The Armenian police on Monday offered to cooperate with the political parities contesting the upcoming mayoral elections in Yerevan in trying to prevent possible irregularities and punishing their perpetrators.
Vladimir Gasparian, the chief of the Armenian police, defended late on Thursday his decision to appoint a high-ranking officer accused of human rights abuses as the new head of Yerevan’s police department.
President Serzh Sarkisian announced late on Thursday his decision to reappoint Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian and two other key ministers to his new cabinet that will be formed in the next few weeks.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian defended over the weekend his decision not to join post-election demonstrations held by rival opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian, saying that they never posed a serious threat to Armenia’s government.
A close associate of opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian and a dozen other detained activists were set free on Tuesday night after spending several hours in custody following clashes with riot police in Yerevan.
Riot police used force to stop opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian and thousands of his supporters from marching towards the presidential palace in Yerevan on Tuesday at the end of daylong protests against President Serzh Sarkisian’s inauguration for a second term. (UPDATED)
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Friday reaffirmed his intention to declare himself Armenia’s president on Tuesday and urged supporters to attend his “inauguration” in Yerevan’s Liberty Square in droves.
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.
Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Monday threatened to boycott Yerevan’s new municipal assembly if it is formed as a result of fraudulent elections next month.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian has promised to end his hunger strike and resume trips to provinces as part of his continuing protests against official results of last month’s presidential election.
The four minority factions in the Armenian parliament have effectively scuttled plans for a special session sought by the ruling party to adopt a resolution calling for political tranquility and dialogue in the wake of last month’s disputed presidential elections.
President Serzh Sarkisian has again rejected his top challenger’s offer to meet in a public square in Yerevan for talks that would put an end to current post-election tensions in Armenia.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian has refused to discontinue his hunger strike, expressing readiness, however, to engage in a dialogue with President Serzh Sarkisian in person or by correspondence.
A senior representative of an Armenian opposition party whose leader is protesting the results of last month’s presidential election has spoken in favor of a dialogue with President Serzh Sargsyan, the disputed winner of the polls, but only on condition that it leads to ‘adequate’ rather than ‘cosmetic’ solutions.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has agreed, in principle, to start a dialogue with Raffi Hovannisian based on the proposals the opposition leader sent him last week to end the post-election standoff.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Monday downplayed the significance of his meeting late last week with parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian, saying that the latter presented no government proposals to defuse post-election tensions in Armenia.
The National Assembly is poised to launch a new parliamentary inquiry into the 2008 deadly post-election violence in Yerevan following an agreement reached by its pro-government majority and opposition factions.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Monday appealed to Armenia’s Constitutional Court to annul the official results of the February 18 presidential election and declare him its rightful winner.
Riot police guarded the entrances to the main state-run universities in Yerevan on Wednesday as over 100 students and other young people demonstrated against official results of the Armenian presidential election for a third consecutive day.
The Armenian government is not worried about continuing opposition demonstrations against the official results of the February 18 election and has no plans to break up them, the ruling Republican Party (HHK) said on Tuesday.
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