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.
A self-styled scholar who ran in last month’s Armenian presidential election has been arrested and charged with organizing an apparent attempt on the life of another outsider candidate, Paruyr Hayrikian.
Opposition presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian met with Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian at the weekend to discuss the post-election situation in the country and the possibility of cooperation between the two political heavyweights.
Hundreds of opposition supporters laid flowers at a square in downtown Yerevan on Friday to mark the fifth anniversary of a bloody post-election unrest that left ten people dead and more than 100 others injured.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Friday distanced himself from negotiations held by representatives of his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party and the pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament in an attempt to defuse post-election tensions in the country.
Opposition presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian condemned the United States and the European Union for recognizing President Serzh Sarkisian’s disputed reelection as he continued his post-election protests in Armenia’s southern regions on Tuesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian was formally declared the winner of Armenia’s February 18 presidential election on Monday amid continuing opposition protests against the official vote results. (UPDATED)
President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) cancelled a planned rally in downtown Yerevan on Thursday, citing the need not to heighten political tension in the country following Monday’s presidential election.
Raffi Hovannisian, the main opposition candidate in the Armenian presidential election, rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan on Wednesday to again reject the official vote results as fraudulent and demand President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation.
Armenians went to the polls on Monday in a presidential election which was widely expected to give President Serzh Sarkisian a second five-year term in office. (UPDATED)
Campaigning in Armenia’s presidential election officially drew to a close on Saturday, with President Serzh Sarkisian again lavishing praise on his main challengers just one day after accusing them of irresponsible populism.
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