Residents of a village on Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan said on Thursday that more local houses were hit overnight by continuing cross-border gunfire.
The pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament voted on Tuesday to block an ethics inquiry into one of its senior lawmakers who insulted a journalist.
A senior member of a pro-Western party running Yerevan’s northern Nor Nork district was indicted but still not arrested or sacked on Thursday one day after beating up a video blogger highly critical of the municipal administration.
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.
Azerbaijan will not sign a peace deal with Armenia before clinching further concessions from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, representatives of the leading Armenian opposition groups insisted on Friday.
Armenia confirmed on Thursday that it has accepted Azerbaijan’s proposals regarding their remaining differences over a bilateral peace treaty discussed by the two sides.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan insisted on Wednesday that Armenia and Azerbaijan could finalize a bilateral peace accord soon despite multiple preconditions set by Baku.
The top lawyer representing the Armenian government in international courts has resigned following Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s offers to withdraw lawsuits filed by Armenia against Azerbaijan.
A U.S. human rights lawyer representing Ruben Vardanyan urged Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Tuesday to do “much more” for the release of his client and the other Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry stepped up on Friday its carefully worded criticism of the ongoing trials of Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan as it faced protests by activists accusing Yerevan of doing little to secure their release.
Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to disagree on two provisions of a draft bilateral peace treaty, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday one day after Baku responded to Yerevan’s most recent proposals designed to bridge their remaining differences.
Azerbaijan has responded to Armenia’s most recent proposals designed to bridge their remaining differences on a bilateral peace treaty, according to the Armenian Foreign Ministry.
Justice Minister Srbuhi Galian refused to say on Thursday what the Armenian government is doing to try to secure the release of eight former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh standing trial in Azerbaijan.
Four years after its defeat in the war with Azerbaijan, Armenia has a chance to become a truly sovereign and independent country, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian claimed late on Monday.
Armenia remains ready to establish conventional transport links with Azerbaijan, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Thursday in response to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s latest demands for a land corridor through a key Armenian region.
Two days after Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made fresh threats of military action against Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian voiced support on Thursday for the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh demanded by Baku.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are due to resume later this month negotiations on delineating their long border.
Catholicos Garegin II’s New Year’s Eve address to the nation will not be made available to Armenian Public Television because the government-controlled broadcaster has again refused to air it right before Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s message, the Armenian Apostolic Church said on Thursday.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev listed multiple preconditions for signing a peace accord with Armenia in an interview with a Russian state broadcaster publicized on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has confirmed his intention to appoint an acting mayor of Gyumri ahead of an early municipal election expected in Armenia’s second largest city.
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