In what local journalists see as a pre-election attempt to curb press freedom, Armenia’s Ministry of Justice has drafted legislation that would force online media to remove content deemed slanderous by authorities.
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 speaker Alen Simonian called on Thursday for the resignation of the head of Yerevan’s Nor Nork district who beat up last week a video blogger critical of the municipal administration.
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.
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.
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.
A political ally of Robert Kocharian accused on Wednesday a rival opposition group of using dirty tricks to try to undercut the former Armenian president and the leader of the Hayastan alliance before the next general elections.
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.
Investigators from Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC) raided the police department of the town of Vagharshapat on Wednesday, arresting as many as nine of its officers.
Former President Robert Kocharian’s Hayastan alliance has essentially dismissed a proposal to try to unseat Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian through a vote of no confidence which is backed by the second opposition group represented in Armenia’s parliament.
A car belonging to an opposition member of Yerevan’s municipal council was seriously damaged early on Tuesday in an apparent arson attack which he and his Mayr Hayastan movement blamed on the Armenian authorities.
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