Former President Serzh Sarkisian has said that his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has devised a new plan to oust Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian but refused to shed light on it.
One week after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian ruled out the possibility of an Azerbaijani military attack on Armenia, a senior member of his party accused Baku on Wednesday of heightening tensions along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Armenia’s current constitution does not lack domestic legitimacy or contain territorial claims to Azerbaijan, the chairman of the country’s Constitutional Court, Arman Dilanian, insisted on Monday.
Another political ally of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has lambasted Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian population for fleeing the region following Azerbaijan’s large-scale military assault in September 2023.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian admitted on Wednesday that he will try to enact the kind of constitutional change that Azerbaijan has set as a necessary condition for ending the conflict with Armenia.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian dismissed on Tuesday the European Union’s possible negative reaction to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s presence at an upcoming military parade in Moscow dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
Azerbaijani forces again shot at a border village in Armenia’s Syunik province and damaged a building there late on Sunday, the Armenian Defense Ministry said on Monday amid continuing cross-border gunfire reported by local residents.
Armenian prosecutors have decided to appeal against a court order to launch a criminal investigation into Finance Minister Vahe Hovannisian’s personal business deals, including an interest-free $1 million loan received by him.
Justice Minister Srbuhi Galian has indicated government plans to fast-track the drafting of a new Armenian constitution demanded by Azerbaijan.
An Armenian appeals court has ordered a law-enforcement agency to look into the legality of an interest-free $1 million loan received by Finance Minister Vahe Hovannisian and his other personal business deals.
A prominent member of Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party has made clear that he does not regret swearing at a reporter in a drunken scandal in Gyumri that led to his resignation from the parliament.
The ruling Civil Contract party’s candidate in the upcoming mayoral election in Gyumri faced an uproar from Armenian opposition figures and exiled Nagorno-Karabakh activists on Friday after saying that Karabakh was a “bad place” before being recaptured by Azerbaijan.
Security officers used force on Wednesday to stop journalists covering sessions of the Armenian parliament from protesting against a senior pro-government lawmaker who publicly insulted one of them last week.
Armenia is not considering unfreezing its membership in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), parliament speaker Alen Simonian said on Tuesday amid Yerevan’s apparent efforts to ease tensions with Moscow.
Azerbaijan has still not responded positively to Armenia’s proposals to sign a peace treaty essentially finalized by the two sides on March 13, a senior Armenian diplomat said on Monday.
After a three-week delay, a standing committee of the Armenian parliament on Monday paved the way for the final passage of a government-backed bill calling for Armenia’s eventual membership in the European Union.
Defense Minister Suren Papikian insisted on Friday that there are no clear indications yet of an imminent Azerbaijani invasion of Armenia.
An Armenian parliamentarian expelled from the ruling Civil Contract party after defying Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday that he is undaunted by criminal charges that will likely be brought against him next week.
A new constitution which the Armenian government wants to enact must not hamper a resolution of the conflict with Azerbaijan, Justice Minister Srbuhi Galian said on Tuesday.
Exiled activists from Nagorno-Karabakh have threatened to sue the Armenian government if it does withdraw its lawsuits filed against Azerbaijan since the 2020 Karabakh war.
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