A member of Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) who moved last month to run for president said on Wednesday that he is quitting the race to comply with the BHK’s decision not to nominate or endorse any presidential candidates.
Two former Armenian opposition parties led by veteran politicians on Monday confirmed that they support President Serzh Sarkisian’s reelection plans.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) declared on Thursday that it will not field or endorse any presidential candidate after all, saying that changing Armenia’s government through elections has become impossible because of chronic vote rigging.
In what was his first public speech in six months delivered over the weekend, opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian declined to clarify whether he will run in Armenia’s upcoming presidential election.
Law-enforcement authorities launched on Friday a criminal investigation into the secret recording and publication of a revealing conversation between two prominent opposition politicians on the political situation in Armenia.
A notorious parliament deputy affiliated with President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has become embroiled in another scandal after threatening to beat up a journalist who asked him for comment.
The pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament on Wednesday effectively abandoned its plans to end opposition control over one of its 13 standing committees.
President Serzh Sarkisian held separate talks over the weekend with the leaders of two former members of his governing coalition that could challenge him in Armenia’s upcoming presidential election.
The Armenian parliament rejected on Thursday a motion to demand sweeping government measures which its opposition minority believes would break up business monopolies and boost competition in the country.
The National Assembly passed on Wednesday Armenia’s state budget for next year that calls for a nearly 10 percent rise in government spending projected at 1.15 trillion drams ($2.84 billion).
Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian said on Tuesday that he will manage President Serzh Sarkisian’s campaign in the upcoming presidential election and might again resign because of that.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) moved on Thursday to take the pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament to court for thwarting a plenary session on an election-related bill drafted by the opposition bloc.
The pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament on Wednesday prevented a planned debate on an opposition bill which is meant to foster the proper conduct of next February’s presidential election.
Armenia’s leading opposition groups continued to negotiate on Monday on the possibility of joining forces ahead of next February’s presidential election.
A French-Armenian community leader has voiced concern that public opinion in France does not favor a new law criminalizing denial of the Armenian genocide.
Armenia and France accentuated their longstanding friendly relations and pledged to boost economic and political ties as their leaders met in Paris on Monday.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) announced on Thursday that it will hold talks with other major political groups to try to drum up multi-partisan support for constitutional and other major changes which it believes should be enacted in Armenia.
In a move which it linked with the upcoming presidential election, the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) of Gagik Tsarukian effectively called late on Tuesday for a sweeping constitutional reform that would curb presidential powers and transform the country into a parliamentary republic.
The ArmRosGazprom (ARG) national gas distribution company has become Armenia’s leading corporate taxpayer this year due to a more than 40 percent surge in its tax contributions to the state, according to the latest government data.
Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian was again summoned to Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) on Monday in his continuing prosecution on charges which he considers politically motivated.
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