A scholar affiliated with the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday on charges of embezzlement and tax evasion which he denies as politically motivated.
The Armenian government announced on Monday a two-week closure of all schools and kindergartens in the country, citing an upsurge in “seasonal” infectious diseases such as flu.
Law-enforcement authorities insisted on Tuesday that Sasun Mikaelian, one of the Armenian opposition figures remaining in prison, is in a “stable” condition, denying opposition claims that it is continuing to deteriorate.
An Armenian human rights activist who was arrested more than four months ago on controversial assault charges was unexpectedly set free on Friday as a Yerevan court suspended his ongoing trial at prosecutors’ request.
An opposition activist was set freed on Thursday after spending more than three months in prison on highly controversial charges stemming from a violent dispute between police and supporters of the Armenian National Congress (HAK).
A Washington-based Armenian lobbying group representative in Yerevan has spoken positively about the continuing pan-Armenian tour of President Serzh Sarkisian who has met with prominent members of Diaspora groups abroad to discuss his far-reaching diplomatic overtures to Turkey.
In a last-minute U-turn, opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian said on Wednesday that he is withdrawing his unexpected resignation from Armenia’s parliament which has sown discord within his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party.
The Armenian police have leveled a new and graver accusation against a young opposition activist who was controversially arrested after distributing opposition leaflets in Yerevan three months ago.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian continued to avoid on Monday any public statements on bitter infighting within his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party that flared up a week ago following his mysterious decision to resign his parliament seat.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu opened on Friday consultations with his country’s top political leaders on the draft agreements envisaging the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations.
The Armenian government anticipates a more than 10 percent increase in the domestic production of grapes, a major component of the country’s agricultural output, this year despite unfavorable weather conditions.
A young opposition activist who was arrested and prosecuted after handing out opposition leaflets in Yerevan two months ago said on Monday that he will go on a hunger strike to demand his release from prison.
Voting started on Sunday morning in the first municipal elections in Yerevan in almost two decades that will determine the city’s next mayor and ascertain the current balance of forces in Armenian politics.
A leading Armenian media watchdog gave on Friday a largely positive assessment of television coverage of the ongoing mayoral election campaign in Yerevan.
Yet another witness in the ongoing trials of prominent Armenian opposition figures claimed on Tuesday to have been forced by police to support the official theory of last year’s post-election violence in Yerevan.
Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian strongly hinted on Monday that three of his opposition colleagues arrested following last year’s post-election clashes in Yerevan may be released from prison soon.
Armenia’s Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional on Friday a legal provision allowing electoral authorities to register new voters for this month’s mayoral elections in Yerevan and ignore strong opposition objections.
Samvel Babayan, a former military leader of Nagorno-Karabakh, on Thursday spoke out against the existing international plan to end the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and claimed that renewed war with Azerbaijan is a real possibility.
Armenia’s leadership remained tight-lipped on Friday about details of a potentially ground-breaking agreement with Turkey despite growing pressure from the domestic opposition concerned about its possible implications.
