The Armenian government has taken no further action yet since pushing through the parliament in March a bill calling for Armenia’s eventual membership in the European Union, a senior official in Yerevan indicated on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Friday again ruled out the possibility of a fresh Azerbaijani military attack on Armenia, pointing to an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal finalized by the two sides in March.
Parliament deputies from the main opposition Hayastan alliance demanded on Thursday that Armenian law-enforcement authorities take action against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over his latest threats to imprison them.
In yet another furious diatribe, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian threatened to imprison opposition lawmakers on Wednesday after one of them accused him of turning a blind eye to media reports alleging corruption among members of his entourage.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday reaffirmed and defended his decision to attend Friday’s military parade in Moscow dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
The Russian Foreign Ministry dismissed on Tuesday Armenian parliament speaker Alen Simonian’s claims that Russia is waging a “hybrid war” against Armenia in a bid to bring down its government.
Former President Serzh Sarkisian has said that his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has devised a new plan to oust Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian but refused to shed light on it.
One week after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian ruled out the possibility of an Azerbaijani military attack on Armenia, a senior member of his party accused Baku on Wednesday of heightening tensions along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Armenia’s current constitution does not lack domestic legitimacy or contain territorial claims to Azerbaijan, the chairman of the country’s Constitutional Court, Arman Dilanian, insisted on Monday.
Another political ally of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has lambasted Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian population for fleeing the region following Azerbaijan’s large-scale military assault in September 2023.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian admitted on Wednesday that he will try to enact the kind of constitutional change that Azerbaijan has set as a necessary condition for ending the conflict with Armenia.
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.
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.
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.
Justice Minister Srbuhi Galian has indicated government plans to fast-track the drafting of a new Armenian constitution demanded by Azerbaijan.
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.
A prominent member of Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party has made clear that he does not regret swearing at a reporter in a drunken scandal in Gyumri that led to his resignation from the parliament.
The ruling Civil Contract party’s candidate in the upcoming mayoral election in Gyumri faced an uproar from Armenian opposition figures and exiled Nagorno-Karabakh activists on Friday after saying that Karabakh was a “bad place” before being recaptured by Azerbaijan.
Security officers used force on Wednesday to stop journalists covering sessions of the Armenian parliament from protesting against a senior pro-government lawmaker who publicly insulted one of them last week.
Armenia is not considering unfreezing its membership in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), parliament speaker Alen Simonian said on Tuesday amid Yerevan’s apparent efforts to ease tensions with Moscow.
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