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).
The supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Garegin II, has been criticized by Armenia’s political leadership after calling for former President Robert Kocharian’s release from prison.
Armenia’s government on Monday extended by one month a state of emergency which it declared on March 16 following the first cases of coronavirus recorded in the country.
Armenia’s national gas distribution company owned by Russia’s Gazprom giant on Wednesday asked public utility regulators to raise its retail prices set for households and corporate consumers.
An Armenian opposition leader has called on the authorities to postpone the constitutional referendum scheduled for April 5 because of the risks posed by the spread of the new coronavirus infection in the country.
Just days after starting his corruption trial, a court in Yerevan has allowed former President Serzh Sarkisian to visit Brussels and meet with prominent European politicians, including Donald Tusk, the European Union’s former top official.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party has been criticized by some of its political allies for hiring several hundred people previously linked to Armenia’s former authorities to conduct the upcoming referendum on controversial constitutional amendments sought by it.
Armenia made clear on Thursday that it will not close its border with Georgia despite the first case of coronavirus reported there.
Two major opposition parties have pledged to cooperate with a group of lawyers campaigning for a “no” vote in the upcoming referendum on a government proposal to oust most members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court.
The Armenian government allocated on Thursday about 3.5 billion drams ($7.3 million) for the conduct of the upcoming referendum on its controversial proposal to replace most members of the country’s Constitutional Court.
Armenia’s leadership pledged to punish senior military officials and improve military discipline on Tuesday following a spate of non-combat deaths of Armenian army soldiers reported in recent weeks.
The opposition Bright Armenia Party (LHK) on Tuesday again denounced constitutional changes drafted by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s political team as illegal but said it will not actively urge voters to reject them in an upcoming referendum.
Ignoring opposition objections, Armenia’s parliament decided on Thursday to hold a referendum on constitutional changes that would dismiss seven of the nine members of the Constitutional Court locked in a bitter dispute with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s government.
The head of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission has again expressed serious concern over the “open conflict” between Armenia’s government and Constitutional Court and called for its quick de-escalation.
Prompting opposition concerns, the pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament has signaled plans to enact new legislation that would allow it to bypass the Constitutional Court to amend the country’s constitution.
Armenia should not revert to the presidential system of government as a result of constitutional changes planned by its current leadership, Justice Minister Rustam Badasian said on Tuesday.
The government has started forming an ad hoc commission tasked with drafting fresh amendments to Armenia’s constitution.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has dismissed Vladimir Karapetian, a well-known politician who has worked as his chief spokesman for the past year.
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