France has joined international efforts to secure the release of Armenian soldiers and civilians remaining in Azerbaijani captivity, the French ambassador to Armenia, Jonathan Lacote, said on Friday.
Official Yerevan on Monday reacted cautiously to Turkey’s stated readiness to improve relations with Armenia, saying that it must be backed up by concrete actions.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has installed a 31-year-old judge as a deputy director of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS).
Armenia and Georgia are discussing the possibility of reopening their land border closed one year ago due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are not engaged in the formal delimitation of their borders, while border guards are being temporarily deployed according to 1975-1976 military maps, Armenia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinian said.
Armen Grigorian, secretary of Armenia’s Security Council, continues to insist that former chief of the Armed Forces’ General Staff Onik Gasparian did not call for a cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh on the fourth day of the war with Azerbaijan despite his claim.
Russia will help Armenia extend the life of its nuclear power plant for another 10 years until 2036, according to the director of the station.
Large-scale military exercises begin in Armenia on Tuesday, one day after Azerbaijan launched four-day drills involving thousands of troops.
Health Minister Anahit Avanesian warned on Thursday that Armenian hospitals could run out of beds for COVID-19 patients if a renewed increase in coronavirus cases in the country continues unabated.
The European Union stands ready to step up its involvement in international efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the head of the EU Delegation in Armenia, Andrea Wiktorin, said on Tuesday.
Inflation in Armenia picked up pace last month due to a continuing increase in key food prices, according to government data.
Only one high-ranking officer of the Armenian army’s General Staff attended on Friday a ceremony led by Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutiunian amid its continuing standoff with the government.
A general whose controversial sacking last week heightened political tensions in Armenia has asked a court to reinstate him as first deputy chief of the Armenian army’s General Staff.
The Armenian military said on Wednesday that its top general will continue performing his duties for now despite Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s efforts to have him fired.
An alliance of 17 Armenian opposition parties will step up its campaign for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation with an upcoming rally in Yerevan, one of its leaders said on Friday.
Armenian media organizations have accused the government of trying to restrict press freedom with bills that would sharply increase fines for libel and make it harder for journalists to use anonymous sources.
Three months after Russia brokered the Armenian-Azerbaijani agreement to stop the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia and Turkey are holding no talks on opening their border, Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazian said on Wednesday.
Armenia’s technology sector continued to grow rapidly last year despite a recession primarily caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Minister of High-Tech Industry Hakob Arshakian said on Tuesday.
Finance Minister Atom Janjughazian on Thursday acknowledged that Armenia’s growing public debt is a cause for concern but insisted that the government can bring it to a “more manageable level.”
Food prices in Armenia rose by an average of 6.4 percent year on year in January, according to government data.
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