The Armenian armed forces simulated missile strikes on military targets as well as oil and gas installations in Azerbaijan during major exercises held this month, a top military official in Yerevan said on Monday.
Differences emerged between Armenia and Russia over Moscow’s controversial immigration scheme as the intergovernmental committee of the two former Soviet allies met in Yerevan on Friday.
An oversight body at the Armenian Ministry of Finance has reported revelations suggesting a large-scale misuse of public funds in the healthcare sector allegedly committed under the previous minister whose political party quit the ruling coalition earlier this year.
An opposition-leaning lawmaker has been formally charged with embezzlement and money laundering in a high-profile investigation that he and his party view as “politically motivated”.
The government approved on Thursday the sale of the Armenian Foreign Ministry building in Yerevan for more than $51 million which it said will be mostly spent on the construction of new ministry premises.
The Armenian government unveiled on Thursday its draft budget for next year that would increase public spending by more than 10 percent and at the same time cut the fiscal deficit further.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian all but confirmed on Thursday his participation in Armenia’s forthcoming presidential election which he said must be the most democratic in the country’s history.
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov emphasized the “strategic significance” of his country’s relations with Armenia after meeting Armenian leaders and watching military exercises held by the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) near Yerevan on Wednesday.
The secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said on Tuesday that its recently established rapid reaction force is already capable of repelling an armed aggression against Armenia and other members of the Russian-led security pact.
Helped by warplanes, helicopters and artillery, special forces from Russia and five other former Soviet republics simulated on Monday a joint operation against what their commanders called “irregular armed groups” on the third day of exercises held in Armenia.
About 2,000 soldiers from Russia and five other former Soviet republics will begin on Saturday five-day military exercises in Armenia within the framework of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stressed on Thursday the importance of his Prosperous Armenia Party’s (BHK) victory in the weekend municipal elections in Gyumri, saying that it could weaken President Serzh Sarkisian’s grip on power.
The government denied on Thursday reports that it is concealing a more than 20 percent increase in the price of Russian natural gas for Armenia that was allegedly agreed with Russia’s Gazprom monopoly early this year.
Armenia’s economy has become slightly more competitive over the past year thanks to greater government transparency and macroeconomic stability, according to an annual global survey released on Wednesday.
Corruption was a key factor behind Hungary’s decision to extradite the Azerbaijani axe-murderer of Armenian Lieutenant Gurgen Markarian to Azerbaijan and thus enable his triumphant release in Baku, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian suggested on Tuesday.
Armenia signaled on Tuesday no plans to unilaterally withdraw from ongoing peace talks with Azerbaijan in response to the controversial release from a Hungarian prison of an Azerbaijani army officer who had brutally murdered an Armenian colleague.
The Armavia airline elaborated Thursday on its decision to abandon two Russian-made Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft, saying that they have proved to be too costly and not reliable enough.
The Armenian police believe that six employees of a Yerevan restaurant arrested on assault charges were not the only individuals that brutally beat three military doctors on June 17, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
Citing safety reasons, Armenia’s national airline, Armavia, said on Monday that it has decided not to add Russian-made Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft to its fleet despite an existing supply contract with their state-owned manufacturer.
The Armenian police have toughened criminal charges against six men arrested for beating up to death a military doctor at a Yerevan restaurant in June, it emerged on Wednesday.
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