Astghik Bedevian is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Armenian Service.
The Western-leaning former secretary of Armenia’s Security Council, Armen Grigorian, has been appointed first deputy foreign minister in a move that ruling party representatives see as a first step toward his being named foreign minister, a position that is currently vacant.
An Armenian opposition leader has called on the authorities to postpone a constitutional referendum scheduled for April 5 because of the risks posed by the spread of the new coronavirus infection in the country.
A senior member of Armenia’s ruling party on March 6 challenged other political groups to name their own candidates to be prime minister, which will be the country's top post after constitutional reform is completed next month.
Several dozen market traders have rallied outside parliament in Yerevan to protest what some of them described as “terror” tactics used by Armenia's tax administration.
Amid the ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, Armenia has announced that it will conduct a safety review at one of its own plants that is located on an earthquake fault line.
The speaker of Armenia's parliament, Hovik Abrahamian, denies the presence of political prisoners in his country and urges critics to wait until the completion of trials of leading opposition members.
