Armed members of an Armenian fringe opposition group broke the law when they seized a police station in Yerevan last summer, a leader of the opposition Yelk alliance insisted over the weekend.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Wednesday warned former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and his opposition allies against seeking a violent overthrow of the government.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian made clear on Tuesday that he will not quit politics despite his opposition alliance’s poor showing in Armenia’s recent parliamentary elections.
A fresh meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents is still not on the cards despite international mediators’ efforts to reinvigorate the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian indicated on Tuesday.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will continue to promote wide-ranging reforms in Armenia despite the closure of its Yerevan office forced by Azerbaijan, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said on Tuesday.
India and Armenia are discussing military cooperation in line with their desire to deepen bilateral relations, Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari said at the end of an official visit to Yerevan on Wednesday.
Armenia will undergo sweeping reforms that will improve the lives of its people in the coming years, President Serzh Sarkisian said on Thursday.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Tuesday dismissed as a “propaganda ploy” opposition calls for a televised debate between Yerevan’s Mayor Taron Markarian and Nikol Pashinian, his main challenger in the upcoming municipal elections.
Armenian government agencies must work in “emergency” mode to live up to voters’ expectations after the ruling Republican Party’s victory in the April 2 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Karen Karapetian said on Thursday.
Armenians began voting on Sunday morning in parliamentary elections which President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) hopes will extend its more than decade-long rule.
Transport Minister Vahan Martirosian acknowledged on Wednesday that an ambitious project to upgrade Armenia’s main highways stretching more than 550 kilometers to Georgia and Iran has fallen behind schedule due to poor management.
International mediators hope that Armenia and Azerbaijan will resume soon their high-level negotiations on a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Monday.
A senior European Union diplomat reacted on Friday with caution to the controversial arrest of an Armenian opposition figure, Samvel Babayan, urging the authorities in Yerevan to conduct a “transparent” investigation.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has called into question the opposition credentials of businessman Gagik Tsarukian’s alliance, one of its main nominal challengers in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Azerbaijan has made clear that it will not allow the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to deploy monitors on the Armenian-Azerbaijani frontlines around Nagorno-Karabakh.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) accused the authorities on Thursday of doing nothing to stop what it called widespread vote bribes handed out by pro-government candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Unlike several other media outlets, RFE/RL’s Armenian service was not allowed to cover talks between the secretaries of Armenia’s and Russia’s national security councils held in Yerevan on Tuesday.
Campaigning for Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections officially began at the weekend, with President Serzh Sarkisian expressing confidence that his Republican Party (HHK) will win them and remain in power.
Authorities in Azerbaijan have issued international arrest warrants for three pro-Armenian members of the European Parliament who visited Nagorno-Karabakh and monitored a constitutional referendum held there this week.
Voters in Nagorno-Karabakh overwhelmingly backed controversial constitutional changes in a referendum held on Monday, officials in Stepanakert said on Tuesday.
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