Armenia’s national air carrier, Armavia, has decided to stop operating flights and file for bankruptcy on April 1 after struggling to pay its current debts for months.
A senior member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation has confirmed ongoing talks with other opposition and non-government parties around the possibility of forming a coalition after the May municipal elections to try to take power in the Armenian capital.
U.S., Russian and French mediators have visited Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia and met with top government officials there in a fresh round of shuttle diplomacy aimed at kick-starting the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process.
The Armenian and Russian national rescue services will set up soon a joint center that will respond to possible natural disasters in Armenia and nearby countries, a government official in Yerevan said on Friday.
Armenia’s four main political groups challenging the government have failed to agree on the creation of a broad-based alliance for the upcoming municipal elections in Yerevan, the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Thursday.
Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) said on Tuesday that it will be ready to join forces with leading opposition groups for the upcoming municipal elections in Yerevan only if it plays a central role in such an alliance.
President Serzh Sarkisian said through a spokesman on Monday that his main election challenger, Raffi Hovannisian, has rejected an offer to again meet him and discuss continuing post-election tensions in Armenia.
A key member of Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili’s government has reaffirmed its support for reactivating a railway connecting Georgia as well as Armenia to Russia, saying that would benefit the entire region.
The new Georgian government does not regard Russian troops stationed in Armenia as a threat to Georgia’s national security, Defense Minister Irakli Alasania said during an official visit to Yerevan on Thursday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian pledged to continue challenging the legitimacy of President Serzh Sarkisian’s reelection with nationwide street protests as he again rallied several thousand supporters in Yerevan on Tuesday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Monday appealed to Armenia’s Constitutional Court to annul the official results of the February 18 presidential election and declare him its rightful winner.
The Armenian government approved on Thursday a tax break for a multimillion-dollar mining project in the northern Lori province that is fiercely opposed by local environment protection groups.
The Armenian government is not worried about continuing opposition demonstrations against the official results of the February 18 election and has no plans to break up them, the ruling Republican Party (HHK) said on Tuesday.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) of Gagik Tsarukian appeared to justify post-election opposition demonstrations in the country on Monday, warning the authorities against using force against their participants.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Tuesday insisted that he is the rightful winner of Monday’s presidential election and rejected as fraudulent official vote results giving victory to President Serzh Sarkisian.
The opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Friday urged supporters not to vote for President Serzh Sarkisian in Monday’s presidential election.
The Armenian government on Thursday officially scheduled for May 5 the next municipal elections in Yerevan in which the ruling Republican Party (HHK) plans to score another victory.
Armenia’s presidential election will not be free and fair despite government assurances to the contrary, opposition candidate Raffi Hovannisian claimed on Wednesday during a campaign trip to the southern Armavir province.
Iran’s ambassador to Armenia defended a possible lease by Iranian sheep and cattle breeders of Armenian mountain pastures on Tuesday amid growing concerns voiced by government critics in Yerevan.
A longtime member of an Armenian opposition party linked to former President Levon Ter-Petrosian has been expelled from its ranks for supporting a dissident opposition leader running for president.
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