Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian confirmed on Tuesday plans to try to overshadow President Serzh Sarkisian’s upcoming inauguration for a second term in office with a similar ceremony to be held in a key Yerevan square.
Supporters and opponents of Raffi Hovannisian scuffled in the southeastern Armenian town of Kapan on Monday as the opposition leader held a rally there at the start of a new nationwide campaign of post-election protests.
The Armenian government has allocated funds for further treatment of a presidential candidate, who survived an apparent assassination attempt during a recent election campaign and is now grappling with the consequences of a gunshot wound.
The heads of a number of foreign diplomatic missions in Armenia have reaffirmed their support for a local think tank that has been in the center of a money laundering investigation of late.
Law-enforcement authorities have so far failed to solve the January 31 shooting attack on Paruyr Hayrikian despite arresting three men, a lawyer for the former presidential candidate said on Wednesday.
Owning businesses is not the norm among Armenian tax and customs officials, the State Revenue Committee (SRC) insisted on Wednesday, disagreeing with a critical report issued by the state human rights defender.
Many tax and customs officials in Armenia own businesses that sometimes enjoy unfair competitive advantage over other private firms, Karen Andreasian, the state human rights ombudsman, said on Monday.
Armenia’s government is ready to consider “reasonable proposals” from opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian to defuse post-election tensions and carry out wide-ranging reforms in the country, a key political ally of President Serzh Sarkisian said on Wednesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) cancelled a planned rally in downtown Yerevan on Thursday, citing the need not to heighten political tension in the country following Monday’s presidential election.
Armenians went to the polls on Monday in a presidential election which was widely expected to give President Serzh Sarkisian a second five-year term in office. (UPDATED)
The two main opposition candidates in the Armenian presidential race claimed on Friday that President Serzh Sarkisian will fail to win reelection on Monday if the vote is not rigged in his favor.
President Serzh Sarkisian urged supporters on Wednesday not to be complacent about his reelection, warning of a serious threat which he said is posed by “those who are used to buying everything they want to have.”
Paruyr Hayrikian, a presidential candidate wounded in an apparent assassination attempt, petitioned Armenia’s Constitutional Court to postpone the upcoming election on Sunday only to withdraw the demand the following day.
Armenia’s most powerful security agency said on Friday that it has arrested two men on suspicion of shooting and wounding presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikian last week. (UPDATED)
Russian-Armenian negotiations on the new price of natural gas delivered to Armenia have entered “the final phase” and their results will be announced soon, Energy Minister Armen Movsisian said on Thursday.
Education Minister Armen Ashotian said on Thursday that he has ordered disciplinary action against a school principal in a small Armenian town who apparently told students to attend an election campaign rally held by President Serzh Sarkisian.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency reported on Friday an almost 20 percent increase in property and other assets confiscated by it across the country last year in accordance with court rulings.
Opposition candidate Raffi Hovannisian on Thursday accused the authorities of forcing public sector employees to vote for Serzh Sarkisian and committing other violations ahead of next month’s presidential election.
President Serzh Sarkisian reaffirmed his government’s pledges to ensure the proper conduct of Armenia’s upcoming presidential election as he continued to campaign in southeastern Syunik province on Wednesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian admitted failing to deliver on some of his 2008 pre-election promises on Tuesday as he met voters in Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province on his first reelection campaign trip.
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