Azerbaijani military units have advanced to a position four and a half kilometers from the Armenian town of Jermuk, this according to Head of the Armenian Armed Forces General Staff Edward Asryan.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, at today’s government cabinet session, said that all Azerbaijani troops now within the borders of Armenia must leave.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, at a government cabinet session today, said that while the situation along the border with Azerbaijan remains tense, there is no need to declare martial law.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan today reported that 135 Armenian servicemen have been confirmed killed in recent fighting along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, at today’s government cabinet session, said that his discussion yesterday in Brussels with Azerbaijani President Ilham was “extensive but difficult”.
Armenian Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan told reporters today that the government will not compensate business owners at Yerevan’s Surmalu Market for losses incurred in the August 14 explosion.
He was four years old in 1988 when the family fled Shushi at the outbreak of the Artsakh war. They returned to the town in 1992 when Armenian troops liberated the town.
Armenian Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan today warned that safety restrictions will be reinstated if the number of Covid-19 cases in the country continues to increase.
Armenian will spend 3.1 billion drams (US$7.447m) to purchase police patrol cars for the provinces of Aragatzotn, Gegharkunik, Tavush and Kotayk.
Minister of Emergency Affairs Armen Pambukchyan, at a government cabinet session today, said most firefighting/emergency rescue units are housed in buildings dating to the 1960s and 1970s and that some 60% of the vehicles are of Soviet manufacture.
Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Vache Terteryan told officials at a government cabinet session today said that 2.6 billion drams will be used to repair of two interstate highways, 5.5 billion to overhaul six national
Minister Vahram Dumanyan today read a revised statement at a press briefing that omitted a passage in yesterday’s statement that the ministry only heard about construction work on the mountain via media reports.
The Armenian government today approved a measure to bail out a casino owned by Armenian business tycoon and Prosperous Armenia party head Gagik Tsarukyan.
The special envoys of Armenia and Turkey met in Vienna last week and agree to permit citizens of other countries to cross the land border separating them.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan today announced that the government plans to increase the minimum monthly salary from 68,000 to 75,000 drams ($167 - $184).
$68.6 million will be used to fight corruption in Armenia and to implement reforms in the judiciary, public administration and self-government.
The Armenian government today decided to pay bonuses of 500,000 drams (US$ 1,188) monthly to athletes who win first place in world championships.
The Armenian government today decided to allocate 1.980 billion drams (US$4.7m) to maintain average yearly salaries to police employees.
Armenian Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan wants the National Assembly to investigate an incident that occurred yesterday when three opposition MPs entered her office and threw photos showing the bodies of 2020 Karabakh war dead.
The Police Department issued a statement claiming that protesters threw stones, bottles and metallic objects at police officers and that eleven individuals were detained in the melee.
Armenian PM Pashinyan remarked that 3,250 families have received housing assistance to date and that another 2,500 will receive benefits this year.
Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan today reiterated that the Pashinyan government continues to stress the security and rights of Armenians in Artsakh in peace negotiations with Baku.
Armenian Minister of High-Tech Industry Robert Khachatryan and Armenian Ambassador to the U.S. Lilit Makunts were present at the launch site.
Regarding relations with Turkey, the opposition says that any normalization agreement with Ankara must not call into question the fact of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
The Armenian government will pay US$280,000 to international law firm Steptoe & Johnson to represent its interests in an investment arbitrage suit dating to 2012.
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy and Pashinyan were scheduled to attend the forum.
Grigoryan told reporters today in Yerevan that Pashinyan has the support of most people and denied rumors that the government will request CSTO assistance to quell the protests.
While protesters marched on the National Assembly, inside, Hayastan MP Armen Rustamyan accused Pashinyan of thwarting the Artsakh negotiation process and bringing war and defeat to the Armenian side.
The political opposition in Armenia will publicly call for the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Pashinyan opponents marched on Yerevan from the towns of Aparan and Sardarapat.
The new station will, once completed, extend Yerevan’s one-line ten station system to the capital’s Ajapnyak district northwest of the city center.
The political opposition in Armenia, headed by the Hayastan and With Honor parliamentary factions, launched a second day of protests to topple the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Yelizavet Ohanjanyan was also marching. Her son volunteered to fight and was killed on October 20, 2020 in Artsakh.
“This is my ironclad guarantee that the fate of Artsakh cannot be decided behind the people’s back,” Pashinyan said during today’s government cabinet session.
Armenia will spend 3.8 billion drams (US$7.968m) to construct and reconstruct healthcare establishments throughout the country.
The Armenian government will spend 54 million drams (US$113,320) to purchase three Toyota RAV “escort” vehicles for National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan.
The Armenian government is set to approve a Ministry of High-Tech Industry proposal that Armenia sign an agreement with Russia designed to expand the coordination of information security between their two governments.
Following today’s government cabinet session, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said he was “pained” to hear of the arrest of Minister of Emergency Situations Andranik Piloyan on corruption charges.
The Armenian government today announced its opposition to a bill that would require the Minister of Foreign Affairs to submit a quarterly report, and the Prime Minister twice a year, to the parliament regarding any ongoing foreign policy and security
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan today told his cabinet members that the influx of people fleeing the consequences of the war in Ukraine is having “ quite good economic effects” for Armenia.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, at a government cabinet meeting today, said that Azerbaijanis pursuing a policy to make it impossible for Artsakh Armenians to live in their homeland.
Announcing that the government will be accepting tender bids to construct the Sisian-Kajaran section of the country’s North-South Highway Project, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said such an investment project, estimated to cost several hundred million
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, during today’s cabinet session, said that only 256 (11.6%) of those now being treated in Armenian hospitals for the coronavirus had been vaccinated.
Pashinyan, at today’s government cabinet session, said that Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk and General Director of Russian Railways Oleg Belozyorov arrived in Armenia to discuss the matter.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, at today’s government cabinet session, said that the country’s 7% inflation rate is worrying and that his administration is taking steps to curb it.
The Eurasian Development Bank will provide $1,719,200 worth of assistance to Armenia under an agreement the Armenian government signed today.
Residents of Armenia will have to show proof of vaccination or a negative PCR coronavirus test before entering public places.
The Armenian government today approved the allocation of 8 billion AMD (US$16.254 million) to finance ongoing programs anti-coronavirus programs.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, at a government cabinet session today, said that no one in Armenia has yet been diagnosed with the new omicron coronavirus variant.