A close associate of Raffi Hovannisian rounded on former President Levon Ter-Petrosian on Tuesday for dismissing as unserious anti-government protests held by the fellow opposition leader after the recent presidential election.
The Armenian police warned on Monday that they will use force against opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian and his supporters if the latter march towards the presidential palace in Yerevan during President Serzh Sarkisian’s inauguration on Tuesday.
Very high voter turnout and huge margins of President Serzh Sarkisian’s victory registered by election bodies in many communities across Armenia are not an indication of fraud in last month’s presidential ballot, a senior pro-government lawmaker said on Monday.
Observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Saturday questioned the credibility of official results of Armenia’s presidential election, saying that President Serzh Sarkisian benefited from “implausibly high” voter turnout recorded in many precincts.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian declared fellow opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian the rightful winner of Armenia’s presidential election but remained in no rush to join his campaign of anti-government protests on Saturday.
An Armenian presidential candidate who has been on a hunger strike for the past three weeks on Monday accused election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation Europe Monday of turning a blind eye to fraud.
Raffi Hovannisian, a leading opposition presidential candidate, on Friday threatened to declare the February 18 election illegitimate if President Serzh Sarkisian does not stop what he called serious irregularities.
An Armenian presidential candidate announced his withdrawal from the race and another one threatened to follow suit on Tuesday, expressing serious concern over the freedom and fairness of the February 18 election.
Armenia’s leading broadcasters have so far provided a largely unbiased news coverage of the intensifying presidential race, a local media watchdog said on Wednesday.
The Armenian government still hopes to prevent an increase in the price of natural gas imported from Russia, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisian said on Thursday.
Most Armenians continue to believe that elections held in their country are not democratic, the state human rights ombudsman, Karen Andreasian, said on Monday.
President Serzh Sarkisian reassured the European Union over the weekend that Armenia’s forthcoming presidential election, in which he will be seeking a second five-year term, will be free and fair.
Widespread poverty in Armenia has declined slightly in the last two years thanks to renewed economic growth, according to the government.
Hundreds of employees of Armenia’s largest chemical enterprise again took to the streets of Yerevan on Monday to demand payment of their back wages and a reactivation of their troubled plant.
A major Armenian opposition party is considering nominating the first-ever female presidential candidate in the country’s history, it was confirmed on Monday.
The two largest minority groups in Armenia may field a single candidate at next year’s presidential election, it emerged following what was described as their “political consultations” on Monday.
Italy’s flagship airline, Alitalia, announced the impending launch of regular flights to Armenia on Friday, saying that they will “strengthen its positions” in the South Caucasus.
A state-owned Armenian company providing meteorological services to airlines said on Tuesday that it will take legal action to force Armavia, the struggling national carrier, to pay 142 million drams ($350,000) in outstanding debts.
Four Armenian soldiers were killed and 15 others seriously injured in a car accident reported by military authorities on Friday.
A presently unemployed man was sentenced to one year in prison on Wednesday in connection with last May’s explosion of thousands of balloons during an election campaign gathering held in Yerevan by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK).
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