An Armenian law-enforcement agency has launched a formal investigation into the legality of private trips to Germany taken by former President Serzh Sarkisian during his decade-long rule.
An ethnic Armenian farmer in Nagorno-Karabakh was shot dead by Azerbaijani forces while working in his pomegranate grove at the weekend, authorities in Stepanakert said.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday lambasted health authorities and other state bodies over the continuing slow pace of coronavirus vaccinations in Armenia.
Armenia received on Tuesday another batch of coronavirus vaccines donated to it by Lithuania.
A senior opposition lawmaker standing trial on what he sees as politically motivated charges on Tuesday again asked a court in Yerevan to allow him to attend sessions of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) in Strasbourg.
Armenia marked on Tuesday the 30th anniversary of its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union with official ceremonies and an open-air concert boycotted by opposition leaders and condemned by some relatives of Armenian soldiers killed in last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Health Minister Anahit Avanesian downplayed on Wednesday the slow pace of coronavirus vaccinations in Armenia, saying that it does not testify to her government’s failure to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Another Russian military delegation is visiting in Armenia following Moscow’s pledges to provide more defense and security aid to its main regional ally.
A prominent Armenian surgeon and opposition parliamentarian suffered a heart attack one day after being arrested again last week, his lawyer said on Wednesday, demanding his immediate release.
Senior Armenian officials criticized the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for what they see as an inadequate response to continuing tensions along Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan when they met with the Russian-led military alliance’s secretary general on Monday.
More than two months after the resignation of Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazian and his four deputies, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has still not handpicked Armenia’s new top diplomat.
The Armenian government has installed a former parliamentarian allied to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian as acting rector of Yerevan State University (YSU), the oldest and largest in the country.
An opposition lawmaker claimed on Wednesday that the Armenian authorities are planning to ban journalists from physically attending sessions of the country’s parliament and impose other restrictions on their work inside the National Assembly building.
Yerevan’s Mayor Hayk Marutian said on Tuesday that he must not be covered sizable increases in the salaries of municipal officials proposed by pro-government members of the city council.
The government is working on a set of administrative measures designed to accelerate the slow pace of COVID-19 vaccination in Armenia, Health Minister Anahit Avanesian said on Monday.
A son of the governor of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province remained on the run on Friday more than one week after reportedly shooting and seriously wounding another man.
The government again urged Armenians to get vaccinated against COVID-19 on Thursday, saying that coronavirus infections in the country have begun rising again after falling last month to the lowest level in a year.
A prominent Armenian surgeon affiliated with the main opposition Hayastan alliance was released on bail on Wednesday one month after being arrested for allegedly pressuring his subordinates to participate in the June 20 parliamentary elections.
Armenia insists that the withdrawal of Azerbaijan’s troops from sovereign Armenian territory must be on top of the agenda of negotiations between the two South Caucasus nations.
Former President Robert Kocharian's Hayastan alliance on Tuesday strongly condemned the arrests of four heads of local communities affiliated with it, saying that the Armenian authorities are trying to suppress the country’s leading opposition force.
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