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Jailed Nationalist Denies Plotting Violent Regime Change
Zhirayr Sefilian, an Armenian nationalist activist controversially jailed on coup charges, insists that he never sought to topple Armenia’s government by force, parliament deputies sympathizing with him said on Tuesday...
Armenian Group Gears Up For Vote Monitoring
Armenia’s largest election-monitoring organization said on Tuesday that it will observe the May 12 parliamentary elections with a record-high number of volunteers. The group, It’s Your Choice (IYC), plans to deploy...
Opposition Leader Says Will Fight On Despite Vote Boycott
Vazgen Manukian, a veteran opposition politician, insisted on Monday that he is not retiring from the political arena despite his party’s decision to boycott the May 12 elections to Armenia’s parliament. “We are not...
Open Invitation: Diasporans offered a chance to play a role in making Armenia’s elections fairer
Transparency International wants to invite Diaspora Armenians to observe the upcoming parliamentary elections and help to ensure a free and fair result. The anti-corruption organization, which is monitoring election...
Armenian Opposition Alliance Disbanded
Armenia’s largest opposition alliance beset by internal wrangling formally ceased to exist on Friday following its members’ failure to field a single list of candidates in the forthcoming parliamentary elections. “The...
Freed Armenian Soldiers Again Risk Imprisonment
The three former Armenian soldiers who were sensationally set free in a high-profile army murder case last December are facing renewed interrogations by military prosecutors and the possibility of again finding...
Heritage Finally Allowed to Remove Property
Yerevan-Today marshals from the Service for Mandatory Execution of Judicial Acts (SMEJA) of the Ministry of Justice at long last reopened the locked and sealed doors of Heritage Party headquarters, and allowed the...
No Progress In Opposition Talks On Election Bloc
Several major Armenian opposition parties reported no progress late Tuesday in their last-minute negotiations over the possible formation of a new electoral alliance. They appeared to have finally failed to bring...
Armenian State TV Vows Fair Election Coverage
The head of Armenia’s state television and radio on Monday pledged to ensure unbiased and objective coverage of the upcoming parliamentary elections by its channels. Aleksan Harutiunian, the recently re-appointed...
Armenian Bill On Dual Citizenship Passed
The National Assembly adopted on Monday a controversial bill that allows millions of foreign nationals of Armenian origin to become citizens of Armenia and vote in national elections held there. Deputies voted by 66 to...