Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan on Monday defended his decision to gradually outsource the Armenian military’s canteen services to private companies.
Law-enforcement authorities in Armenia were investigating on Monday a weekend road accident which left six people dead and eleven others seriously injured.
The trial of former President Robert Kocharian has still not resumed despite renewed hearings on the high-profile case ordered by Armenia’s Court of Appeals last week.
The head of an Armenian regulatory body said on Thursday that it is not yet clear whether the price of Russian natural gas imported by Armenia will change next year.
Armenia’s Justice Ministry has proposed the creation of a new anti-corruption agency that would be empowered to prosecute state officials suspected of bribery, fraud and other corrupt practices.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian praised Armenia’s state prosecutors on Monday, saying that they have done their job “effectively” since last year’s leadership change in the country.
The chairman and six other members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court continued to meet and make decisions on Friday despite being effectively declared illegitimate by their newly elected colleague Vahe Grigorian.
A 28-year-old lawyer working for the Armenian government was appointed as the country’s new justice minister on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian made a joint public appearance alongside Nagorno-Karabakh’s President Bako Sahakian on Tuesday for the first time since lambasting the authorities in Stepanakert.
Former President Robert Kocharian dropped a defamation lawsuit against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday after receiving an important clarification from the latter’s lawyer.
Vitaly Balasanian, one of Nagorno-Karabakh’s top security officials, was relieved of his duties on Tuesday one month after criticizing Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and bitterly arguing with his press secretary.
In a tense weekend election, a candidate of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party narrowly failed to defeat the incumbent mayor of Abovian, a town that has long been a political stronghold of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday ordered law-enforcement authorities to clamp down on groups which he said are advocating political violence in Armenia as part of a “hybrid war” waged against his government.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian commended Armenia’s Special Investigative Service (SIS) on Wednesday after it arrested a senior police officer suspected of killing a protester during the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
The chairman of Armenia’s Court of Appeals, Vazgen Rshtuni, accepted on Monday prosecutors’ demand that he recuse himself from hearings on immunity from prosecution claimed by former President Robert Kocharian.
The National Assembly on Wednesday again refused to appoint a new member of Armenia’s Constitutional Court nominated by President Armen Sarkissian.
The chairman and two other members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court met with Nagorno-Karabakh’s president, Bako Sahakian, during a visit to Stepanakert on Friday.
Supporters of Armenia’s government blocked the entrances to court buildings across the country on Monday, responding to an appeal from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian made following former President Robert Kocharian’s controversial release from custody.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s current and former leaders appeared before a court in Yerevan on Thursday to reaffirm their calls for the release of Armenia’s Karabakh-born former President Robert Kocharian from custody.
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.
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