The Armenian police said on Wednesday that they are trying to identify and prosecute the “organizers” of violent protests in Gyumri that followed the January 12 massacre of a local family blamed on a Russian soldier.
Yet another activist highly critical of Armenia’s political leadership was beaten up and hospitalized in Yerevan at the weekend in an attack which he blamed on the authorities.
Dozens more minibus drivers in Yerevan refused to work Thursday on the second day of a strike action organized by their colleagues in protest against a sharp rise in the price of liquefied gas used by their vehicles.
An Armenian opposition lawmaker was beaten up late on Thursday, the latest in a series of violent attacks on prominent participants of recent anti-government demonstrations staged by three major opposition parties.
Three leading opposition parties assured thousands of supporters rallying in Yerevan on Wednesday that they will soon publicize a plan of further joint actions aimed at achieving “regime change” in Armenia.
An Armenian opposition activist alleged a government campaign of intimidation on Friday as he was discharged from hospital one day after being attacked and injured in Yerevan by unknown individuals.
An Armenian opposition activist was assaulted and injured in Yerevan on Thursday shortly after a series of arson attacks on cars belonging to six other members of a vocal anti-government movement.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Friday acknowledged differences among his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party and two other major parties challenging President Serzh Sarkisian and set conditions for their continued joint activities.
The Constitutional Court upheld on Friday a recently signed treaty on Armenia’s accession to the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union, paving the way for its ratification by the Armenian parliament.
A group of parents whose sons died in the army in circumstances not related to combat duty have threatened to start a sitting strike near the presidential office in Yerevan and stay there until the head of state meets them personally.
Civil activists in Armenia have described as a ‘disgrace’ a recent court ruling rejecting the lawsuit of a group of citizens against a local pro-government newspaper in a libel case.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian has given another strong indication of his intention to seek a change of power in Armenia as he spoke about “no way back” in his latest interview published on Thursday.
French President Francois Hollande called on his visiting Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts to show “political will” to overcome the differences and prepare their peoples for peace as he hosted their talks in Paris on Monday.
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian on Wednesday defended the Armenian government’s track record and dismissed opposition claims about a political crisis necessitating “regime change” in the country.
Armenia’s leading opposition parties rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan late on Friday, warning President Serzh Sarkisian to negotiate his exit from power or face what one of their leading members called a “wave of civil disobedience.”
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian expressed readiness to run for president on Thursday ahead of a landmark anti-government demonstration that will be held by his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and two established opposition groups. (UPDATED)
Three leading political parties at odds with President Serzh Sarkisian rallied hundreds of supporters in the southern town of Ararat on Friday as they continued to prepare for a joint anti-government rally in Yerevan.
An Armenian soldier who was taken prisoner near Nagorno-Karabakh last year returned to Armenia early on Thursday one month after being released from Azerbaijani custody and deported to a third country.
The pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament rejected on Tuesday an opposition bill that would delay the enforcement of controversial new taxation rules which have sparked angry street protests by small traders.
Hundreds of small traders again rallied outside the main government building in Yerevan on Thursday to protest again new taxation rules which they believe will spell ruin for them if they are enforced by the authorities.
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