Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian threatened to turn Samvel Karapetian into a “tramp” on Wednesday in an intensifying war of words with the indicted billionaire emerging as his main election challenger.
Amid opposition allegations of foul play, Armenia’s ruling party hastily pushed through the parliament on Tuesday legislation that banned billionaire Samvel Karapetian from giving his name to his alliance expected to be one of the main contenders in upcoming parliamentary elections.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian’s Armenian National Congress (HAK) party announced on Monday its decision to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections on its own following billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s apparent refusal to join forces with it.
Samvel Karapetian, a billionaire controversially prosecuted by the Armenian authorities, officially unveiled on Tuesday his alliance expected to be one of the main opposition contenders in the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
Two men were detained by police following an incident near the Armenian National Assembly building in Yerevan involving Parliament Speaker Alen Simonian.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday doubled down on accusations against his political rivals of planning to undermine peace with Azerbaijan if they manage to come to power as a result of upcoming parliamentary elections.
Armenia’s parliamentary opposition has accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of attempting to influence voters ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections by invoking the threat of war.
Armenia has sent humanitarian aid, primarily medicines, to Iran amid an ongoing regional war involving the neighboring country, a senior official in Yerevan said Monday.
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Monday he does not consider Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s warnings about the risk of war in the event of an opposition victory in upcoming parliamentary elections to be blackmail.
Investigators in Armenia have interrogated the editor of a pro-opposition daily as part of a criminal probe into an editorial published more than a year ago in a case she believes may be linked to a pre-election crackdown on dissent.
Armenia’s former President Robert Kocharian will take part in the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7 as the leader of the Hayastan Alliance and its candidate for prime minister.
In an apparent reference to Russia, Armenian authorities claimed on Tuesday that security services of a foreign state are pressuring Armenians doing business there to support opposition forces during Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
A top aide to former President Levon Ter-Petrosian said on Tuesday that his Armenian National Congress (HAK) is discussing with billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s opposition movement the possibility of joining forces for the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Former President Robert Kocharian has given the clearest indication yet that he will top his Hayastan alliance’s list of candidates in Armenia’s parliamentary elections slated for June 7.
With just over three months left before parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced on Wednesday an impending rise in Armenia’s modest pensions which his critics portrayed as an attempt to win over elderly voters.
The top aide to Samvel Karapetian, a billionaire controversially prosecuted by Armenian authorities, declined to speculate on Tuesday about possible power-sharing deals between his newly established party and two other opposition groups.
A spokeswoman for Gagik Tsarukian on Friday added her voice to concerns that the Armenian government may bar his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) or other opposition groups from running in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
Law-enforcement officials raided businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian’s private compound outside Yerevan on Thursday amid his efforts to set up a major electoral alliance which have prompted serious concern from Armenia’s ruling party.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his political allies have vowed to prevent the Armenian opposition from winning the upcoming parliamentary elections, raising more opposition concerns over their proper conduct.
Samvel Karapetian’s newly established opposition party said on Thursday that the billionaire controversially prosecuted by the Armenian authorities will vie for the post of prime minister in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections despite currently not being eligible for it.
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