The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) threatened on Wednesday to fight for leadership change in Armenia unless President Serzh Sarkisian halts the year-long fence-mending negotiations with Turkey.
Campaigning for the May 31 mayoral polls in Yerevan has gone into full swing, with the main election contenders holding rallies and other gathering on a virtually daily basis.
President Serzh Sarkisian appointed on Tuesday Armenia’s new ministers of education, labor and agriculture in place of three members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) who resigned following the party’s withdrawal from the ruling coalition.
Sanitary authorities in Yerevan said on Wednesday that they are taking wide-ranging precautions to prevent the spread of swine flu to Armenia and have identified no cases of the virus so far.
Armenia’s state human rights ombudsman, Armen Harutiunian, on Tuesday criticized the police for forcibly ending daily gatherings of small groups of opposition supporters in downtown Yerevan.
Environment protection groups sounded the alarm on Wednesday over what they say are renewed plans by Armenia’s largest gold-mining company to build a new ore-processing plant near the ecologically vital Lake Sevan.
Police continued to effectively block a street in downtown Yerevan on Tuesday, seeking to end daily meetings of small groups of opposition supporters held there over the past year.
