Zaruhi Postanjian, one of the two opposition candidates in the upcoming mayoral elections in Yerevan, on Friday urged voters to help her end Republican Party (HHK) rule in Armenia which she denounced as a “dictatorship.”
The Armenian Communist Party (HKK) blamed its poor showing in the recent parliamentary elections on fraud as it held a traditional May Day demonstration in Yerevan on Monday.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities have levelled new and more serious criminal charges against one of the organizers of last summer’s rallies held in support of gunmen occupying a police station in Yerevan.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) expressed confidence at the weekend that it will retain control over the Yerevan municipality as a result of next month’s mayoral elections.
Armenian-American rock musician Serj Tankian has condemned the pro-government directors of 30 schools and kindergartens in Armenia for suing a civic organization that exposed their highly controversial involvement in the ruling HHK party’s parliamentary election campaign.
Nikol Pashinian, a leader of the opposition Yelk alliance, will challenge Yerevan’s pro-government incumbent Mayor Taron Markarian in next month’s municipal elections, it was announced on Friday.
Opposition groups that have failed to win seats in Armenia’s new parliament on Monday condemned the authorities’ handling of the weekend elections but stopped short of calling for anti-government street protests.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian said on Friday that his ORO alliance hopes to form a coalition with other opposition forces and unseat Armenia’s government as a result of the upcoming parliamentary elections.
An opposition alliance headed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosian claimed to be gaining growing voter support on Wednesday as it rallied thousands of people in Yerevan four days before Armenia’s parliamentary elections.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and his opposition allies rallied several thousand supporters in Yerevan on Tuesday, again calling on Armenians to use the upcoming general elections to change their government.
A senior European Union diplomat reacted on Friday with caution to the controversial arrest of an Armenian opposition figure, Samvel Babayan, urging the authorities in Yerevan to conduct a “transparent” investigation.
Samvel Babayan, Nagorno-Karabakh’s former top military commander close to an Armenian opposition alliance, and two other people were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of smuggling weapons to Armenia.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian denied on Tuesday any connection between former President Robert Kocharian and his electoral alliance with two opposition parties.
An opposition alliance led by former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian accused the Armenian authorities of spreading an “atmosphere of fear” ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections after three of its supports were shot, stabbed and beaten up on Tuesday.
A government loyalist and former police officer fired gunshots in a village near Yerevan on Sunday during a violent dispute with other local residents which followed an election campaign rally held there by an opposition alliance.
Armenia needs the kind of radical reforms that were implemented in neighboring Georgia under former President Mikheil Saakashvili, former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian said during a campaign rally held by his opposition alliance on Friday.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian indicated on Tuesday that his alliance with opposition leaders Vartan Oskanian and Raffi Hovannisian will not seek power-sharing agreements with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) after next month’s parliamentary elections.
The recently formed Yelk opposition alliance said on Friday that it is ready to reach power-sharing deals with all other contenders in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections challenging the ruling Republican Party (HHK).
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) rallied several hundred supporters in Yerevan on Wednesday to mark the ninth anniversary of a 2008 government crackdown on opposition protesters which left ten people dead.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian said on Friday that the alliance formed by him and two major opposition parties will not enter into a coalition government with President Serzh Sarkisian as a result of Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
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