The Armenian authorities remain ready to resolve the continuing political crisis in the country through a dialogue with opposition leader Nikol Pashinian and his supporters demonstrating in the streets, Defense Minister Vigen Sargsian said on Monday.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian acknowledged on Wednesday growing differences with his key political ally, while saying that he hopes to prevent the collapse of their Yelk bloc, the third largest force in Armenia’s parliament.
Disagreements within the opposition Yelk alliance seemed to deepen on Tuesday as two of its top leaders publicly traded verbal barbs over how to fight against President Serzh Sarkisian.
Amid continuing criticism from environmentalists, a leading Armenian mining company has suspended production operations at a massive copper deposit in the country’s northern Lori province, citing the need to repair its waste disposal facilities.
About 60 insurance agents gathered outside Armenia’s main border crossing with Georgia for a second day on Tuesday to protest against what they see as the government’s privileged treatment of their competitors.
Angry residents of two villages in Armenia’s northern Lori province disrupted on Friday a meeting with government officials and representatives of a private company seeking to mine gold near their communities.
Armenia’s ruling party says it has reached a deal with one of the opposition parties in the city of Vanadzor that it hopes will end the deadlock in the work of a local municipal council.
Amid a continuing lack of interest shown by opposition parties, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) dominated local elections held in 69 communities across the country at the weekend.
The mayor of a village in Armenia’s northern Lori province has stepped down after the local council and residents rejected an obscure company’s plans to mine gold near their community.
Residents of a village in Armenia’s northern Lori province on Friday accused the government of failing to compensate them for their land confiscated for the reconstruction of a major highway passing through their community.
Dozens of residents of a village in Armenia’s northern Lori province blocked a local road on Wednesday to protest against an obscure private company’s plans to mine gold near their community.
Dozens of firms set up by ethnic Armenian refugees from Syria demonstrated on Friday their products and services at a German-sponsored fair in Yerevan aimed at facilitating their economic integration in Armenia.
Anti-trust regulators accused on Friday a Russian-owned company running Armenia’s railway network of inflating capital investments which it claims to have made in line with a management contract signed with the Armenian government in 2007.
Vartan Oskanian, a former foreign minister highly critical of Armenia’s current leadership, officially announced on Wednesday the establishment of his new political party that will challenge President Serzh Sarkisian.
A powerful Armenian official who has long been linked with lucrative entrepreneurial activity stepped down on Monday after being accused of having secret offshore accounts exposed by the Panama Papers. (UPDATED)
The Azerbaijani military on Saturday acknowledged that it went on offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh and said 12 of its soldiers died and an Azerbaijani attack helicopter was shot down by the Armenians as a result.
Hundreds of farmers again blocked traffic on a major highway in Armenia on Tuesday to protest against a local winery’s continuing failure to pay for grapes that were purchased from them last autumn.
Dozens of farmers blocked a major highway in Armenia on Tuesday as they staged a fresh protest against a local winery’s failure to pay for grapes that were purchased from them last autumn.
An alliance of radical opposition groups on Monday acknowledged that its nonstop protests aimed at toppling President Serzh Sarkisian have not attracted strong popular support and pledged to reconsider its tactics.
An elderly resident of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush region was reportedly detained by Azerbaijani authorities at the weekend after crossing into Azerbaijan in unclear circumstances.
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