The chief of Armenia’s largest prison has stepped down amid an ongoing criminal investigation into the brazen escape of two men who served life sentences there for murder, law-enforcement sources said on Wednesday.
The All-Armenian Fund Hayastan said on Friday that it has received almost $16 million in donations pledges from Armenians around the world to rebuild the war-ravaged Nagorno-Karabakh town of Shushi during an annual fundraising campaign.
President Serzh Sarkisian has formally asked Armenia’s Constitutional Court to certify the legality of his controversial normalization agreements with Turkey, a court official said at the weekend.
The European Court of Human Rights has thrown out an appeal from an Armenian scholar and former diplomat serving a ten-year prison sentence given to him for alleged espionage in favor of Turkey, it emerged on Friday.
Armenia’s Administrative Court on Friday ordered police to issue Nikol Pashinian, a jailed opposition leader and newspaper editor, with a document that will allow him to contest a forthcoming parliamentary by-election.
A junior partner in Armenia’s governing coalition reaffirmed on Thursday its threats to walk out of Yerevan’s municipal council if its pro-presidential majority and Mayor Gagik Beglarian continue to run the city “single-handedly.”
Labor and Social Affairs Minister Gevorg Petrosian has stepped down under pressure from his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) which considers his six-month tenure to have been a failure.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian is ready, in principle, to cooperate with President Serzh Sarkisian, a leading member of his Armenian National Congress (HAK) confirmed on Tuesday.
A court in Yerevan ordered a leading pro-opposition newspaper on Monday to repay 2.6 million drams ($6,750) in what it described as publishing debts or face closure.
Two small groups aligned with the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) took issue on Friday with its top leader Levon Ter-Petrosian’s harsh attacks on nationalist critics of Armenia’s rapprochement with Turkey.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Thursday dismissed Levon Ter-Petrosian’s harsh criticism of its hard line on Turkey and said he ceased to be Armenia’s top opposition leader after making far-reaching overtures to President Serzh Sarkisian.
Authorities in Armenia have controversially barred Nikol Pashinian, an outspoken opposition figure and newspaper editor tried for his role in last year’s post-election unrest in Yerevan, from standing an upcoming parliamentary by-election.
An outspoken newspaper editor and opposition figure currently on trial for his alleged role in last year’s post-election violence has made a bid to contest a parliament seat recently vacated by another prominent oppositionist.
A senior Foreign Ministry official in Yerevan has insisted that Turkey should ratify the fence-mending agreement signed recently between the two countries within a “reasonable timeframe”.
Armenia’s justice minister believes the establishment of diplomatic relations and an open border with Turkey will inevitably necessitate certain amendments in some of Armenia’s laws to ensure “a normal enforcement” of the agreements between the two countries that have “essentially differing domestic legislations.”
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Friday announced plans to campaign for leadership change in Armenia but again made clear that it is still not seeking President Serzh Sarkisian despite vehemently objecting to his rapprochement with Turkey.
Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) said on Wednesday that it has arrested two persons, including a retired army officer, on charges of spying for Azerbaijan.
President Serzh Sarkisian faced harsh criticism from domestic political opponents, media and football fans on Thursday for what they saw as his unbridled celebration of Turkey’s defeat of Armenia in a high-profile match the previous night.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Wednesday that it will defy a government ban and again rally supporters in Yerevan this week in protest against the controversial Turkish-Armenian agreements.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) will campaign for President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation if he signs controversial normalization agreements with Turkey, a leader of the nationalist party warned on Thursday.
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