The candidate from the ruling Civil Contract faction, Ruben Rubinyan, has been elected Speaker of the Armenian Parliament of the 9th convocation, the chairwoman of the parliamentary counting commission Lilit Minasyan announced.
Nikol Pashinyan has been reappointed Prime Minister of Armenia, with President Vahagn Khachaturyan signing the decree after the Civil Contract faction submitted his candidacy.
The Armenian government has included on the agenda of its July 16 meeting the ratification of the Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation with the United States on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project.
The relevant announcement was made by the minister himself in the parliament
Final results of the June 7 parliamentary elections in Armenia will be released on June 14, Chairman of Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Vahagn Hovakimyan said.
The parliamentary election campaign has kicked off in Armenia. The elections will take place in just one month, on June 7, 2026.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia has announced that 19 political parties will take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Registration was denied to two candidates.
The Central Election Commission of Armenia accepted documents from almost twenty political forces wishing to take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections in early summer.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is uncertain at this stage whether his country will withdraw de jure or de facto from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), according to remarks he made at a briefing for journalists broadcast by local TV channels.
In Istanbul, brief discussions occurred involving the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, the Speaker of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan, and the head of the Russian Federation Council.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Armenian citizens are experiencing the advantages of peace with Azerbaijan to a greater extent than the government had expected.
Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan said that he will hold meetings with his Azerbaijani and Georgian counterparts, Sahiba Gafarova and Shalva Papuashvili, during the 152nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, which will take place in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Incumbent Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been nominated for prime minister in the June parliamentary elections by the Civil Contract party he leads.
The Armenian Parliament has approved the ratification of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EAEU and the UAE, with ninety-four members voting in favor of the document's adoption.
Alen Simonyan, the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, is scheduled to visit Türkiye next month. He will head the Armenian delegation at the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting taking place in Istanbul.
Karen Avakyan, who previously served as a deputy for the Republican Party of Armenia, is now facing criminal proceedings on corruption charges, Armenian media report.
Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan will pay an official visit to Russia set for February 4-7.
Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan said that he will pay an official visit to Russia.
Armenia has legislated a reduction in compulsory military service from two years to eighteen months, with the amended requirements effective for new recruits beginning January.
The Armenian legislature has ratified next year's national budget featuring a $1.4 billion deficit spending and projected 5.4% economic expansion.
