The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has scoffed at the comments made by its junior coalition partner’s representative who suggested that a clean vote in 2012 would give the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) a majority in parliament.
The Armenian authorities appear to be committed to holding elections widely recognized as free and fair, a senior representative of the Washington-based International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) said on Thursday.
Opposition politicians and environmental activists joined on Wednesday about two hundred residents of the central Armenian town of Hrazdan in protesting against the opening of an iron mine which they believe would have grave ecological consequences.
The editors of eight leading Armenian newspapers added on Wednesday their voice to calls for the Constitutional Court to repeal controversial legislation that has led to a sharp increase in libel suits filed against media outlets.
Vartan Minasian, the head coach of Armenia’s national soccer team, has expressed delight at a nationwide jubilation sparked by its surprisingly strong performance in the qualifying campaign for the 2012 European Football Championship.
Armenian insurance companies have reported a nearly 22 percent payout of premium funds to cover the costs of damages incurred by some 14,000 car owners in road accidents since the introduction of mandatory car insurance at the beginning of this year.
A controversial millionaire businessman staunchly supporting President Serzh Sarkisian claimed on Friday that opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian repeatedly tried to co-opt him ahead of Armenia’s 2008 presidential election.
Russian soldiers will march alongside thousands of Armenian troops on Wednesday in a military parade in Yerevan that will mark the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) looks set to declare that Armenia has essentially overcome the political fallout from the disputed February 2008 presidential election and the deadly unrest caused by it.
Armenia’s Court of Cassation on Tuesday threw out an appeal from the opposition daily “Haykakan Zhamanak” that was fined 6 million drams ($16,200) earlier this year for implicating three government-linked businessmen in criminal activity.
A court in Yerevan has frozen 3 million drams ($8,000) worth of assets belonging to the independent daily “Hraparak” after a libel lawsuit filed against it by the head of a state body overseeing the Armenian judiciary.
Ministers and other senior government officials continue to aggressively lobby for patronage appointments of new civil servants connected with them or their political parties, the head of a body overseeing Armenia’s state bureaucracy said on Tuesday.
Representatives of Yerevan’s municipal administration assured the Armenian parliament on Friday that Mayor Karen Karapetian will scale back the ongoing closure of commercial kiosks across the capital that has provoked angry protests by their owners.
Colonel Margar Ohanian was formally dismissed as chief of Armenia’s traffic police on Wednesday the day after being arrested on corruption charges.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) has ceased to represent a credible alternative to Armenia’s current leadership, a leader of another major opposition force claimed on Wednesday.
A large underground pass in central Yerevan could soon become a new flashpoint in Mayor Karen Karapetian’s controversial efforts to regulate and curb street trade.
The number of foreign tourists visiting Armenia has increased further this year following robust growth registered in 2010, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Monday that it will decide within the next 24 hours whether to continue its dialogue with Armenia’s governing coalition if not all of its seven activists arrested last week are set free.
Armenians have married and divorced in larger numbers this year, according to latest official statistics released on Friday.
Instances of human trafficking in Armenia have fallen considerably since the country was removed from a U.S. State Department blacklist two years ago, a senior police official said on Friday.
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