Lawmakers representing the opposition Yelk alliance said on Monday that they will vote against former Prime Minister Armen Sarkissian if he agrees to run for president as a candidate of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK).
The ruling Republican Party (HHK) on Thursday pointedly declined to deny reports that Armen Sarkissian, a former Armenian prime minister who has lived in Britain for nearly three decades, will become Armenia’s next president.
Defense Minister Vigen Sargsian has provoked a storm of criticism for launching a fundraising campaign for the medical treatment abroad of an Armenian soldier seriously wounded during his military service.
The Armenian police strongly denied being too soft on reckless drivers of expensive cars on Wednesday following an overnight accident in Yerevan that left two traffic police officers dead.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency said on Friday that it is still investigating reports that four arrested members of an armed opposition group were beaten up during their ongoing trial in Yerevan.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Wednesday urged media to respect “the presumption of innocence” of a Russian businessman of Armenian descent blacklisted by the United States for his alleged ties to an organized-crime syndicate.
An Armenian parliament deputy denied reports that he brawled with a fellow lawmaker from businessman Gagik Tsarukian’s political alliance during a session of the National Assembly on Wednesday.
An Armenian opposition leader called for criminal investigations on Monday after President Serzh Sarkisian warned local government officials to stop embezzling public funds.
Following a heated debate, the Armenian parliament passed on Friday a government bill which is meant to combat domestic violence in the country.
Armenia’s landmark agreement with the European Union signed last week will not complicate or damage its close political and economic relations with Russia, senior Armenian officials reiterated on Friday.
A senior lawmaker representing the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Thursday accused Russia of seeking to limit his country’s sovereignty and block its closer ties with the European Union.
The head of the European Union Delegation in Yerevan, Piotr Switalski, expressed confidence on Monday that the EU and Armenia will successfully implement a newly signed agreement to deepen their political and economic relations.
Leaders of a student movement against controversial restrictions of the right to draft deferments have met with Armenian parliament members and government officials on Wednesday in a ‘roundtable discussion’ that was promised to them in exchange for the halt in their street protests last week.
Armenia’s ruling party has dismissed as “ridiculous and ignorant” a claim made by a Russian propagandist television channel that accused the South Caucasus nation’s government elites of glorifying Nazism.
All men who have illegally evaded compulsory military service and will have turned 27 by December 1 may be amnestied provided they pay a hefty sum, according to a new amendment passed by Armenian lawmakers on Friday.
Armenia’s parliament on Wednesday passed in its second and final reading a controversial bill that, in particular, restricts the rights of students to draft deferments.
A standing committee of Armenia’s parliament rejected on Friday a Defense Ministry proposal to scrap a law allowing Armenian men who illegally evaded compulsory military service to buy an amnesty.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian defended on Thursday the Armenian military’s plans to draft more university students when he met with several organizers of continuing street protests against the measure.
Pro-government lawmakers publicly criticized on Wednesday a Defense Ministry proposal to abolish a law allowing Armenian men who illegally evaded compulsory military service to buy a government amnesty.
The upcoming abolition of most remaining military draft deferments enjoyed by university students is fair and will not harm higher education in Armenia, Education Minister Levon Mkrtchian said on Monday.
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