Anti-graft activists expressed on Tuesday serious concern over an apparent lack of progress in a nearly two-year criminal investigation into a now defunct state fund that was tasked with attracting foreign investment in Armenia.
A senior official from Yerevan’s municipal administration facing corruption charges denied by him was arrested on Monday night for the second time in one month.
Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatrian has defended the Armenian government’s decision to largely end housing allowances for many refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh which has sparked angry protests in Yerevan.
Justice Minister Srbuhi Galian has indicated government plans to fast-track the drafting of a new Armenian constitution demanded by Azerbaijan.
Residents of two border villages in Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province said on Monday that Azerbaijani troops deployed nearby continued to open cross-border fire overnight.
Armenia’s government has drawn strong condemnation from the opposition after saying that Nagorno-Karabakh’s leaders are to blame for its decision to stop raising the Karabakh issue in peace talks with Azerbaijan.
A U.S. lawyer representing Armenian businessman and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan has insisted that the release of his client and other Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan is a “top priority” for the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and the resulting opening of Azerbaijan’s and Turkey’s borders with Armenia would significantly boost links between Europe and Central Asia, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.
An Armenian appeals court has ordered a law-enforcement agency to look into the legality of an interest-free $1 million loan received by Finance Minister Vahe Hovannisian and his other personal business deals.
The leader of a political group that finished third in the March 30 municipal election in Gyumri has reluctantly agreed to enable another opposition candidate and his bitter rival to become the new mayor of Armenia’s second largest city.
Armenia’s modest exports to the United States will likely fall after U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose major trade tariffs on countries around the world, some Armenian entrepreneurs said on Thursday.
Activists representing refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh said on Thursday they will resume street protests in Yerevan after the Armenian government refused to restore housing allowances that were paid to many of them.
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