Lawyers representing the family of a man who was beaten to death at a Yerevan restaurant in June criticized on Wednesday an ongoing criminal investigation into the high-profile assault conducted by the Armenian police.
The Armenian tax authorities have suspended a financial inspection of a Yerevan think-tank that began last month as part of controversial criminal proceedings launched against its founder, former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian.
A senior diplomat from the Syrian Embassy in Armenia appears to have defected to Dubai, joining several of his colleagues in openly backing the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
A man has been formally charged in an ongoing criminal investigation into last May’s mass explosions of balloons during an election campaign gathering held by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), police said on Thursday.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) intends to widen its control of most local government bodies across the country as a result of upcoming elections, one of its leaders said on Wednesday.
Armenia and Iran fleshed out on Tuesday plans for the establishment of a natural reserve on either side of their border, which is meant to symbolize and cement growing cooperation between the two neighboring states.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian and his close associates affiliated with his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) are too wealthy to be in opposition to the government, a well-known BHK member said on Monday.
The Armenian government plans to simplify thousands of laws and regulations in the next two years as part of its ongoing efforts to improve the country’s business environment and combat corruption, a senior official announced on Wednesday.
Armenia’s main opposition forces could and should field a single candidate for next year’s presidential election, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Tuesday.
Thirty-five Armenian soldiers flew to Kosovo on Friday as Armenia resumed its participation in a NATO-led peacekeeping force deployed in the former Yugoslav province following a five-month hiatus.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) expressed readiness on Tuesday to endorse candidates that will be fielded by the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and other political forces challenging the government for upcoming local elections.
A leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), on Monday accused unspecified “external forces” of trying to spread discord in the opposition party and thus weaken it following its poor showing in the recent parliamentary elections.
The Armenian military believes that a new war with Azerbaijani over Nagorno-Karabakh is unlikely to break out soon despite growing ceasefire violations in the conflict zone, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian said on Friday.
The first deputy head of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) on Thursday commented cautiously on its ability to ensure a sizable increase in tax revenues envisaged by Armenia’s state budget for this year.
The head of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS), Gorik Hakobian, on Friday criticized Vartan Oskanian for refusing to give testimony in a controversial criminal investigation which the former foreign minister regards as politically motivated.
A significantly higher growth target set by President Serzh Sarkisian for the Armenian economy this year is “achievable” but contingent on a host of domestic and external factors, a senior official from the World Bank said on Thursday.
Russia will double this year the number of its soldiers serving at its military base in Armenia on a contractual basis, a Russian military official said on Wednesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian chaired the first meeting of his new but mostly unchanged government on Monday, telling its members to ensure that economic growth in Armenia is well above earlier government projections this year.
Armenia’s armed forces and other state structures will simulate a general mobilization for a full-scale war in unprecedented exercises that will take place later this month, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian announced on Thursday.
Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) on Wednesday again summoned former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian for questioning in a criminal investigation which he considers baseless and politically motivated.
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