Hundreds of Armenian trucks have been stuck at both sides of a Russian-Georgian border checkpoint after heavy snowfalls brought traffic along the only road connecting Armenia to Russia via Georgia to a standstill.
Armenia’s economy minister has expressed his concern over current inflation trends, at the same time calling them a “global phenomenon.”
A state body overseeing Armenian courts must dismiss scores of judges this year as part of judicial reforms proclaimed by the government, Justice Minister Karen Andreasian said on Tuesday.
Health authorities in Armenia reported a record 3,536 coronavirus cases on Friday as the Omicron variant continued to rapidly spread across the country.
Armenian health authorities reported on Thursday a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases which Health Minister Anahit Avanesian blamed on the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Prosecutors said on Thursday that they are looking into former Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutian’s allegations that senior officials pressured him to fire his subordinates criticizing the government and ensure preferential treatment of their cronies doing business in the Armenian capital.
Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutian accused Armenia’s political leaders of betraying the goals of the 2018 “velvet revolution” that brought them to power as he was ousted on Wednesday by the municipal assembly controlled by the ruling Civil Contract party.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian’s right-hand man and former bodyguard became the new mayor of the town of Abovian on Friday two weeks after defeating the ruling Civil Contract party in a local election.
Armenia’s Constitutional Court this week began hearing a claim against the mandate for regular COVID-19 tests for all unvaccinated workers in the country.
Health authorities in Armenia have allowed children aged 12 and older to get vaccinated against the coronavirus with their parents’ consent.
Armenia’s health authorities reported a record 57 deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday after months of steady increases in coronavirus infections in the country of about 3 million.
Armenia’s health authorities are considering introducing a mandatory coronavirus health pass for entry to cultural and leisure venues, Health Minister Anahit Avanesian revealed on Monday.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency has decided not to prosecute a controversial pro-government lawmaker who assaulted an opposition colleague on the parliament floor in late August.
Citing a lack of public funds, the Armenian government has largely stopped paying for major medical services provided by hospitals to a large part of the country’s population.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains unresolved after last year’s Armenian-Azerbaijani war, a senior U.S. diplomat insisted at the weekend, prompting strong criticism from Azerbaijan.
Although vaccine hesitancy remains widespread in Armenia, many more of its citizens are now willing to get inoculated against the coronavirus, Health Minister Anahit Avanesian said on Thursday.
Hospitals in Armenia are again struggling to cope with coronavirus cases that began slowly but steadily rising more than two months ago.
Many Armenians reluctant to get vaccinated must be required to regularly take coronavirus tests and pay for them, Health Minister Anahit Avanesian said on Thursday.
Armenia will buy soon the first batches of coronavirus vaccines developed by U.S. pharmaceutical companies, Health Minister Anahit Avanesian said on Friday.
Former President Robert Kocharian said late on Tuesday that the June 20 parliamentary elections did not end the post-war political crisis in Armenia and that another snap vote will have to be held by the end of next year.
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