In a bill criticized by press freedom groups, several pro-government members of Armenia’s parliament have proposed restrictions on the use of anonymous sources in news stories reported by the Armenian media.
The judge presiding over the trial of Robert Kocharian has allowed the former Armenian president to visit Moscow for the second time in less than two months, it emerged on Tuesday.
The Homeland Salvation Front should stage an anti-government “uprising” if it fails to topple Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian with conventional street protests, a leader of the alliance of 17 Armenian opposition parties said on Tuesday.
The Armenian government’s tax revenues fell by 8 percent last year due to an economic recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the State Revenue Committee (SRC) said on Monday.
Health Minister Arsen Torosian was sacked and appointed as chief of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s staff on Monday.
A former official who ran Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) during the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh has hit out at Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, saying that he could have stopped hostilities three weeks before the ceasefire brokered by Russia on November 9.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian declined to attend on Wednesday a Christmas mass celebrated by Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church increasingly at loggerheads with Armenia’s government.
Armenian opposition groups campaigning for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation called for a general strike on December 22 during continuing anti-government protests in Yerevan on Wednesday.
Azerbaijan has released three ethnic Armenian civilians who were captured by its troops during the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
A coalition of 16 Armenian opposition parties urged supporters to again take to the streets on Tuesday after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian ignored their ultimatum to resign and pave the way for snap parliamentary elections.
Opposition parties campaigning for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation have chosen a man who they believe should replace him and govern Armenia until snap general elections.
Coronavirus infections in Armenia have fallen over the past week after two months of rapid growth that overwhelmed the country’s healthcare system, official figures show.
Armenian opposition groups again rallied several thousand supporters in Yerevan at the weekend to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation and fresh general elections.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday pledged to reshuffle his government and gave no indications that he will resign or agree to snap general elections in the aftermath of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Armenian government has announced plans to ban the import of all Turkish goods in response to Turkey’s military support for Azerbaijan in the ongoing war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
A court in Yerevan approved on Tuesday an arrest warrant against Mikael Minasian, former President Serzh Sarkisian’s fugitive son-in-law facing corruption charges strongly denied by him.
Schools and universities across Armenia reopened their doors to students on Tuesday six months after being closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A standing committee of Armenia’s parliament will discuss on Friday a bill that would allow the authorities continue enforcing coronavirus-related safety rules without again extending a state of emergency.
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have still not been able to visit an Armenian army officer who was captured by Azerbaijani troops late last month, officials in Yerevan said on Wednesday.
An explosion rocked a brandy distillery in Armenia on Tuesday, killing two people and seriously injuring four others.
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