Seyran Ohanian, a former defense minister poised to join the Armenian opposition, has denied any responsibility for the deadly 2008 crackdown on opposition protesters in Yerevan that followed a disputed presidential election.
One of the leaders of a newly formed opposition alliance on Friday claimed to have held “very productive” talks with businessman Gagik Tsarukian on Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian gave indications on Monday that he is ready, in principle, to join forces with two former government ministers for challenging the Armenian authorities in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
A court in Yerevan on Monday to sentenced an opposition activist to two years in prison on what he considers trumped-up charges of assaulting a police officer during an anti-government protest staged a year ago.
A senior member of Raffi Hovannisian’s opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) on Friday did not rule out the possibility of forming an electoral alliance with former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities have given no indications that they will set free a man who went on a hunger strike almost one month ago to protest against coup charges levelled against him.
A lawyer for Gevorg Safarian urged a court in Yerevan on Tuesday to acquit the opposition activist prosecuted on charges of assaulting a police officer during an anti-government protest.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian will stand in Armenia’s forthcoming parliamentary elections in a bid to achieve “regime change,” an opposition leader claimed on Friday.
An Armenian prosecutor asked a court in Yerevan on Friday to sentence an opposition activist to two and a half years in prison on controversial charges of assaulting a police officer during an anti-government protest.
President Serzh Sarkisian has praised his administration’s response to last July’s attack on a police station in Yerevan carried out by opposition gunmen, saying that they were neutralized with minimum bloodshed.
The head of the European Union Delegation in Armenia, Piotr Switalski, on Friday urged Armenians not to sell their votes in forthcoming parliamentary elections.
President Serzh Sarkisian strongly defended his track record at the weekend, saying that living standards in Armenia have improved “substantially” during his rule.
The National Assembly ended on Friday two-day debates on the Armenian government’s draft budget for next year which calls for a reduction in public spending strongly criticized by the parliamentary opposition.
Armenia’s top army general on Tuesday downplayed the significance of increased ceasefire violations around Nagorno-Karabakh that have been reported in recent days.
Gagik Tsarukian will stick to his opposition stance if he decides to return to active politics, according to his longtime associate, Naira Zohrabian.
In what amounted to a vote of confidence, the Armenian parliament approved on Friday a policy program submitted by Prime Minister Karen Karapetian and his newly formed cabinet.
A member of a radical Armenian opposition group charged with aiding anti-government gunmen that seized a police station in Yerevan went on a hunger strike on Friday, protesting against the authorities’ continuing refusal to release him from pre-trial detention.
A member of a radical Armenian opposition group arrested in July insisted on his innocence on Tuesday, saying that he did not aid anti-government gunmen that seized a police station in Yerevan.
The Armenian authorities are exploring the possibility of reducing the prices of electricity and natural gas for some consumers, Prime Minister Karen Karapetian reiterated on Wednesday.
An Armenian opposition activist was released from custody on Wednesday more than one month after being controversially arrested in connection with an anti-government protest broken up by riot police.
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