The Armenian police have interrogated businessman Ruben Hayrapetian but see no legal grounds yet to prosecute him in connection with last month’s deadly assault at a Yerevan restaurant owned by him, a senior police investigator said on Tuesday.
The Armenian police have abandoned a criminal investigation into a prominent pro-opposition journalist who was arrested and spent three days in jail on highly controversial charges in February.
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Armenian government to pay 8,000 euros ($10,000) in damages to a man who was kept in prison for more than one year on what turned out to be baseless criminal charges.
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Armenian authorities to pay 4,500 euros ($5,600) worth of compensation to an opposition figure who was arrested in 2006 for allegedly calling for a violent regime change.
A former Armenian paramilitary organization that had participated in the war with Azerbaijan said on Monday that it has started recruiting new “volunteers” and asked the Armenian military to authorize their deployment on frontline positions.
A senior aide to Gagik Tsarukian denied on Friday any political reasons for the Prosperous Armenia Party leader’s conspicuous absence from the first sessions of the new parliament.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) of Gagik Tsarukian on Thursday reaffirmed support for Vartan Oskanian, saying that law-enforcement authorities’ decision to place him under a criminal investigation may well be politically motivated.
The Constitutional Court upheld on Thursday the official results of Armenia’s recent parliamentary elections, rejecting an appeal lodged by the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) could consider taking up its seats in Yerevan’s municipal assembly two years after renouncing them in protest against alleged vote rigging, a senior representative of the opposition alliance said on Monday.
Armenia’s Constitutional Court opened hearings on Friday on an appeal against official results of this month’s parliamentary elections that was lodged by the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
The main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) faced an unexpected obstacle to its entry into parliament on Wednesday as it emerged that most of its newly elected deputies are in legal limbo.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) downplayed on Monday growing discord within its ranks that has led two political parties to split from the opposition alliance headed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosian.
Citing deepening “strategic and tactical differences,” a major opposition party aligned in the Armenian National Congress (HAK) officially pulled out of the bloc headed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosian on Friday.
President Serzh Sarkisian and Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian have met to discuss the possibility of cutting a new power-sharing deal as a result of this month’s parliamentary elections, it emerged on Thursday.
A prominent regional leader of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) stepped down on Monday in another sign of discord within the opposition alliance headed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosian.
Raffi Hovannisian, the leader of the Zharangutyun (Heritage), voiced support on Wednesday for an election-related appeal to the Constitutional Court filed by two other major opposition groups and the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK).
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) insisted on Tuesday that the controversial provision by a company belonging to its leader Gagik Tsarukian of tractors to rural communities across the country does not amount to vote buying.
President Serzh Sarkisian has reportedly added his voice to opposition concerns about vote buying in Armenia and instructed state prosecutors to take “additional measures” against the illegal but endemic practice.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian accused local government officials on Friday of pressuring Armenians and telling them who to vote for in next month’s parliamentary elections.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian denied on Tuesday cutting far-reaching political deals with the Armenian National Congress (HAK), saying that his unfolding cooperation with the opposition alliance centers only on the proper conduct of the upcoming parliamentary elections.
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