The European Union is in no rush to lift its visa requirements for Armenia’s citizens because of a large number of Armenians seeking asylum in EU member states, a senior official from Brussels said on Tuesday.
The World Bank praised the Armenian government’s “ambitious” reform agenda as it announced the release of a fresh $50 million budgetary loan to Armenia on Friday.
A senior official from the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that the Armenian economy is on course to beat IMF forecasts and grow by at least 6.5 percent this year.
Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinian revealed on Monday that the Armenian police have launched an inquiry into a company linked to one of his advisers following corruption allegations made by another senior government official who resigned last month.
Opposition lawmakers criticized the government for submitting an “unrevolutionary” draft budget bill for next year as the debate over the country’s main financial document proceeded in the Armenian parliament on Friday.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian challenged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to support his vision of a Nagorno-Karabakh settlement that would be considered acceptable by all parties to the conflict as he addressed the second Paris Peace Forum in the French capital on Tuesday.
A key figure in Armenia’s 2018 “Velvet Revolution” who serves as a minister in the current cabinet has accused an opposition party that was represented in the previous government of hindering reforms.
The leaders of Armenia, Greece and Cyprus will hold their first-ever trilateral summit in Yerevan in January, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced on Tuesday while hosting a delegation led by Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian praised the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) as he chaired a summit of the Russian-led trade bloc in Yerevan on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian named the new, interim heads of Armenia’s Police and National Security Service (NSS) on Thursday.
In what Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian portrayed as a major anti-corruption initiative, the Armenian government moved on Thursday to make it much easier for law-enforcement bodies to access bank account data.
Russia’s ambassador to Armenia effectively reaffirmed on Wednesday President Vladimir Putin’s plans to visit Yerevan and attend a summit of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) that will be held there next month.
Russia’s refusal to extradite indicted former Armenian officials and Armenia’s decision to grant asylum to a Russian anti-government activist is not a sign of discord between the two allied nations, Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanian said on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s press secretary shrugged off the arrested former President Robert Kocharian’s stated political comeback on Thursday, saying that he stands no chance of returning to power.
Economic growth in Armenia could reach double-digit rates in the coming years, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian claimed on Thursday.
A first-ever meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian would give a further boost to U.S.-Armenian relations, Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanian said on Wednesday.
Vice-Premier Tigran Avinian has reaffirmed his government’s vision of Armenia’s strategic goals for the next three decades or so that were outlined by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian earlier this week.
Most of the documents on the 2008 post-election crackdown that were missing from the National Security Service have been retrieved and attached to the criminal case, the agency’s director told reporters.
Former Deputy Defense Minister Vahan Shirkhanian says has been summoned to the National Security Service and the Special Investigative Service for clarifications on an open letter containing serious allegations against former President Robert Kocharian that he published earlier this year.
The leaders of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh have normalized their relations following a recent public spat, a senior official in Yerevan insisted on Friday.
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