Vartan Oskanian, a key member of former President Robert Kocharian’s administration, said on Monday that it was responsible for the March 2008 post-election unrest in Armenia that left ten people dead.
The Armenian government will not meet the opposition demand to ensure post-election publication of signed voter lists because it does not wish to violate the principles stipulated by international documents, a senior official insisted on Friday.
A leader of the main opposition Armenian National Congress party discards as a lie the claims by Deputy Parliament Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov that post-election publication of the names of voters who go to the polls is prohibited under a Constitutional Court ruling.
A senior ruling party member in Armenia has claimed that the passage of a new Electoral Code drafted by the government will make unnecessary “more active work of the media”.
Nearly two years after a controversial merger of the State Revenues Committee with the Finance Ministry the ruling Republican Party of Armenia acknowledges it is “inexpedient” to have tax collecting and budget spending bodies under the same roof.
There have been no political prisoners in Armenia for almost two decades, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), Armen Rustamian, claimed on Friday.
President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) pledged to jointly confront “internal and external challenges” facing Armenia as they formalized a controversial power-sharing deal on Wednesday.
Armenia’s leading press freedom groups on Monday demanded the resignation of a notorious lawmaker affiliated with President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) after he again insulted and threatened a journalist.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) confirmed on Thursday that it will receive three ministerial posts in Armenia’s government as part of a “long-term” power-sharing deal with President Serzh Sarkisian.
President Serzh Sarkisian has reached a “tentative” power-sharing agreement with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) announced on Wednesday.
Election experts from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have given a critical assessment of Armenia’s recent constitutional referendum, singling out “serious problems” with vote counts at polling stations visited by them.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) wants to rejoin President Serzh Sarkisian’s government with the sole aim of benefiting from fraud in next year’s parliamentary elections, the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) claimed on Friday.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) looked set on Thursday to receive two ministerial posts in Armenia’s government as a result of its power-sharing negotiations with President Serzh Sarkisian.
The chairwoman of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), the second largest in parliament, said on Wednesday that it must not join a coalition government which President Serzh Sarkisian could form before next year’s parliamentary elections.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Monday defended its readiness to cut a new power-sharing deal with President Serzh Sarkisian, while acknowledging that his administration is unpopular with many Armenians.
Five persons charged in an ongoing investigation into what Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) calls a plot to kill senior state officials were released from pre-trial custody on Monday.
Two young women arrested in Yerevan in November deny any involvement in what Armenian law-enforcement authorities call a conspiracy to assassinate senior state officials, their lawyer said on Thursday.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), the second largest in parliament, said on Wednesday that President Serzh Sarkisian has not yet offered it to join a new coalition government that could be formed by him.
Karen Andreasian, Armenia’s human rights ombudsman, remained reluctant to clearly explain his unexpected resignation as he was formally relieved of his duties on Monday.
Several dozen Armenian veterans of the Nagorno-Karabakh war gathered outside a Yerevan court on Friday to demand the release of their four comrades accused of being part of a militant group that allegedly plotted high-profile assassinations.
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