Armenia’s political leadership is considering embarking on sweeping constitutional reforms which could keep President Serzh Sarkisian in power after he completes his second and final term in 2018, a senior member of the ruling Republican Party (HHK) said on Tuesday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian rallied hundreds of supporters in Yerevan on Friday in what he called the start of a new campaign of street protests aimed at changing Armenia’s government.
A senior pro-government Armenian lawmaker expressed confidence on Tuesday that Russia will not impose trade sanctions on Armenia in retaliation for its upcoming Association Agreement with the European Union.
Armenia has acquired Chinese multiple-launch rocket systems with a firing range of up to 130 kilometers, a military source in Yerevan told RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) on Monday.
President Serzh Sarkisian voiced support over the weekend for his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev’s plans to win a third term in office in an upcoming presidential election, saying that would be the best outcome for resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. (UPDATED)
Armenia’s three leading opposition parties on Tuesday strongly criticized Russia for selling offensive weapons to Azerbaijan, saying that they will strengthen Baku in the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The Armenian government has still not announced sources of funding for subsidizing new, significantly higher prices of natural gas and electricity in Armenia that entered into force on Sunday.
Russia will help Armenia expand and modernize its relatively small air force within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), top security officials from the two countries said on Thursday.
Azerbaijan will not gain a military edge over Armenia with the ongoing large-scale delivery of weapons purchased by it from Russia, a senior Russian security official said on Wednesday, echoing statements by Armenian leaders.
Armenia remains on track to finalize a wide-ranging Association Agreement with the European Union by next November, a senior EU diplomat said on Monday.
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian accused an Armenian parliamentary oversight body on Thursday of grossly exaggerating possible misuse or waste of public funds by his government for political purposes.
Law-enforcement authorities have brought criminal charges against an Armenian businessman in a fraud case that has sparked embarrassing media allegations against Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian.
The Armenian government seems ready to sell its remaining 20 percent share in the domestic gas distribution network to Gazprom in order to subsidize the recently increased price of Russian natural gas delivered to Armenia.
The Armenian government confirmed on Thursday that it is negotiating with a U.S. company on the possible sale of three large hydroelectric stations that are a major component of Armenia’s energy sector.
Importing larger volumes of natural gas from Iranian gas would not be economical even after the latest surge in the Russian gas price for Armenia, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisian insisted on Thursday.
A U.S. energy company announced on Wednesday that it is close to buying three big hydroelectric stations generating a considerable part of Armenia’s electricity.
Armenia is holding negotiations with Russia on the possibility of its accession to new Russian-led unions of former Soviet republics, the Russian ambassador in Yerevan, Ivan Volynkin, said on Monday.
Russia has deployed in Armenia state-of-the-art ballistic missiles capable of striking targets more than 400 kilometers away, according to a source in the Armenian Defense Ministry.
The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh is unlikely to be resolved in the foreseeable future despite more Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks planned by mediators, a senior Karabakh Armenian official said on Friday.
The impending sharp rises in the prices of natural gas and electricity are calling into question continued robust economic growth projected by the Armenian government, Armenia’s leading business association warned on Thursday.
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