A senior member of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Monday challenged Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to substantiate his allegations that it has illegally bought votes in various national and local elections.
At least a dozen deputies of Armenia’s 132-member parliament have reportedly been infected with the coronavirus amid the continuing spread of the disease in the country.
The Bright Armenia Party (LHK) seemed reluctant on Tuesday to join the other parliamentary opposition group in trying to scuttle the ruling political team’s efforts to replace three of the nine members of the country’s Constitutional Court.
Law-enforcement authorities on Monday asked the Armenian parliament to allow them to arrest Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman leading its largest opposition group, on charges which he and his allies reject as politically motivated.
Several other opposition forces have joined the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) in condemning as politically motivated criminal proceedings launched against its leader Gagik Tsarukian.
Opposition and independent lawmakers expressed serious concern about the continuing rapid spread of coronavirus in Armenia on Monday, saying that the authorities should do more to contain the epidemic.
Armenia’s government dismissed on Thursday growing calls for a fresh nationwide lockdown following a record-high number of daily coronavirus deaths registered in the country.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has confirmed that due to the coronavirus pandemic his administration will not hold anytime soon a planned referendum on its controversial bid to oust most members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court.
In a surprise move, Justice Minister Rustam Badasian has asked the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe to advise his government on its standoff with Armenia’s Constitution Court.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and a major opposition party traded bitter accusations after lawmakers representing them brawled on the Armenian parliament floor on Friday.
The number of coronavirus cases in Armenia could quadruple by the end of this month, Health Minister Arsen Torosian said on Monday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has launched fresh scathing attacks on Artur Vanetsian, prompting angry rebuttals from the former head of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS).
Armenian tax authorities have brought corruption charges against Mikael Minasian, former President Serzh Sarkisian’s son-in-law and reputed confidant highly critical of the current government, it emerged on Wednesday.
Armenian opposition leaders demanded on Wednesday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian personally comment on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s claim that Yerevan and Baku are “actively discussing” peace proposals calling for Armenian territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.
Former President Serzh Sarkisian testified on Thursday before an Armenian parliamentary commission investigating the April 2016 hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian has praised the Armenian government’s efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus and condemned “fierce” attacks launched against it by hardline opposition forces.
Citing the coronavirus pandemic, the candidate who finished second in the first round of Nagorno-Karabakh’s presidential election has called on supporters to boycott a runoff vote scheduled for April 14.
Health authorities are setting up hundreds of additional hospital beds to cope with a continuing rise in coronavirus cases in Armenia.
Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh have registered no cases of coronavirus so far and are not planning to cancel presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for March 31, a senior official in Stepanakert said on Wednesday.
Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman leading the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), made clear on Monday that he will not pay the wages of those of his employees who have been put on leave because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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