Eduard Sharmazanov

 Sargsyan charged with bribery

Sargsyan charged with bribery

Armenia’s former president Serzh Sargsyan, a war party and Karabakh klan representative,  has been charged with taking a bribe, an accusation his lawyers say was made to distract from a security crisis on the Azerbaijani border

Armenian experts consider rhetoric of politicians running for elections to be ridiculous and absurd

Armenian experts consider rhetoric of politicians running for elections to be ridiculous and absurd

The last time Armenians went to the polls, in 2018, they were voting optimistically. Following Nikol Pashinyan’s successful toppling of the old regime via street protests, voters gave him an overwhelming mandate for what promised to be a future of growing prosperity, rule of law and a defeat of corruption, and reducing the country’s dependence on Russia. Now, though, the picture is far more pessimistic

Armenia's parliament adopts 2019 government budget

Armenia's parliament adopts 2019 government budget

Armenia's National Assembly approved the government budget for 2019 at the meeting today. As many as 66 MPs voted for the budget, four voted against it and two abstained.   MPs from the Republican Party of …

Republican party of Armenia cancels party convention

Republican party of Armenia cancels party convention

The congress the Republican party of Armenia was going to convene on November 11 will not take place, and instead, the party’s board will hold a broadened meeting, the press secretary of the party and a vice-speaker at the National …

Karen Karapetyan resigns as RPA first deputy chairman

Karen Karapetyan resigns as RPA first deputy chairman

Armenia's former prime minister Karen Karapetyan has left the post of the first deputy chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia, the member of the party’s executive board and vice-speaker of the …

Karapetyan elected first deputy chairman of ruling party

Karapetyan elected first deputy chairman of ruling party

Armenian prime minister Karen Karapetyan was elected the first deputy chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and the head of the political committee, the Vice-speaker of the National Assembly, Eduard …

RPA doesn't plan government reshuffles

RPA doesn't plan government reshuffles

Spokesman for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, deputy speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov has denied information reported in media about alleged reshuffles in the government. "We …

Hovik Abrahamyan leads RPA to Constitution referendum

Hovik Abrahamyan leads RPA to Constitution referendum

Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan is to head a campaign of agitation of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) for the adoption amendments to the Constitution of the country at the …