A former deputy health minister currently serving as vice-mayor of Yerevan was arrested over the weekend on charges stemming from what an Armenian law-enforcement agency called misuse of government funds provided for the fight against COVID-19.
The chief of a Western-funded major division of the Armenian police has been sacked following an extraordinary traffic incident at Yerevan’s main square which sparked accusations of incompetence directed at its officers.
Drug trafficking cases registered by Armenian law-enforcement authorities nearly doubled last year, raising serious concerns in a country not accustomed to widespread drug abuse.
The Armenian government is starting preparations for the gradual introduction of a system of national health insurance that should cover the country’s population.
A children’s hospital in Stepanakert was reportedly running out of lifesaving medicines on Monday two weeks after Azerbaijan blocked Nagorno-Karabakh’s sole land link with Armenia.
Hundreds of Armenian trucks have been stuck in Georgia for the last several weeks due to Moscow’s decision to tighten security at the sole Russian-Georgian border crossing following the October 8 explosion on a strategic bridge to Crimea.
Armenian opposition groups gathered thousands of supporters for a rally in Yerevan on Saturday that they said was a demonstration of support for Nagorno-Karabakh’s right to self-determination.
Nearly two dozen civil society organizations on Tuesday strongly condemned Armenia’s political leadership for choosing a staunch political ally of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian as the next chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC).
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party on Friday took another step towards installing one of its senior members, Tigran Avinian, as the next mayor of Yerevan.
Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of executing at least two of its soldiers who were taken prisoner during last week’s heavy fighting on the border between the two states.
Armenian authorities announced on Wednesday the end of search and rescue operations at a market in Yerevan where a powerful explosion killed at least 16 people and injured dozens of others on August 14.
The head of an Armenian government inspectorate has denied suggestions that its allegations of serious financial irregularities committed by Yerevan’s municipal administration are designed to quash former Mayor Hayk Marutian’s political ambitions.
Economy Minister Vahan Kerobian expressed hope on Monday that the Armenian dram will weaken against the U.S. dollar, saying that its recent significant appreciation is hitting hard export-orientated sectors of Armenia’s economy.
The family of a pregnant woman who died after being run over by a police car escorting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s motorcade accused the Armenian authorities on Monday of obstructing the criminal investigation into the accident.
The European Union is unfit to be the lead player in brokering a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a senior official in Stepanakert said on Tuesday.
Key members of an armed anti-government group that seized a police base in Yerevan in July 2016 were sent back to jail over the weekend after Armenia’s highest court upheld prison sentences handed down to them.
Armenian opposition leaders and their supporters blocked a key government building in Yerevan on Friday on the 13th day of their street protests aimed at forcing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign.
A traffic police officer whose car hit and killed a young woman while escorting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s motorcade in Yerevan was arrested again on Thursday two weeks after being released from custody.
Armenian opposition leaders and their supporters blocked the building of the Yerevan mayor’s office on Wednesday as they continued their daily rallies demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
Major anti-government protests continued in Armenia for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, with opposition leaders vowing that there will be no letup in their efforts to oust Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
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