Businessman Gagik Tsarukian made clear on Tuesday that his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), the second largest in parliament, will not declare itself an opposition force despite regularly criticizing government policies.
Belarus is keenly interested in Armenia’s experience in the peaceful use of atomic energy and hopes to receive Armenian technical assistance after constructing its first-ever nuclear plant, President Alexander Lukashenko said during an official visit to Yerevan on Monday.
A former regional governor affiliated with the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) is facing prosecution on corruption charges, law-enforcement authorities announced on Wednesday.
Leading Armenian civic organizations described the mayoral elections in Yerevan as undemocratic on Monday, alleging widespread vote buying, multiple voting and other irregularities that benefited the ruling Republican Party (HHK).
Polling centers across Yerevan opened early on Sunday for local elections that pitted President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) against Armenia’s other major political groups hoping to end its control over the municipal administration.
The mayoral election campaign in Yerevan officially drew to a close on Friday, with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and its opposition challengers making the last pitch for votes in various parts of the capital.
Gagik Tsarukian rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan on Thursday, urging city residents to defy what he called attempts to intimidate them and to vote for his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) in Sunday’s mayoral elections.
Armenia’s main opposition forces on Monday accused the authorities of illegally registering scores of pro-government voters from provinces in Yerevan to boost the ruling Republican Party’s (HHK) chances of winning the forthcoming mayoral elections.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian flew to Moscow on Thursday on what a spokesman for his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party called a “private visit” that might involve meetings with Russian officials.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian and deputies from three leading opposition groups will not attend President Serzh Sarkisian’s inauguration for a second term in office, it was confirmed on Monday.
Two men have been arrested in connection with this week’s murder of a village mayor affiliated with the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), police said on Thursday
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) insisted on Wednesday that one of its well-known members who governed a big village near Yerevan was gunned down for political reasons.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian confirmed on Tuesday plans to try to overshadow President Serzh Sarkisian’s upcoming inauguration for a second term in office with a similar ceremony to be held in a key Yerevan square.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian paved the way for a post-election dialogue with President Serzh Sarkisian with his decision to end his hunger strike, a senior member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said on Monday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian has ended a 21-day hunger strike to attend an Easter Service at the Holy Echmiadzin Cathedral where the top Armenian leadership, including President Serzh Sarkisian, were also present on Sunday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian has promised to end his hunger strike and resume trips to provinces as part of his continuing protests against official results of last month’s presidential election.
Raffi Hovannisian’s Zharangutyun (Heritage) party has teamed up with five other, smaller opposition groups to participate in the upcoming municipal elections in Yerevan, it was announced on Thursday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian accused President Serzh Sarkisian on Tuesday of lying about their closed-door meeting held three days after last month’s presidential election.
Raffi Hovannisian’s opposition movement is being guided by a malevolent religious “sect” and some of its actions could amount to Satanism, a deputy chairman of President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) claimed on Monday.
President Serzh Sarkisian said through a spokesman on Monday that his main election challenger, Raffi Hovannisian, has rejected an offer to again meet him and discuss continuing post-election tensions in Armenia.
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