President Serzh Sarkisian warned Taron Markarian not to “disappoint” him and the electorate as the 33-year-old politician was sworn in as Yerevan’s new mayor on Friday.
A leading member of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) said Wednesday that the opposition alliance should capitalize on what he called a seasonal rise in popular disaffection with the government and again try to unseat President Serzh Sarkisian this winter.
Taron Markarian, a 33-year-old son of a former Armenian prime minister, was unanimously elected as Yerevan’s new mayor by the government-controlled municipal assembly on Tuesday.
Citing a “proposal” from President Serzh Sarkisian, parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian announced on Wednesday his decision to resign, the latest in a series of key personnel changes within Armenia’s political leadership.
Lieutenant-General Alik Sargsian, the chief of the Armenian police, was unexpectedly sacked without an official explanation on Tuesday amid reports that President Serzh Sarkisian is planning major personnel changes in the state apparatus.
Armenia’s main opposition forces are capable of winning next year’s parliamentary elections, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Monday.
Yerevan’s Mayor Karen Karapetian confirmed on Friday reports that he has decided to resign after less than one year in office.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), a key member of the governing coalition, avoided explicitly responding on Thursday to what looks like a government warning to continue to support President Serzh Sarkisian.
A senior member of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), a junior partner in the ruling coalition, on Wednesday reacted ambiguously to reports that it has come under renewed pressure to endorse President Serzh Sarkisian’s reelection plans.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) may fail to force early elections this year but will continue to campaign for President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation, a leader of the opposition bloc said on Tuesday.
Armenia’s governing coalition said on Monday that it will not ask for renewed negotiations with the Armenian National Congress (HAK) despite the end of nonstop demonstrations held by the opposition alliance.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has confirmed his government’s willingness to assist in the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Armenia to replace the currently existing one at Metsamor.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday urged Armenia to continue efforts towards normalizing relations with Turkey and finding a durable peace with its other neighbor Azerbaijan.
France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Armenia on Thursday on a two-day state visit which he said will highlight “exceptional ties” between the two nations and should help to expand their bilateral trade.
A court in Yerevan on Wednesday allowed law-enforcement bodies to keep an opposition activist in jail for two more months as the Armenian authorities showed no signs of bowing to sustained pressure from the country’s leading opposition force.
A deputy chairman of President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) criticized the Armenian police on Tuesday for not dispersing opposition supporters holding nonstop demonstrations in Yerevan’s Liberty Square.
Armenia’s former president Robert Kocharian has not ruled out the possibility of his return to big politics, but has markedly refused to link any such move with outside developments.
The United States Embassy in Armenia has issued a notice to its citizens in Yerevan that a local opposition rally and subsequent march can “turn confrontational and possibly escalate into violence without warning.”
A leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), which once was a major political support base for ex-president Robert Kocharian, would not be drawn into whether the party sought the former leader’s inclusion in its slate the upcoming parliamentary elections as he answered media questions on Thursday.
An entrepreneur owning a bakery in a small Armenian town claims his family has been a target of an attempted ‘business seizure’ after police arrested his son on suspicion of leading a series of recent daring robberies.
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