President Serzh Sarkisian has warned Azerbaijan against launching offensive military operations in Nagorno-Karabakh in the run-up to Armenia’s parliamentary elections scheduled for April 2.
The Armenian Revival party, a former junior partner in Armenia’s governing coalition, on Thursday did not rule out the possibility of reaching a new power-sharing deal with President Serzh Sarkisian after the April 2 parliamentary elections.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), a major party allied to President Serzh Sarkisian, praised on Wednesday what it called sweeping political and economic reforms launched by Armenia’s government.
Vartan Ghukasian, the controversial former mayor of Gyumri, said on Monday that he will join an alliance formed by businessman Gagik Tsarukian to participate in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
An Armenian court again extended on Thursday the pre-trial detention of an opposition activist who was one of the organizers of last summer’s rallies held in support of gunmen occupying a police station in Yerevan.
The Armenian authorities may fail to ensure live online broadcasts of voting and ballot counting in the upcoming parliamentary elections due to financial reasons, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
The Armenian and Azerbaijani militaries on Monday accused each other of using mortars to intensify ceasefire violations around Nagorno-Karabakh overnight.
Defense Minister Vigen Sargsian has praised Nikolay Bordyuzha, the secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) until last week, for condemning what the Armenian military has called an armed Azerbaijani incursion into Armenia.
Three Armenian soldiers were killed on Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan early on Thursday in what military authorities in Yerevan called an Azerbaijani incursion.
Justice Minister Arpine Hovannisian on Thursday described as a significant anti-corruption measure a new Armenian law that criminalizes “illegal enrichment” of high-ranking state officials.
The Armenian parliament began debating on Wednesday a government bill that would criminalize “illegal enrichment” of high-ranking state officials.
Several civil society organizations have decided to boycott an ad hoc commission that will implement the Armenian government’s Western-backed agreement with the opposition aimed at preventing serious fraud in next year’s parliamentary elections.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have held no “serious” peace talks since August, President Serzh Sarkisian said on Sunday after inspecting Armenian military bases and frontline positions in Nagorno-Karabakh.
An Armenian journalist on Wednesday claimed to have been assaulted and verbally abused by a parliament deputy while covering a National Assembly session in Yerevan.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) downplayed on Tuesday Prime Minister Karen Karapetian’s remark that his decision to join the HHK could hurt his approval ratings.
Rock musician Serj Tankian and several other prominent Diaspora Armenian artists said on Monday that they will monitor Armenia’s forthcoming parliamentary elections in a bid to help ensure that they meet democratic standards.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian is likely to become the official number two figure in the governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), it emerged late on Thursday.
Armenia’ government and two major opposition parties praised the United States on Tuesday for contributing funding to measures aimed at preventing possible fraud in upcoming Armenian parliamentary elections.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) still hopes that its founder, businessman Gagik Tsarukian, will return to active politics ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections, a senior BHK lawmaker said on Wednesday.
The Armenian government plans to spend by over $2 million less in 2017 for state administration needs, according to a draft budget presented in parliament committees this week.
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