A Yerevan judge sacked last month has taken legal action against an Armenian judicial body that engineered his controversial dismissal by President Serzh Sarkisian, it emerged on Thursday.
Armenia’s state human rights ombudsman, Karen Andreasian, on Tuesday condemned as illegal the controversial closure of kiosks in Yerevan ordered by Mayor Karen Karapetian.
Authorities in Yerevan will not close commercial kiosks en masse, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian and Mayor Karen Karapetian said on Thursday amid continuing protests by small traders fearing for their future.
A German-owned mining company has almost tripled its financial contributions to the state budget and become Armenia’s largest corporate taxpayer thanks to increased international prices of base metals.
President Serzh Sarkisian’s governing coalition hopes to convince the Armenian National Congress (HAK) to drop persistent demands for the conduct of early national elections, one of its representatives said on Friday.
Consumer price inflation in Armenia continued to fall last month amid a seasonal drop in the prices of domestic agricultural products, the latest government data show.
A judge who was controversially sacked this month launched a scathing attack on Armenia’s judicial system on Friday, saying that it is far from being independent, objective and fair.
Nikol Pashinian, a leading member of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK), claimed on Thursday that the authorities will agree to hold fresh presidential and parliamentary elections before the end of this year.
Azerbaijan on Monday officially responded to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s proposals aimed at salvaging the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
President Serzh Sarkisian has sacked a district court judge in Yerevan, a move which Armenia’s national bar association considers a serious bloc to judicial independence.
Information technology (IT) has become a major sector of the Armenian economy and will continue to grow strongly in the years to come, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said on Wednesday.
In what appears to be another concession to the Armenian National Congress (HAK), President Serzh Sarkisian and his three-party governing coalition have formed an ad hoc team tasked with holding talks with the opposition alliance.
An affluent entrepreneur running aviation, fuel-importing and other businesses in Armenia believes the economic crisis still lingers in the country and will actually peak only in two years’ time.
Armenia said on Tuesday that it is undaunted by Azerbaijan’s ongoing military buildup and, in particular, the recent purchase of sophisticated Russian anti-aircraft missiles that were first put on display in Baku over the weekend.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) still hopes to engage in a meaningful dialogue with Armenia’s government, Stepan Demirchian, a leading member of the opposition alliance, said on Tuesday.
Two major Armenian opposition parties warned President Serzh Sarkisian on Thursday against accepting a compromise solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict favored by international mediators.
Armenia manufactures and supplies its armed forces with unmanned military aircraft capable of flying deep into enemy territory, the deputy commander of the country’s small air force said over the weekend.
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on Tuesday confirmed that Armenia and Azerbaijan could soon reach framework agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh but cautioned that it would have to be approved by the disputed territory’s ethnic Armenian leadership.
The Armenian authorities insisted on Friday that they are doing their best to revive the country’s largest chemical enterprise amid renewed street protests by its workers demanding the payment of back wages.
The Armenian authorities released on Thursday the last opposition activist who was arrested by them in 2008 and remained in prison on controversial charges.
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