Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian dismissed on Wednesday opposition demands for his resignation, saying that they are not backed by most Armenians.
Armenia’s former Presidents Levon Ter-Petrosian, Serzh Sarkisian and Robert Kocharian have met for the first time in many years to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, it was announced on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian met on Monday with senior members of several Armenian opposition groups, including the former ruling Republican Party (HHK), to discuss the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
Azerbaijani forces shelled Nagorno-Karabakh’s capital Stepanakert on Friday, injuring at least four local residents and damaging several buildings.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian denied through a spokeswoman on Tuesday secret collaboration with Russian implicitly alleged by a Russian opposition group.
A former member of an anti-corruption body has revealed his “preliminary consent” to be named a government candidate for a Constitutional Court judge soon.
Former President Serzh Sarkisian believes that the outcome of four-day deadly clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh in April 2016 was an Armenian victory because Azerbaijan “failed to achieve any of its political goals” in that escalation.
The Armenia government said on Friday it will likely extend a state of emergency by yet another month due to the continuing coronavirus crisis in the country.
President Armen Sarkissian has said that he must be legally empowered to appoint, rather than nominate, three of the nine members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court.
The Armenian government has done a good job tackling the coronavirus pandemic and is not solely responsible for the large number of infections in Armenia, Health Minister Arsen Torosian insisted on Friday.
Senior lawmakers from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s My Step bloc criticized their opposition colleagues on Thursday for pushing for a parliamentary inquiry into the Armenian authorities’ response to the continuing coronavirus crisis in the country.
Gagik Tsarukian, the leader of the main opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), said on Tuesday that he has been infected with the coronavirus.
In an appeal dismissed by the government as null and void, the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Friday asked the Constitutional Court to invalidate constitutional changes mandating the immediate removal of three of its nine judges.
The Bright Armenia Party (LHK) said on Wednesday it will not join for now another parliamentary opposition group in challenging the legality of government-backed constitutional amendments calling for the dismissal of three of the nine members of the country’s Constitutional Court.
The two opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Friday of trying to intimidate and muzzle them for their growing criticism of his handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Former President Robert Kocharian’s lawyers and detractors offered on Friday different interpretations of conclusions drawn by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the legality of coup charges brought against him.
The number of people dying from coronavirus could rise sharply if the highly infectious disease continues to spread rapidly in Armenia, Health Minister Arsen Torosian warned on Thursday.
A major opposition party has accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of condoning and inciting violent attacks on its members following an ugly brawl that disrupted a session of Armenia’s parliament on Friday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian held on Thursday an unexpected meeting with Edmon Marukian, the leader of one of the two opposition parties represented in the Armenian parliament.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has launched fresh scathing attacks on Artur Vanetsian, prompting angry rebuttals from the former head of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS).
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