The Armenian government on Wednesday denied growing allegations that it has ordered employers to ensure that their workers do not exercise their legal right to opt out of a new and controversial pension system.
Armenia’s four main political parties challenging President Serzh Sarkisian issued a list of concrete demands to his administration on Tuesday, warning that failure to meet them could lead them to make a joint push for power.
Armenia threatened Azerbaijan with “severe consequences” on Friday after two of its soldiers were shot dead on its border with the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan.
Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, the current chairperson-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, backed on Wednesday international mediators’ calls for the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents to meet again and try to revive the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
Armenia will not start collecting any customs duties from goods imported from Nagorno-Karabakh after joining Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, a senior Armenian official reiterated on Monday.
It remained unclear on Friday whether Armenia’s political leadership will accept a last-minute condition for joining the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union demanded by Azerbaijan and publicly backed by Kazakhstan.
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian played down on Wednesday the significance of continuing cooperation among Armenia’s main opposition parties, saying that he will strive to neutralize it with a strong socioeconomic record.
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian again pledged to create a level playing for all businesses and tackle tax evasion on Tuesday as he presented his government’s three-year plan of actions to the Armenian parliament.
France’s President Francois Hollande on Tuesday urged Turkey to recognize the 1915 massacres of Armenians as genocide, saying that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent statement acknowledging their suffering is not sufficient.
French President Francois Hollande pointedly declined to criticize Armenia for backing Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and voiced support for an Association Agreement with the European Union sought by the Armenian government during a visit to Yerevan that ended on Tuesday.
The European Union should upgrade its relationship with Armenia to political “association” despite Yerevan’s plans to join the Russian-led Customs Union, French President Francois Hollande said at the start of an official visit to the country on Monday.
President Serzh Sarkisian has incorporated Armenia’s tax and customs services into the Ministry of Finance and appointed their controversial chief, Gagik Khachatrian, as new finance minister, making him one of the most powerful government officials.
The National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to elect Galust Sahakian, the longtime parliamentary leader of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), as its new speaker on Tuesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian and his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) have designated Galust Sahakian, a veteran HHK figure, as the new speaker of the country’s parliament.
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian made a surprise appearance on Friday at a meeting of the parliamentary leaders of Armenia’s main opposition parties to again discuss with them uncertainty surrounding the government’s controversial pension reform.
President Serzh Sarkisian maintains his hold on power and remains in full control of political processes in Armenia after the resignation of his government, the ruling Republican Party (HHK) insisted on Thursday.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Thursday that it will not join a new governing coalition which President Serzh Sarkisian is trying to form following the recent resignation of his current cabinet. (UPDATED)
Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) reiterated on Monday that it will not take up any ministerial posts in the new Armenian government to be formed by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian.
Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and two leading established opposition groups announced no concrete agreements on Friday following an unprecedented meeting of their top leaders.
A referendum on constitutional changes planned by the Armenian authorities will likely take place by the beginning of 2016, the chairman of the country’s Constitutional Court, Gagik Harutiunian, said on Thursday.
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