President Serzh Sarkisian was formally declared the winner of Armenia’s February 18 presidential election on Monday amid continuing opposition protests against the official vote results. (UPDATED)
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Tuesday insisted that he is the rightful winner of Monday’s presidential election and rejected as fraudulent official vote results giving victory to President Serzh Sarkisian.
Armenia’s presidential election can already be considered free and fair, the authorities in Yerevan declared on Monday evening amid fraud allegations made by at least one of the opposition candidates. (UPDATED)
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian has announced plans to turn his Armenian National Congress (HAK) into a single political party, saying that the opposition alliance cannot continue operating in its current form.
Official Yerevan on Wednesday criticized Poland’s ambassador to Armenia for claiming that last week’s shooting attack on an opposition presidential candidate reflected an “atmosphere of impunity” in the country.
Presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikian announced on Tuesday that he will not seek to delay Armenia’s upcoming presidential election because of an apparent assassination attempt, meaning that it will be held as planned on February 18. (UPDATED)
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian attended a session of parliament for the first time since last May’s legislative elections but again avoided contact with the media on Monday.
President Serzh Sarkisian cancelled a rally in Yerevan and decided not to air any campaign aids on Friday following an apparent attempt on the life of one of his election challengers.
Several dozen journalists and civic activists marched to a court in Yerevan on Wednesday to condemn its handling of a libel suit filed against an independent newspaper by a government-linked businessman.
Official campaigning started on Monday for Armenia’s presidential election, with President Serzh Sarkisian and his two main opposition challengers holding their first rallies.
Former Prime Minister Hrant Bagratian, one of the main opposition candidates in Armenia’s presidential election, looks set to be endorsed by an opposition party represented in parliament.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) hopes that its supporters will vote in next month’s presidential election despite its decision not to field any candidates, a leader of the opposition party said on Thursday.
Many members of Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) will be campaigning for President Serzh Sarkisian’s reelection in next month’s ballot, a top presidential ally claimed on Wednesday.
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.
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