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.
Armenia will hold this October what its Defense Ministry described on Thursday as unprecedented military exercises involving thousands of troops and army reservists. The ministry also announced that more Armenian army fortifications along the border with Azerbaijan have been beefed up in recent months.
Armenia’s Defense Ministry announced on Friday a sweeping overhaul of its Soviet-style system of military draft that has long been reportedly riddled with corruption.
Armenia won one silver and two bronze medals at the Olympic Games in London, finishing 60th in the overall medal standings alongside Belgium and Finland.
Lawyers representing the family of a man who was beaten to death at a Yerevan restaurant in June condemned on Thursday the criminal investigation into the assault that has been mostly completed by the Armenian police.
A businessman from the central Armenian town of Abovian on Thursday apologized to Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian to end a bitter dispute that has left his main company on the brink of bankruptcy.
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