Two major Armenian opposition parties on Monday effectively completed the break-up of a political alliance that was formed by them ahead of last May’s parliamentary elections.
A deputy chairman of President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Friday hit out at U.S. Ambassador John Heffern for criticizing the controversial criminal case against former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) accused President Serzh Sarkisian on Tuesday of planning to rig next year’s presidential election to stay in power for another five years.
A Kremlin-friendly businessman leading the largest Armenian community organization in Russia on Monday voiced support for President Serzh Sarkisian’s plans to win a second term in office in an upcoming presidential election.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia has revealed plans for a special convention in December to formally field its leader and incumbent president Serzh Sarkisian as a candidate for reelection next year.
A Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly rapporteur for the monitoring of Armenia has expressed his concern about the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian on what he described as “controversial criminal charges”.
The U.S. ambassador to Armenia has voiced fresh concerns about the Armenian authorities’ controversial criminal case against former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, saying that his prosecution is “bad” for the nation’s justice and democracy.
Authorities in Armenia have arrested a senior manager at a private company suspected of fraud in supplying the army under a government contract.
Armenia’s ruling Republican Party (HHK) on Tuesday refused to be drawn into speculation about whether its former ally will contest next year’s presidential election with its own candidate.
Parliamentary representatives of Armenia’s leading opposition forces deplored on Friday the $51 million sale of a historic government building in central Yerevan.
An Armenian army officer, who reportedly threatened to blow up a Yerevan restaurant where one of his colleagues was beaten to death, received on Thursday a four-month prison sentence meaning that he will be set free in the less than a month.
Former President Robert Kocharian on Wednesday condemned the controversial criminal case against Vartan Oskanian and voiced support for the opposition politician who had served as Armenia’s foreign minister throughout his decade-long rule.
The Armenian parliament allowed law-enforcement authorities on Tuesday to prosecute Vartan Oskanian on fraud charges which the former foreign minister and his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) consider politically motivated. (UPDATED)
Tensions between President Serzh Sarkisian and his former main coalition partner rose further on Monday when the Armenian parliament debated controversial criminal proceedings launched against former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian.
An Armenian army officer, who reportedly threatened to blow up a restaurant in Yerevan where one of his colleagues was beaten to death, faced up to six months in prison as he went on trial on Tuesday.
In what may have been another sign of their rift with President Serzh Sarkisian, former President Robert Kocharian and Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian have again failed to attend an annual government reception.
The head of Armenia’s leading anti-graft watchdog and other civic activists have demanded criminal and parliamentary investigations of Vartan Ayvazian, a former environment minister heavily fined by a U.S. federal court for alleged corruption.
President Serzh Sarkisian berated his government in unusually strong terms at the weekend for what he described as widespread bribery and nepotism in state procurements administered by various Armenian ministries and other government bodies.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian has still not decided whether to stand as a candidate in next year’s presidential election, a senior representative of his Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Tuesday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian has resigned his parliamentary seat in a move which his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party linked on Monday to Armenia’s approaching presidential election.
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