Raffi Hovannisian, the official runner-up in Armenia’s presidential election, sought to keep up pressure on Serzh Sarkisian on Friday, again rallying supporters in Yerevan and demanding the incumbent president’s resignation.
Hundreds of opposition supporters laid flowers at a square in downtown Yerevan on Friday to mark the fifth anniversary of a bloody post-election unrest that left ten people dead and more than 100 others injured.
President Serzh Sarkisian and his main election challenger, Raffi Hovannisian, met behind the closed doors on Thursday to discuss opposition demands for the annulment of the official vote results that gave victory to the incumbent. (UPDATED)
Armenians went to the polls on Monday in a presidential election which was widely expected to give President Serzh Sarkisian a second five-year term in office. (UPDATED)
Campaigning in Armenia’s presidential election officially drew to a close on Saturday, with President Serzh Sarkisian again lavishing praise on his main challengers just one day after accusing them of irresponsible populism.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) on Tuesday publicly tested new ink for special passport stamps that are supposed to prevent multiple fraudulent voting in next week’s Armenian presidential election.
Paruyr Hayrikian, the opposition candidate recovering from a gunshot wound, warned on Thursday that he may reconsider his decision not to seek a postponement of Armenia’s presidential election because of his health condition and “slanderous” attacks from opponents.
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)
Raffi Hovannisian, a leading opposition presidential candidate, on Friday threatened to declare the February 18 election illegitimate if President Serzh Sarkisian does not stop what he called serious irregularities.
The Armenian authorities have angrily rejected serious concerns over the pre-election situation in Armenia that were expressed last week by lawmakers representing the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
One of the eight candidates in Armenia’s presidential election went on hunger strike on Monday to demand that President Serzh Sarkisian be disqualified from the race.
President Serzh Sarkisian and seven other candidates were formally registered on Monday to run in Armenia’s upcoming presidential election.
Aram Sarkisian, an opposition leader until recently allied with former President Levon Ter-Petrosian, announced on Friday that he will not run in Armenia’s upcoming presidential election because of what he called popular apathy.
Environmental activists in Yerevan on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian’s assurances that his government approves of their increasingly vocal movement and will address their concerns over the Armenian mining industry.
President Serzh Sarkisian will face no serious challengers in his bid to win a second term in office in an upcoming election, parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian said late on Tuesday.
Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou complained about the slower-than-expected implementation of Iran’s joint energy projects with Armenia as he met with senior Armenian government officials in Yerevan on Wednesday.
Four Syrians of Armenian descent were killed and at least 11 others wounded near Aleppo airport on Tuesday night shortly after the latest flight from Yerevan to Syria’s commercial capital.
Armenia has won the World Chess Olympiad for the third time in six years, confirming its internationally recognized status as a powerhouse of the ancient game.
Armenia can continue to deepen relations with NATO while maintaining its military alliance with Russia, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Yerevan on Thursday.
Visiting Armenia on Thursday, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen added his voice to Western criticism of Azerbaijan’s decision to pardon the Azerbaijani army officer who had axed to death an Armenian colleague during a NATO training course in Budapest.
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