Armenia’s Supreme Judicial Council has allowed the prosecution of a judge who presided over the trial of former President Robert Kocharian and released him on bail in May, it emerged over the weekend.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Monday that his government has successfully tackled corruption and Armenia’s other chronic problems “characteristic of many post-Soviet countries” since taking office just over a year ago.
Gagik Tsarukian, the leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), has been summoned by a law-enforcement agency for interrogation over an arson attack reported ahead of a weekend local election.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have briefly discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during their latest visits to Brussels.
Nikol Pashinian strongly defended his and his government’s track record on Wednesday as he marked the first anniversary of his election as Armenia’s prime minister with another marathon news conference.
The leader of a major Armenian opposition party on Thursday accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of illegally firing and disrespecting customs officers in a way reminiscent of Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko’s public outbursts.
The Council of Europe secretary general, Thorbjorn Jagland, praised last year’s “democratic transition” in Armenia and a “reform agenda” adopted by the country’s new government after meeting with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in Strasbourg on Thursday.
Armenia will continue to press for Nagorno-Karabakh’s direct involvement in its peace negotiations with Azerbaijan, Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanian said on Tuesday.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev met in Vienna on Friday for fresh talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Thousands of people led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian marched through central Yerevan on Friday to mark the 11th anniversary of the breakup of post-election protests in Armenia’s capital which left ten people dead.
Germany wants to contribute to Armenia’s economic development and supports sweeping reforms promised by its government, Chancellor Angela Merkel said after meeting with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in Berlin on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian paid tribute to social media on Thursday, saying that it was one of the keys to the success of last spring’s mass protests in Armenia that brought him to power.
The government is considering closing Armenia’s Diaspora Ministry or downgrading its status, Diaspora Minister Mkhitar Hayrapetian said on Thursday.
Armenians will go to the polls to elect their next parliament on December 9 after a formal dissolution of the National Assembly has been confirmed in the South Caucasus country.
The leaders of over three dozen mostly French-speaking counties wrapped up on Friday a two-day meeting in Yerevan which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said has raised Armenia’s international profile.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Monday that he has not yet decided when to step down and thus pave the way for snap parliamentary elections sought by him and his supporters.
The political parties of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his main coalition partner, businessman Gagik Tsarukian, have traded bitter accusations in the ongoing municipal election campaign in Yerevan.
French President Emmanuel Macron met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in Paris on Friday for talks focused on an upcoming summit of Francophonie nations to be held in Yerevan next month.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian called on voters in Yerevan to reaffirm the results of last spring’s “velvet revolution” in an upcoming ballot in the capital – the first major election in Armenia since the change of government.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian sees no political implications behind Russian President Vladimir Putin’s congratulations to Armenia’s ex-president Robert Kocharian on his birthday extended during the reported phone conversation between the two on August 31.
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