Deputies representing the opposition Bright Armenia Party (LHK) continued to boycott on Tuesday sessions of the parliament in protest against the violent conduct of their pro-government colleagues which they say is encouraged by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
The Armenian authorities are unlikely to hold a planned referendum on their controversial bid to oust most members of the country’s Constitutional Court until they defeat the coronavirus epidemic, a pro-government lawmaker said on Thursday.
Mikael Minasian, former President Serzh Sarkisian’s fugitive son-in-law, has claimed that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian offered last year to guarantee his immunity from prosecution if he pays cash and stops challenging the Armenian government.
The Armenian parliament passed in the second and final reading on Thursday a government bill allowing authorities to confiscate private properties and other assets deemed to have been acquired illegally.
Armenia’s government looked set on Friday to extend by one month a state of emergency which it declared on March 16 to try to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian has praised the Armenian government’s efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus and condemned “fierce” attacks launched against it by hardline opposition forces.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Armenia rose by 39 to 329 in the past 24 hours, health authorities reported on Friday morning.
Beyond the constitutional amendment concerning seven judges of the Constitutional Court that Armenians are going to vote on in next month’s referendum, Armenia also considers carrying out a ‘large-scale’ reform of its basic law, according to an expert.
Georgi Kutoyan, who headed Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) in the final years of former President Serzh Sarkisian’s rule, was found shot to death in Yerevan on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian put an optimistic spin on the economic situation in Armenia on Friday as the National Assembly approved his government’s budget for next year calling for further sizable increases in public spending and tax revenue.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian has triggered bitter recriminations between his opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s My Step alliance by accusing Yerevan’s mayor of obstructing his investment projects.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian defended on Tuesday sweeping judicial reforms initiated by his government, again accusing Armenia’s former leadership of seeking to retain control over courts.
Armenia’s parliament backed on Tuesday a government proposal to raise the minimum wage in the country by more than 23 percent.
Pro-government lawmakers have vehemently criticized Robert Kocharian over his article published on a Kremlin-funded news agency’s website in which the former president described Armenia’s current leadership as “pro-Western” and predicted “bad scenarios” for the country.
In what it calls an anti-corruption measure, Armenia’s Justice Ministry has drafted a bill that would allow authorities to confiscate private properties and other assets deemed to have been acquired illegally.
Mining operations at Amulsar gold deposit will speed up economic growth in Armenia, boost the country’s tax revenue and result in thousands of new jobs, a senior Armenian government official said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian criticized the United States on Thursday for what he called a lack of adequate “reaction” to democratic change in Armenia.
The National Assembly began debating on Tuesday the Armenian government’s five-year program which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian again portrayed as a policy framework for an “economic revolution” in the country.
A senior opposition lawmaker strongly criticized a five-year policy program of the Armenian government on Thursday, saying that it is short on specifics and sets very few socioeconomic targets.
An Armenian regional newspaper claimed to be systematically bullied by individuals linked to the country’s largest mining company after a car belonging to it was set on fire early on Tuesday.
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