Central Bank Governor Martin Galstian confirmed on Tuesday reports that Armenia has issued its fourth Eurobond worth $750 million to manage its increased public debt and budget deficit.
Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, reiterated on Thursday calls for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Yerevan on Wednesday, reaffirming his country’s desire to continue seeking closer relations with neighboring Armenia after the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Investigators believe that Georgi Kutoyan, a former head of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) found dead one year ago, committed suicide, a senior law-enforcement official said on Thursday.
Armenia’s economy shrunk by 8.5 percent in 2020 after three consecutive years of robust growth, Economy Minister Vahan Kerobian said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian insisted on Thursday that the latest Armenian troop withdrawals resulting from the Russian-brokered ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone did not endanger the security of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province.
A coalition of more than a dozen Armenian opposition parties vowed to force Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign soon as thousands of its supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his political team are ready to discuss with the Armenian opposition the possibility of holding fresh parliamentary elections, a senior pro-government lawmaker said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian continued to reject calls for his resignation and accused his political opponents of trying to create “anarchy” in Armenia as he faced more street protests on Wednesday.
The Armenian government has formally approved a bill calling for the creation of a special law-enforcement agency tasked with investigating corruption cases.
France expects Turkey to withdraw Syrian mercenaries recruited for Azerbaijan during the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh, a senior French official visiting Armenia said late on Saturday.
Hundreds more ethnic Armenian refugees have returned to Nagorno-Karabakh nearly one week after a Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement stopped the Armenian-Azerbaijani war.
Despite no obstacles from the government Armenia’s former President Robert Kocharian has not been able to leave for Moscow for “discussions with Russian elites” over ways to end the Nagorno-Karabakh war due to testing positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said on Friday.
People in Armenia and its worldwide Diaspora have donated at least $152 million for humanitarian and economic aid to war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh provided by a pan-Armenian charity.
Rockets again struck Nagorno-Karabakh’s capital Stepanakert on Sunday morning in what was its worst shelling by Azerbaijani forces since the start of hostilities in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict zone a week ago.
Azerbaijani forces shelled Nagorno-Karabakh’s capital Stepanakert on Friday, injuring at least four local residents and damaging several buildings.
After three days of discussions, members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court failed to elect its new chairperson on Friday.
The Armenian government confirmed on Wednesday that it has hired a Washington-based lobbying firm ahead of fresh negotiations with U.S. officials which it hopes will boost U.S.-Armenian relations.
The Armenian government signaled on Thursday plans to lift a state of emergency which it declared more than five months ago to fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday that its representatives in Baku are trying to visit an Armenian army officer who was captured by Azerbaijani troops over the weekend.
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