Parliament speaker Alen Simonian dismissed on Tuesday the European Union’s possible negative reaction to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s presence at an upcoming military parade in Moscow dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
Armenia’s constitution does not contain territorial claims to Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian reiterated on Tuesday in a continuing effort to convince Baku to drop its main precondition for signing a peace treaty with Yerevan.
Hungary has blocked the European Union from allocating an additional 10 million euros ($11 million) in “non-lethal” military aid to Armenia through its European Peace Facility (EPF).
Former President Serzh Sarkisian has continued a war of words with political allies of his predecessor and fellow opposition leader Robert Kocharian while pledging to keep fighting for regime change in Armenia.
Activists representing refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh rallied in Yerevan on Monday to demand that law-enforcement authorities tackle hate speech against them which they said is incited by the Armenian government.
Azerbaijani forces again shot at a border village in Armenia’s Syunik province and damaged a building there late on Sunday, the Armenian Defense Ministry said on Monday amid continuing cross-border gunfire reported by local residents.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan publicly complained about Azerbaijan’s preconditions for signing a peace deal and threats of military action against Armenia after holding talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in Turkey at the weekend.
A senior Turkish diplomat reportedly expressed confidence on Friday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian will change Armenia’s constitution to normalize relations with Azerbaijan and Turkey.
An Armenian court on Friday acquitted a 71-year-old refugee from Nagorno-Karabakh prosecuted for hurling an apple towards Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in protest.
Economic growth in Armenia continued to slow down in the first two months of this year amid a nearly 20 percent year-on-year slump in industrial output.
Armenian prosecutors have decided to appeal against a court order to launch a criminal investigation into Finance Minister Vahe Hovannisian’s personal business deals, including an interest-free $1 million loan received by him.
Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party has still not clarified whether it will accept opposition demands for an ethics inquiry into a senior pro-government parliamentarian who insulted a journalist last month.
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