Armenia’s parliament on Tuesday allowed law-enforcement authorities to prosecute one of its members, retired General Manvel Grigorian, and to keep him in pre-trial detention on charges of illegal arms possession and embezzlement.
The National Security Service (NSS) confirmed on Tuesday that it has launched a tax evasion investigation into Armenia’s largest retail chain controlled by Samvel Aleksanian, a wealthy businessman representing the former ruling Republican Party (HHK) in parliament.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Tuesday described as “very productive” his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin which was held in Sochi on Monday.
“We discussed a very broad range of issues and it was
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian initiated on Thursday the dismissal of the heads of Armenia’s police and National Security Service (NSS) who had been appointed by his predecessor Serzh Sarkisian.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian urged Armenia’s leading political groups on Thursday to reach an agreement on fresh general elections, saying that they are vital for ending what he sees as a continuing political crisis.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian called for Nagorno-Karabakh’s direct involvement in Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks when he visited Stepanakert on Wednesday one day after being elected to Armenia’s top government post.
"As a result of the hunger strike, Garegin Chugaszyan is exhausted which was greatly impacted also by unfavorable conditions of his long-time hiding in order to avoid persecution, and, due to these conditions, the threat to his health is estimated even higher," stated Garegin Chugaszyan`s
"My clients today have declared hunger strike for an indefinite period of time. Joining the initiative of Garegin Chugaszyan, President of the Founding Parliament. they too demand the immediate release of all political prisoners in prisons of Armenia. At this point, my clients have not b
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