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Armenian court to announce ruling on Gagik Tsarukyan on June 21
... elections. Sargsyan emphasized that there is not a single document in the case that would testify that Tsarukyan personally gave bribes or ordered others to give them. On June 16 Armenia's National Assembly voted to strip Gagik Tsarukyan of his parliamentary ... ... commercial activity. The motion brought to parliament by prosecutor general Artur Davtyan was backed by 87 MPs, all from the ruling My Step bloc. Tsarukyan is accused of creating and leading an organized group that bought more than 17,000 votes for his ...
06/19/2020Rector of Haybusak University extorted bribes on the pretext of enrolling in the university
... 2017, the Prosecutor General's Office reported. YEREVAN, 11 June. /ARKA/. Haybusak University Rector demanded and received bribes from a number of individuals under the pretext of enrolling them in the university's Ijevan branch to the amount of AMD ... ... the current rector. A suspect or accused of an alleged crime is considered innocent until proven guilty according to a court ruling that has entered into legal force, in accordance with the procedure established by the Criminal Procedure Code of Armenia....
06/11/2024Armenian prosecutors launch criminal investigation into large-scale corruption case
... case was opened at the request of a parliament member frоm the ruling My Step faction Arusyak Julhakyan, who cited the ECHR's ruling and a 2012 newspaper story which quoted a US citizen as saying that he had to bribe officials of Yerevan City Hall. It ... ... in 2012, a US citizen of Armenian origin, Pavel Anderson, said in a newspaper story that he had given $500,000 and $200,000 bribes to the Yerevan Mayor's office for a permission to his Vizkon company to implement a redevelopment project on Byuzand street ...
09/13/2019UN court upholds its ruling on Lachin corridor in Armenia's case against Azerbaijan
... reaffirmed the provisional measure indicated in its щrder of 22 February 2023, finding that there is no need for modification of it, Armenia's representative for international legal affairs Yeghishe Kirakosyan announced in a tweet, referring to the court's ruling on a new lawsuit filed by Armenia against Azerbaijan on May 12. YEREVAN, July 7. /ARKA/. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) today reaffirmed the provisional measure indicated in its щrder of 22 February 2023, finding that there is no ...
07/07/2023Dashnaktsutiun willing to join Armenian ruling coalition
Hrant Margaryan, a representative of the bureau of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun, said Tuesday that the party is almost ready to accept the invitation of the Republican Party of Armenia to the ruling coalition, Novosti-Armenia reports. YEREVAN, January 20. /ARKA/. Hrant Margaryan, a representative of the bureau of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun, said Tuesday that the party is almost ready to accept the invitation ...
01/20/2016Former Justice Minister Calls Armenia's Constitutional Court Decision on Law on Confiscation of Illegal Property Illegal
Former Justice Minister of Armenia and Deputy Chairman of the Republican Party, David Harutyunyan, has expressed concerns over the Constitutional Court's recent ruling on the law "On Confiscation of Illegal Property." According to Harutyunyan, the Court's decision is flawed and violates legal protocols. YEREVAN, April 29. /ARКА/. Former Justice Minister of Armenia and Deputy Chairman of the Republican ...
04/29/2025Ruling Armenian party condemns Azerbaijani aggression in statement: opposition refuses to support it
In a statement issued today Armenia's ruling Civil Contract party condemned Azerbaijan's aggression against Armenia's sovereign territory, expressing also full support for the country's armed forces in their hard struggle for territorial integrity and sovereignty. YEREVAN, September ...
09/13/2022Armenian court to announce Kocharyan ruling on September 17
A court in the Armenian capital Yerevan, chaired by Judge Anna Danibekyan, said today the ruling whether ex-president Robert Kocharyan must be released from custody or not pending his trial will be announced on September 17. YEREVAN, September 12. /ARKA/. A court in the Armenian capital Yerevan, chaired by Judge Anna Danibekyan, said ...
09/12/2019Armenia’s administrative court rules to assure Lydian Armenia free passage to Amulsar deposit
... had filed an appeal with the Administrative Court of Armenia to have the Police enforce the rule of law and remove protesters trespassing on Company property and denying all road access to the Amulsar Project. According to Lydian Armenia, the court ruling, announced April 10, 2019, supports Lydian Armenia CJSC’s complaint against a decision made by the local police that there was no basis for the removal of protesters, their vehicles, tents, and trailers to allow Lydian to access the Amulsar project ...
04/12/2019Analyst says the ruling party is likely to form coalition government with ARF
The likelihood that the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, which has won the April 2 parliamentary elections, and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) that came in fourth, will re-join in a new coalition government is quite big, according to Sergey Minasyan,...
04/04/2017Deputy head of ruling party rules out “maydan” in Armenia
The deputy head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Armen Ashotyan has ruled out “maydan” in Armenia. YEREVAN, February 16. /ARKA/. The deputy head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Armen Ashotyan has ruled out “maydan” in Armenia. Ashotyan ...
02/16/2015ECHR rules that Swiss court verdict on denial of Armenian genocide “falls under freedom of expression”
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled today that a 2007 March ruling by the Lausanne Police Court in Switzerland finding that Dogu Perincek, the chairman of Turkish Workers' Party, was guilty of racial discrimination for denying the 1915 mass killings of Armenians as "genocide,” falls under freedom of expression....
12/17/2013Tsarukyan: Dashnaktsutyun party’s withdrawal from ruling coalition to weaken Armenian authorities
Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of Prosperous Armenia, one of governing parties, Dashnaktsutyun party’s withdrawal from the ruling coalition will weaken Armenian authorities. ЕРЕВАН, 27 апреля. /АРКА/. Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of Prosperous Armenia, one of governing parties, Dashnaktsutyun party’s withdrawal from the ruling coalition will weaken Armenian ...
04/28/2009Armenia's snap parliamentary elections to be held under proportional system
... elections in Armenia were held under the so-called rating system when the voters voted not only for parties and electoral blocs but also individual candidates nominated by them. According to critics, this system allowed wealthy candidates from then ruling Republican Party of Armenia to earn votes through vote bribes and abuse of their administrative resources. Apart from eliminating the rating system the changes to the election law proposed by the ruling majority also set a new threshold for parties and party blocs. The threshold for political parties is 4%,...
03/24/2021Bright Armenia party opposed to amending electoral code ahead of snap polls
... parliamentary elections and remove the so-called rating system when the voters voted not only for parties and electoral blocs but also for individual candidates nominated by them. According to critics, this system allowed wealthy candidates from then ruling Republican Party of Armenia to earn votes through vote bribes and abuse of their administrative resources. Apart from eliminating the rating system the changes proposed by My Step also set a new threshold for parties and party blocs. The threshold for political parties is 4%, for blocs of two parties - 8%,...
03/22/2021Yerevan of dream to become real in the near future: Taron Margaryan
... residents’ dreams come true. YEREVAN, MaY 5./ARKA/. Incumbent Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan, who tops the electoral list of the ruling Republican Party, has voted for making Yerevan city of its residents’ dreams come true. “The dream of Yerevan ... ... issues of Yerevan. During our campaign we have presented our new programs,” Margaryan said. Responding to the question about bribes distributed by the Republicans today, he said he is not aware of any case. “If you have such information, apply to ...
05/05/2013Ruling party discusses presence of Russian border guards at Yerevan's Zvartnots airport
Armenian lawmakers from the ruling Civil Contract party are concerned about the continued deployment of Russian border guards at the major international airport Zvartnots, the head of the party's faction in the parliament Artur Hovhannisyan said today. YEREVAN, March 1....
03/01/2024Opposition MP Taguhi Tovmasyan unseated as chair of human rights protection committee
The ruling Civil Contract party of PM Nikol Pashinyan that controls 71 seats in the 107-member National Assembly, voted today to unseat opposition MP Taguhi Tovmasyan from Pativ Unem alliance as chair of the National Assembly’s Committee on Protection ...
07/11/2023Azerbaijani ambassador summoned to Dutch Foreign Ministry because of Baku's failure to comply with ruling of ICJ on Lachin corridor
... to fulfill the decision of the International Court of Justice of Feb 22 that obliged Azerbaijan to lift the blockade of Lachin corridor. Responding, Wobke Hoekstra agreed with the parliamentarians, noting that Azerbaijan is not implementing the court ruling, according to which it must use all means at its disposal to ensure the unimpeded movement of people, vehicles and cargo through the Lachin corridor in both directions. In his letter to the Parliament, the Minister underlined that the ICJ's rulings ...
03/23/2023Armenia's ruling party will eventually ask Constitutional Court to deprive opposition of their parliamentary mandates
Armenia's ruling Civic Contract party of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that controls the majority of seats in the parliament will, nonetheless, ask the Constitutional Court to deprive tens of opposition MPs of their mandates, according to a statement placed on ...
07/22/2022Armenia's ruling party decides against asking Constitutional Court to deprive opposition of their parliamentary mandates
Armenia's ruling Civic Contract party of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that controls the majority of seats in the parliament will not ask the Constitutional Court to deprive tens of opposition MPs of their mandates, Ruben Rubinyan, deputy speaker of the parliament,...
07/14/2022ECHR rules that Ramil Safarov's release, who killed Armenian officer in Budapest, was a violation of European Convention
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has announced the ruling in the case of Makuchyan and Minasyan v. Azerbaijan and Hungary, which finds Azerbaijan guilty of violating the European Convention for the release of Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov, who had axed to death Armenian army officer Gurgen Margaryan ...
05/26/2020No reason to free ex-Armenian president Kocharyan, office of prosecutor general says
Armenia's Office of Prosecutor General has responded today to a ruling of the country's Constitutional Court that declared last Wednesday unconstitutional a legal provision that has been used by law-enforcement authorities for arresting and prosecuting former president Robert Kocharyan. YEREVAN, September 9. ...
09/09/2019Sharmazanov about Serzh Sargsyan
Eduard Sharmazanov, the Armenian parliament deputy speaker and a member the executive board of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, said Thursday that the party’s candidate for the prime-ministerial post is being discussed. YEREVAN, March 23. /ARKA/. Eduard Sharmazanov, the Armenian parliament deputy speaker and a member the executive ...
03/23/2018Armenian ruling party ready to nominate opposition member for the post of prime minister
Vahram Baghdasaryan, a senior parliament member from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, said today the party was ready to nominate a representative of the opposition for the post of prime minister in 2018 after the second and final term of the incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan expires and the country ...
06/22/2017Head of ENA informed about ruling party's stance on possible rise in electricity prices
A senior member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Vahram Baghdasaryan told reporters today that Yevgeny Bibin, the chief executive of Armenia's Russian-owned power distribution company Electricity Networks of Armenia (ENA) was informed about the position of the ruling ...
06/02/2015Greek law criminalizing denial of Armenian, Greek and Assyrian genocides may be overturned by ECHR, ARF official warns
... receive fines up to 100,000 euros. Individuals promoting racism may receive fines of up to 30,000 euros. Hate crimes will be punished by up to three years’ imprisonment. On December 17, 2013 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that a 2007 March ruling by the Lausanne Police Court in Switzerland finding that Dogu Perincek, the chairman of Turkish Workers' Party, was guilty of racial discrimination for denying the 1915 mass killings of Armenians as "genocide,” falls under freedom of ...
09/10/2014Armenia’s non-ruling ‘quadruple’ says it can implement systemic changes avoiding shocks
The non-ruling ‘quadruple’ is able to implement systemic changes in Armenia avoiding shocks, secretary of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition faction Aram Manukyan said after the meeting of the ‘quadruple’ on Wednesday. YEREVAN, July ...
07/03/2014Next nationwide election to bypass ruling party in Armenia – Tsarukyan
The leader of Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan said the next nationwide elections in the country will leave Melik-Adamyan street where the office of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia is, aside. YEREVAN, May 6. /ARKA/. The leader of Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan said the next nationwide elections in the country will leave Melik-Adamyan street where the office of the ruling Republican ...
05/06/2014Armenia’s ruling party declines minority motion on establishing ad hoc transportation commission
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia has rejected a parliamentary minority’s proposal to set up an ad hoc commission to look into public transportation-related issues, the head of its faction, Galust Sahakyan, said today. YEREVAN, April 28. / ...
04/28/2014Mandatory pension pillar cannot be applied after constitutional court ruling – opposition MP
The mandatory pillar of the new funded pension law cannot be applied after the Constitutional Court made its ruling on Wednesday, said member of Armenian parliament from opposition Dashnaktsutiun part Artsvik Minasyan. YEREVAN, April 3. /ARKA/. The mandatory pillar of the new funded pension law cannot be applied after the Constitutional Court made its ruling ...
04/03/2014Struggle should continue for application of constitutional court ruling on pension law in practice - Zurabyan
Political parties and NGOs should pursue the objective of application of the Constitutional Court ruling on the pension law in practice, head of the Armenian National Congress parliament faction Levon Zurabyan said. YEREVAN, April 3. /ARKA/. Political parties and NGOs should pursue the objective of application of the Constitutional Court ruling ...
04/03/2014Armenia’s ruling party not dismayed by minority plans to express vote of no confidence in government
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia is not dismayed by the plans of the parliamentary minority to stage joint rallies later this month in support of a vote of no confidence in the government they are seeking in parliament, Artak Davtyan, an MP from the ...
04/02/2014Armenian parliamentary majority votes against setting up commission to investigate March 1-2 clashes in 2008
The ruling majority in the National Assembly of Armenia voted today against setting up an ad hoc commission to investigate the March 1-2, 2008 street clashes between security forces and opposition protests in the capital Yerevan, which left ten people dead....
03/10/2014Armenian opposition parties to respond soon to proposal to set up commission for considering gas-related issues
MPs from Prosperous Armenia, Heritage, Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun and the Armenian Nation al Congress – the political forces which are not included in the ruling coalition – will discuss the ruling coalition’s draft decision presented Monday by Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan to set up an ad hoc commission for considering problems related to natural gas supply and will reply to it within two days,...
02/18/2014Ruling RPA: Armenian 2013 budget bill to pass despite opposition’s objections
Armenian parliament will pass the draft government budget for 2013 despite the position taken by four out of six parliament groups, head of parliament commission on finance, credits and budget and member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Gagik Minasyan said. YEREVAN, November 19. /ARKA/. Armenian parliament will pass the draft government budget for 2013 despite the position taken by four out of six parliament groups, head of parliament commission ...
11/19/2012Armenian National Congress and Prosperous Armenia unlikely to nominate single candidate for presidency
Tigran Sargsyan, Armenian prime minister and deputy chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, told journalists today that the opposition Armenian National Congress and the Prosperous Armenia party are unlikely to nominate a single candidate in the 2013 presidential election, Novosti-Armenia News Agency reports....
11/14/2012Ruling Republicans to run offices of Armenia’s Prime Minister and Parliament Speaker
The posts of Prime Minister and Parliament Speaker of Armenia will be given to Republicans, the spokesman for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Edward Sharmazanov said Thursday following the Executive Body session. YEREVAN, May 25. /ARKA/. The posts of Prime Minister and Parliament Speaker of Armenia will be given to Republicans, the spokesman for the ...
05/25/2012SCPEC following implementation of its earlier ruling on Alex Grig company
Armenia’s State Commission for Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) said today it is following the pace of implementation of its earlier ruling with regard to Alex Grig company that was penalized in 2010 for producing vodkas with fake trademarks YEREVAN, April 6. / ARKA /. Armenia’s State Commission for Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) said today it is following the pace ...
04/06/2011Lusakert poultry penalized again
An Armenian poultry will have to pay a 5 million Dram penalty for ignoring a ruling of the State Commission for Protection of Economic Cooperation (SCPEC) to stop production of unmarked eggs, it has emerged today. YEREVAN, September 29, /ARKA/. An Armenian poultry will have to pay a 5 million Dram penalty for ignoring a ruling ...
09/30/2010Armenian parliament allows prosecutors to bring charges against second opposition MP
... in the summer of 2021 on charges of obstructing the free expression of the will of the voters, giving and receiving electoral bribes, and violating the ban on charity during early parliamentary elections in June 20, 2021. According to investigation, Charchyan ... ... same year, a lower court in Yerevan revoked Charchyan's arrest and ordered him not to leave the country. The lower court’s ruling was preceded by a Constitutional Court judgment that an elected MP could not be detained. Also, on Wednesday, the ruling ...
02/09/2023Armenian MPs provoke scuffle in parliament (video)
... alliance, provoked today another scuffle in the National Assembly by hurling a bottle with water at MP Hayk Sargsyan from the ruling Civil Contract party of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The scuffle quickly developed into a punch-up with MPs from both ... ... former Armenian defense ministers, during whose tenure young men were freed from mandatory military service in exchange for bribes or a "call" from a high-ranking official are traitors. The accusation put out Seyran Ohanyan of temper and he ...
08/25/2021Armenian parliament set to criminalize obstruction of election campaigning, coercion to vote and election bribery
... /ARKA/. Obstruction of election campaigning, coercion to vote, and vote buying are set to be criminalized in Armenia, MP from the ruling My Step faction Vahagn Hovakimyan said during an extraordinary session of parliament on Wednesday as he unveiled a set ... ... the use of force in a polling station or at its entrance are to be criminalized as well. According to him, giving or receiving bribes, violation of the ban on charity during the pre-election period or obstruction of the free expression of the will of voters ...
04/28/2021Amendments to Armenian election law signed by parliament speaker
... held under the so-called rating system (territorial candidate lists) when the voters voted not only for parties and electoral blocs but also individual candidates nominated by them. According to critics, this system allowed wealthy candidates from then ruling Republican Party of Armenia to earn votes through vote bribes and abuse of their administrative resources. The changes, proposed by the ruling majority, apart from eliminating the rating system also set a new threshold for parties and party blocs. The threshold for political parties is 4%, for blocs of two ...
04/26/2021Venice Commission, OSCE/ODIHR welcome amendments to Armenian electoral code
... elections in Armenia were held under the so-called rating system when the voters voted not only for parties and electoral blocs but also individual candidates nominated by them. According to critics, this system allowed wealthy candidates from then ruling Republican Party of Armenia to earn votes through vote bribes and abuse of their administrative resources. Apart from eliminating the rating system the changes to the election law proposed by the ruling majority also set a new threshold for parties and party blocs. The threshold for political parties is 4%,...
04/23/2021Armenian parliament approves changes to election law as opposition boycotts voting
... elections in Armenia were held under the so-called rating system when the voters voted not only for parties and electoral blocs but also individual candidates nominated by them. According to critics, this system allowed wealthy candidates from then ruling Republican Party of Armenia to earn votes through vote bribes and abuse of their administrative resources. The changes, proposed by the ruling majority, apart from eliminating the rating system also set a new threshold for parties and party blocs. The threshold for political parties is 4%, for blocs of two ...
04/01/2021Opposition leader vows to continue fight after polls
... today the authorities of using the administrative resource to rig the vote in the landmark legislative elections in favor of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, saying that the bloc would not stay at home after the elections and would try to continue ... ... travel from one polling station to another one for multiple voting since there is no single database of fingerprints. Electoral bribes are being distributed. We intend to continue our struggle. We will not stay at home and will try to fight with all possible ...
04/02/2017Powers of ruling Civil Contract faction MP Aren Mkrtchyan terminated
The powers of MP Aren Mkrtchyan from the ruling Civil Contract faction have been officially terminated. YEREVAN, September 1. /ARKA/. The powers of MP Aren Mkrtchyan from the ruling Civil Contract faction have been officially terminated. Mkrtchyan submitted his resignation to parliament ...
09/01/2025Stillborn peace and national mobilization: Experts on Aliyev's threats to Armenia"
... emergency and mobilization with nationwide military exercises, internal consolidation of society, immediate diplomatic measures to mobilize the international community, and a rethinking of ties with allied states to secure guaranteed assistance. Armenia's Ruling Party Under Aliyev's Dictate Armenia's ruling elite has placed the country in unilateral dependence on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, said Arman Tatoyan, head of the Tatoyan Center for Law and Justice and former Ombudsman of Armenia. "The ...
01/08/2025Parliamentary opposition condemns Armenia's ruling party for ‘indifference’ to the fate of prisoners held in Azerbaijan
Opposition factions in the Armenian Parliament lashed out at Prime Minister Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract party today for skipping a vote on an opposition statement calling on the international community to pressure Azerbaijan, host of the UN COP 29 climate summit, to release Armenian prisoners. YEREVAN, 12 November. /ARKA/. Opposition ...
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