The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) denied on Tuesday opposition allegations that it has forced thousands of people to become its members ahead of next April’s parliamentary elections.
President Serzh Sarkisian plans to become Armenia’s prime minister after serving out his second and final presidential term in 2018, an opposition leader claimed on Monday.
With less than five months to before Armenia’s next parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Karen Karapetian announced on Thursday his decision to join President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK).
The National Assembly overwhelmingly approved on Thursday a controversial government proposal to introduce a new tax for sharply increasing compensations paid to the families of Armenian soldiers killed or seriously wounded in action.
Armenia’s government faced strong criticism from the parliamentary opposition on Monday as the National Assembly began debating its plans to introduce a new tax for sharply increasing compensation paid to the families of soldiers killed or seriously wounded in action.
Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said on Thursday that his Hamakhmbum (Consolidation) party is ready to form an alliance with other opposition groups ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian may join the governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) at its upcoming congress in Yerevan, a senior HHK lawmaker said on Wednesday.
The Armenian government has been instructed to develop legal mechanisms to place all financial flows generated by paid parking services and traffic cameras in the form of fees and penalties under state control.
Aram Sargsian, a former prime minister of Armenia who currently heads an extra-parliamentary opposition party, believes that the distinction between what is “real” and “false” opposition in the South Caucasus country should be drawn along the line of political parties’ attitude towards a Russian-led bloc that Armenia formally joined last year.
Armenian Parliament Speaker Galust Sahakian believes the October 27, 1999 shootings in the country’s National Assembly in which eight official, including the then prime minister and parliament speaker were killed, were organized “from outside”.
International efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have not reached an impasse despite fresh recriminations traded by Armenia and Azerbaijan, a senior European Union diplomat said during a visit to Yerevan on Friday.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian presented his newly formed cabinet’s plan of actions to the Armenian parliament on Thursday, reiterating its pledges to combat corruption and improve the country’s business environment.
Samvel Babayan, Nagorno-Karabakh’s former top military commander, on Monday criticized President Serzh Sarkisian for dismissing Armenia’s Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian in a government reshuffle completed early this month.
Two major political parties that are officially in opposition to President Serzh Sarkisian insisted on Thursday that they did not help a pro-government figure become the mayor of Armenia’s third largest city of Vanadzor.
A former opposition politician who has served as deputy chief of President Serzh Sarkisian’s staff for the past four years has unexpectedly resigned and said he will challenge the Armenian government in next year’s parliamentary elections.
An opposition candidate inched closer on Friday to becoming the mayor of Vanadzor, Armenia’s third largest city, after securing the backing of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK).
Armenia’s armed forces should play a greater role in the county’s social and economic life, the newly appointed Defense Minister Vigen Sargsian said on Wednesday.
The opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) voiced skepticism on Friday about Prime Minister Karen Karapetian’s pledges to create a level playing field for all businesses, saying that the ruling Republican Party (HHK) remains heavily reliant on government-linked tycoons.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) stands ready to help Prime Minister Karen Karapetian combat widespread tax evasion, including among its wealthy members, an HHK spokesman said on Thursday.
Law-enforcement authorities should look into Prime Minister Karen Karapetian’s allegations about the embezzlement of budgetary funds allocated for government officials’ travel expenses, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Wednesday.
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