Ishkhan Zakarian, the head of the Armenian parliament’s Audit Chamber, has stepped down after agreeing to manage the parliamentary election campaign of a new alliance which is being set up by businessman Gagik Tsarukian.
Alexander Arzumanian, a prominent politician affiliated with the Armenian Pan-National Movement (HHSh), has left the opposition party following its decision to join an electoral alliance formed by businessman Gagik Tsarukian.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) is unlikely to enter into any broad-based alliances ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, a leading member of the opposition party headed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosian said on Monday.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian will officially set up on Sunday his electoral alliance that will comprise the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and four other, smaller groups, one of their representatives revealed on Friday.
The Armenian authorities replaced on Thursday two close allies of former Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian who held key positions in his native Ararat province.
A deputy chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) deplored on Wednesday former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian’s claim that the country will risk violent unrest unless it undergoes “systemic changes.”
Former Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian has traded verbal barbs with President Serzh Sarkisian following his unexpected decision to leave the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) ahead of parliamentary elections.
Armenia will risk violent unrest unless it undergoes “systemic changes” as a result of the upcoming parliamentary elections, former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian warned on Thursday.
A senior member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Monday dismissed strong criticism of the country’s government that has been voiced by former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian will join a newly formed opposition alliance to participate in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections, one of its leaders, Vartan Oskanian, said on Friday.
Following his decision to return to politics, Gagik Tsarukian will again lead the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) founded by him, a senior member of the country’s second largest parliamentary force said on Wednesday.
Election experts from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have formally asked the pan-European body to monitor Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections after meeting with Armenian government officials, opposition politicians and civil society members.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian admitted on Friday that he may not be eligible to stand as a candidate of the governing Republican Party (HHK) in Armenia’s forthcoming parliamentary elections.
Despite promising to clarify his political future last month, businessman Gagik Tsarukian has still not said whether he will resume his political activities and participate in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian may not be eligible to stand as a candidate in Armenia’s forthcoming parliamentary elections, the ruling Republican Party (HHK) acknowledged on Wednesday.
Just three months after being dismissed by the government, Suren Khachatrian, the controversial former governor of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province, has also resigned as leader of the regional branch of the ruling Republican Party (HHK).
The secretary general of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Thursday condemned as “provocative” an armed incident on Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan which left three Armenian soldiers dead.
Iran will increase exports of natural gas to Armenia and deepen broader economic ties with its Christian neighbor, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said during an official visit to Yerevan on Wednesday.
A senior re presentative of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) dismissed on Monday former President Levon Ter-Petrosian’s latest calls for Armenian concessions to Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, saying that Baku is not willing to reciprocate them.
Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian has expressed hope that former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian will stand in Armenia’s forthcoming parliamentary elections in an alliance with his party and other opposition groups.
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