An influential businessman and parliament deputy close to the government on Tuesday strongly denied any responsibility for the severe beating of three men at a Yerevan restaurant owned by him.
U.S. Ambassador John Heffern on Thursday expressed concern at criminal proceedings launched against Vartan Oskanian and the Civilitas Foundation before visiting the think-tank, founded by the former Armenian foreign minister, together with Yerevan-based European diplomats.
Thousands of ethnic Armenians from Syria have applied for Armenian citizenship since the outbreak of the bloody unrest in the Middle Eastern country, immigration officials in Yerevan revealed on Wednesday.
The Armenian government flatly denied on Tuesday any political reasons behind the launch of criminal proceedings against former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian amid serious concerns about the case voiced by his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), the second largest parliamentary force.
President Serzh Sarkisian will complete the formation of his new government by the end of this week, a senior member of his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said on Monday.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian will not run in next year’s Armenian presidential election, his former election campaign manager now affiliated with a rival opposition party predicted on Friday.
President Serzh Sarkisian on Thursday blamed Azerbaijan for the latest upsurge in deadly violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and warned that the Armenian military will continue to take “tough” action against Azerbaijani “provocations.”
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Tuesday described as “very inspiring” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s largely positive assessment of last month’s parliamentary elections and reforms implemented by President Serzh Sarkisian’s government.
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian and three key ministers have been reappointed to Armenia’s new government being formed as a result of last month’s parliamentary elections.
Gagik Tsarukian, the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader, was conspicuously absent from the opening session of the new parliament on Thursday, a move that will fuel more talk of his discord with the country’s political leadership.
Two men died on Tuesday in a powerful explosion that ripped through an industrial plant in Yerevan cooperating with the Armenian Ministry of Defense.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) reiterated on Friday that it will not be represented in a new government that will be formed by President Serzh Sarkisian as a result of this month’s parliamentary elections.
The post-election political situation in Armenia took an unexpected turn Thursday when the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), President Serzh Sarkisian’s main partner in the outgoing ruling coalition, announced that it will not join a new government that will be formed soon.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) will not join a new governing coalition that could be formed as a result of this month’s parliamentary elections, a leader of the opposition party said on Tuesday.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) downplayed on Monday growing discord within its ranks that has led two political parties to split from the opposition alliance headed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosian.
It is still not clear whether the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) will form a new governing coalition following its landslide victory in this month’s parliamentary elections, President Serzh Sarkisian said late on Thursday.
President Serzh Sarkisian and Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian have met to discuss the possibility of cutting a new power-sharing deal as a result of this month’s parliamentary elections, it emerged on Thursday.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), the official runner-up in this month’s parliamentary elections, on Wednesday did not rule out the possibility of reaching a new power-sharing agreement with President Serzh Sarkisian.
The three main challengers of President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) on Friday disputed the legitimacy of its landslide victory in Armenia’s parliamentary elections, saying that the vote was marred by “widespread irregularities.”
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) indicated on Wednesday that it is ready in principle to form a new coalition government with other political forces despite cruising to a landslide victory in the weekend parliamentary elections.
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