Armenian Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan told reporters today that one Armenian serviceman is on trial for treason during last year’s Karabakh war.
The Armenian National Assembly has decided not to publicize the findings of an ad hoc parliamentary committee formed in 2019, on the orders of PM Nikol Pashinyan, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the April 2016 war with Azerbaijan.
Colonel-General Movses Hakobyan, a former Artsakh Minister of Defense and former Chief of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, has been charged with revealing state secrets. (Criminal Code Article 306)
Acting Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan confirmed that the Russian military has opened two new bases in Armenia’s southern Syunik Province to ensure security along the country’s new border with Azerbaijan.
Armenia’s National Assembly today failed to elect a new prime minister, the first step in the legal process to dissolve the current legislature and hold snap parliamentary elections in June.
At a special session today of Armenia’s National Assembly, the ruling Im Kayl (My Step) faction nominated Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for the post of prime minister.
"Obviously, we cannot say that the situation is calm and does not contain risks and challenges," he said.
Victor Yengibaryan, who head’s Armenia’s delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, told reporters today in Yerevan that delegation members focused on the Armenian POW issues last week’s online plenary session.
The Armenian Ministry of Defense has handed over the personal files of 3,039 citizens killed in last year’s Artsakh war to the Insurance Foundation for Servicemen (IFS) for compensation review.
The Armenian National Assembly today, at a second reading, passed a Bright Armenian faction bill increasing age limits for contractual military service.
According to current law, the maximum age for contractual military service is 45. In the first reading of the bill, the LHP proposed raising the threshold to 63, but after discussions with the government, it was decided to set an age scale according
Armenian National Assembly Vice Speaker Lena Nazaryan today reprimanded those MPs who left the ruling My Step (Im Kayl) faction, and other opposition deputies, for not assuming any blame for Armenia’s defeat in last year’s war in Artsakh.
Armenian Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan today said the government plans to vaccinate 600,000-700,000 people a year against Covid-19.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan today, at a parliamentary session focusing on the government’s 2020 performance, claimed that 7.2 billion drams ($13.8M) has already been allocated to the people of Artsakh as compensation for the losses
The question was raised by National Assembly Vice Speaker Alen Simonyan, noting that journalists have been recently asking him about Armenian-Turkish relations.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, today in the National Assembly, described the allegation of Colonel-General Moveses Hakobyan, the former head of the Military Control Service of the Ministry of Defense, that the mobilization of troops during last year’s
The Armenian National Assembly today launched a debate about the Pashinyan government's performance in 2020.
The Armenian National Assembly today, at the first reading, passed a bill calling for the full transition to the proportional electoral system.
Parents of Armenian servicemen killed or reported missing during last year’s war in Artsakh want the Armenia’s National Security Service to investigate the circumstances in which their loved ones died or went missing.
On March 9, the Armenian National Assembly’s My Step (Im Kayl) faction introduced a package of draft amendments to the laws annexed to the Electoral Code, which proposes a full transition to the proportional electoral system, excluding the current ra
Ayvazyan argued that Armenia’s diplomatic work, over the past 26 years, successful maintained the status-quo regarding Artsakh and was searching for a final negotiated settlement, but that Azerbaijan opted for a military solution.
Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan stated today that the Armenian government is not engaged in any official talks with Turkey.
The Armenian National Assembly today passed a bill allowing for life imprisonment for those found guilty of either “high treason” or “espionage”.
The Armenian Ministry of Health reports that, to date, some 600 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the country.
The Armenian National Assembly today fully adopted, at its the second reading, a bill to increase compensation fines for insult and slander.
Armenia’s parliament has approved a bill to lift the state of martial law that was declared on September 27, 2020.
During today’s Armenian parliamentary session, government and opposition MPs accused each other of receiving bonuses.
Three independent MPs in Armenia’s National Assembly have decided to create an “Artsakh Initiative” to refocus the attention of deputies on Artsakh.
The Armenian National Assembly is currently debating a bill that would increase jail time for those convicted of “high treason” to twenty years or life imprisonment from the current maximum sentence of 10-15 years.
Armenian Deputy Defense Minister Arman Sargsyan, responding to a video that appeared on social media over the weekend in which soldiers stationed in Kapan complained about their living conditions, told reporters today that the government is taking st
Armenia’s parliamentary opposition believes a solution to the political crisis in the country, namely the resignation of PM Nikol Pashinyan and the holding of early elections, will be reached in the coming days.
The Lusavor Hayastan (Bright Armenia) parliamentary faction has accepted an invitation by Armenian President Armen Sarkissian to attend a March 13 roundtable discussion focusing on the political situation in the country.
But it did not happen because Pashinyan is not ready to leave.
Yeritsyan said this at a sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs, responding to a question posed by independent MP Sergey Bagratyan.
A special session of Armenia’s parliament, organized by the Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia factions to discuss the political situation in the country, never saw the light of day.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced today that he’s sacked Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Onik Gasparyan and that the decree has been sent to President Armen Sarkissian for his signature.
The Armenian National Assembly’s Standing Committee on the Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs approved a bill designating the first Sunday of October as “National Minorities Day.
To bolster his argument that Armenia needs a law criminalizing the defamation of public servants, Karen Amiryan, Senior Prosecutor of the Organizational-Control and Legal Support Department of the Prosecutor General's Office, say that slandering a pu
Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) wants to criminalize the defamation of public servants, arguing that such acts should be viewed as posing “the highest public danger”.
A bill authored by the Armenian Parliament Vice Speaker Alen Simonyan seeks to increase the amount of compensation for insult and slander to five and ten million drams.
While the ruling Im Kayl (My Step) faction in Armenia claims that no “secret document” has been signed regarding the disputed Davit Bek-Goris stretch of highway in the country’s southern Syunik Province, some opposition MPs claim otherwise.
Armenia’s National Assembly today adopted, in the first reading, a bill introduced by Vice Speaker Alen Simonyan to increase the fines for insult and slander charges.
The Armenian National Assembly today is debating the issue of electing Lilit Tadevosyan president of the Court of Cassation.
Armenian opposition MPs continue to call for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation even though the ruling My Step (Im Kayl) parliamentary faction has nixed the idea of snap elections any time soon.
Armenian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mesrop Arakelyan, at a special parliamentary session today, said that some 9,000 families (40,000 people) in Artsakh lost their homes due to the recent war.
89 out of 132 deputies took part in the voting. 86 deputies voted for Jahangiryan and three voted against him. 85 deputies voted for Khachaturyan and three voted against. One ballot was declared invalid.
The Armenian National Assembly today, at a special session, discussed the candidacy of Gagik Jahangiryan as a member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, at a parliamentary Q&A today, said that the number of Armenian war dead, military and civilian, will not exceed 4,000.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today, at a parliamentary Q&A session, said that 1,300 criminal cases related to the recent Artsakh war are now being investigated.