Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian replaced his chief of staff on Thursday for the second time in six months.
Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission has officially summed up the results of the June 20 snap parliamentary elections, reaffirming the landslide victory scored by acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party and rejecting opposition demands for annulling the results.
Former President Robert Kocharian’s main opposition Hayastan alliance said on Monday that it will ask Armenia’s Constitutional Court to overturn the official results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections that gave a landslide victory to the ruling Civil Contract party.
Campaigning officially ended in Armenia on Friday for Sunday’s parliamentary elections which appear to be the most unpredictable in the country’s history.
Armenia’s former Prime Minister Karen Karapetian and former top army general, Onik Gasparian, have urged voters to back an opposition alliance led by former President Robert Kocharian in Sunday’s general elections.
Former President Serzh Sarkisian has condemned Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s threats to “hammer” political foes after Sunday’s parliamentary elections and warned that an opposition alliance led by him would put up a stiff resistance to any violence.
Former President Robert Kocharian pledged on Friday to restore security and stability in Armenia, kick-start the domestic economy and deepen the country’s ties with Russia if an opposition alliance led by him wins the June 20 elections.
Russia is doing its best to broker a peaceful solution to a continuing border dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a top aide to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Friday.
A deputy speaker of Armenia’s parliament on Thursday publicly insulted an opposition lawmaker who accused the government of disrespecting the bodies of Armenian soldiers killed in last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian criticized the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Wednesday for not publicly siding with Armenia in its ongoing border dispute with Azerbaijan.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian signaled at the weekend plans to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections despite his failure to form an alliance with Armenia’s two other ex-presidents.
Opposition parties blamed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday for Azerbaijani troops’ reported incursion into Armenia’s Syunik province, calling it further proof of his inability to protect the country’s territorial integrity after last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Former President Robert Kocharian pledged to restore “dignified peace” and security in Armenia on Sunday as he rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan after setting up an electoral alliance with two opposition parties.
Former President Robert Kocharian and two opposition parties allied to him will hold a rally in Yerevan on Sunday to effectively kick off their parliamentary election campaign.
Law-enforcement authorities pressed on Friday criminal charges against 19 of at least 23 people arrested following Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s visit to Armenia’s Syunik province marred by angry protests.
Law-enforcement authorities detained on Thursday several local government officials and other residents of Armenia’s Syunik province where Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian faced angry protests during an unexpected visit on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian faced on Wednesday furious protesters blaming him for grave consequences of last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh during an impromptu visit to Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday blamed former Presidents Serzh Sarkisian and Robert Kocharian for Armenia’s defeat in last year’s war with Azerbaijan, sparking uproar from his detractors.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and former President Robert Kocharian must not participate in snap parliamentary elections expected in June, the leader of a major opposition party said on Friday.
Angry demonstrators blocked the entrances to the parliament building in Yerevan on Tuesday as an alliance of Armenian opposition parties tried to step up its campaign for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
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