transformation into a parliamentary republic.
The two arrested leaders of an armed opposition group that seized an Armenian police station in 2016 will testify at the ongoing trial of Zhirayr Sefilian, their prominent comrade prosecuted separately, a court in Yerevan said on Friday.
The opposition Yelk alliance called on the Armenian parliament on Wednesday to condemn a 2008 post-election crackdown on opposition protesters in Yerevan which left ten people dead.
Samvel Babayan, a retired army general recently convicted of illegal arms acquisition and money laundering, insisted on his innocence as Armenia’s Court of Appeals opened hearings in the high-profile case on Monday.
The opposition Yelk alliance rallied hundreds of supporters in Yerevan on Friday to protest against recent increases in the prices of fuel and some foodstuffs which it blames on government policies.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian played down recent increases in the prices of fuel and some foodstuffs in Armenia on Wednesday, insisting that inflation has remained low in the past year amid faster economic growth.
The Armenian parliament will likely ratify in March an extensive agreement on deepening Armenia’s political and economic ties with the European Union, a senior official said on Wednesday.
An Armenian opposition activist will remain behind bars even after completing his two-year prison sentence on January 1, a court in Yerevan ruled on Friday.
Following a heated debate, the Armenian parliament passed on Friday a government bill which is meant to combat domestic violence in the country.
Prime Minister Karapetian insisted on Wednesday that his government is successfully liberalizing lucrative sectors of the Armenian economy that have long been dominated by a handful of wealthy entrepreneurs.
Despite strong objections voiced by senior lawmakers from the ruling Republican Party (HHK), the Armenian government remains determined to scrap in 2019 a law allowing men, who have illegally evaded military service, to buy an amnesty.
Armenia’s leading anti-graft watchdog reacted with skepticism on Wednesday to a tougher fight against bribery and other corrupt practices ordered by President Serzh Sarkisian.
Samvel Babayan, Nagorno-Karabakh’s former top military commander general linked to an Armenian opposition group, was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday on charges of illegal arms acquisition and money laundering which he strongly denies.
Leaders of a student movement protesting against a controversial law restricting the rights of young men to draft deferments for academic purposes have declared a halt in their weeklong protests after agreeing with a senior parliamentarian on the organization of a relevant roundtable discussion next week.
Several students from a pressure group protesting against restrictions on draft deferments went on a hunger strike in Yerevan as Armenian lawmakers began to debate the controversial bill in its second reading on Tuesday.
Leaders of a pressure group protesting against a new legislation effectively scrapping draft deferments sought to downplay the opinion expressed by some officials that only a tiny minority of students is taking part in the protests as they gathered for their campaign again on Monday.
Edmon Marukian, an opposition lawmaker and leader of the Bright Armenia party, believes the only way to comply with last week’s Constitutional Court ruling concerning the stymie in the work of Vanadzor’s municipal council is to hold new elections in the city.
A longtime friend of Samvel Babayan insisted on Monday that he, rather than the retired army general linked to an Armenian opposition group, was behind the illegal acquisition of a sophisticated rocket system that led to their arrest in March.
President Serzh Sarkisian will continue to lead the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) after serving out his second and final term in April, the chief HHK spokesman said over the weekend.
Armenian judges must not be sanctioned financially or otherwise for their rulings that fall foul of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Justice Minister Davit Harutiunian said on Wednesday.
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