Hovannes Tamamian, a controversial Armenian police general arrested last year, went on trial along with two other police officers on Thursday, accused of covering up a murder and a failed murder attempt.
Facing an uproar from Armenia’s leading press freedom groups and independent media outlets, law-enforcement authorities released on Monday a prominent journalist who was arrested on controversial charges on Friday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian said on Friday that his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party is “inclined” to join forces with other opposition groups in Armenia’s unfolding parliamentary race.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian and his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) will support President Serzh Sarkisian in next year’s presidential election, a senior BHK lawmaker predicted on Wednesday, denying any “distrust” between the two coalition partners.
President Serzh Sarkisian and his junior partners in Armenia’s governing coalition have met to discuss the upcoming parliamentary elections amid lingering speculation about serious disagreements among them.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) reaffirmed on Monday its stated intention to use the upcoming parliamentary elections for another attempt to bring down President Serzh Sarkisian.
A regional activist who has triggered mass defections from businessman Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) has been appointed as police chief of the southern town of Ararat, it emerged on Thursday.
Prosperous Armenia (BHK), the second most important party in the ruling coalition, said on Wednesday that it is looking into what it described as fake letters of resignation filed on behalf of several dozen BHK members in the southern Ararat province.
President Serzh Sarkisian on Tuesday thanked his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy for helping to enact what he described as a historic law that criminalizes the denial of the Armenian genocide.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Monday officially condemned the findings of a renewed criminal inquiry into the 2008 post-election in Yerevan which justified the use of lethal force against its supporters.
Hovannes Tamamian, a controversial Armenian police general who was arrested last year, said through his lawyer on Wednesday that he did not try to cover up a murder for personal gain.
President Serzh Sarkisian will top the list of candidates to be fielded by his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) for the forthcoming parliamentary elections, an HHK deputy chairman predicted on Tuesday.
Lieutenant-General Alik Sargsian, the former head of the Armenian police, on Tuesday urged a Yerevan court to free another high-ranking police officer pending a verdict in his ongoing trial on corruption charges.
Colonel Margar Ohanian, the former chief of the Armenian traffic police arrested in September, pleaded not guilty on Monday as he went on trial on charges of large-scale embezzlement of public funds.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian said on Monday that his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party is ready to team up with other opposition forces ahead of Armenia’s parliamentary elections due in May.
President Serzh Sarkisian strongly criticized Azerbaijan on Friday for mobilizing Muslim countries to support its position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
President Serzh Sarkisian on Tuesday gave more indications that Armenian government will likely delay the decommissioning of the nuclear power station at Metsamor that was originally expected to start by 2017.
The former chief of the Armenian traffic police arrested in September has paid some $100,000 to compensate the state for what law-enforcement authorities call a large-scale embezzlement of public funds allocated to his police unit, his lawyer said on Monday.
Armenia’s main ruling party has dismissed the growing speculation about a ‘witch hunt’ against its junior partner in the three-member governing coalition after a serious of criminal arrests and an alleged shooting incident linked to politics.
Chief of the Armenian police Vladimir Gasparian has denied any political reasons behind a series of recent arrests targeting members or people affiliated with a governing party.
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