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Armenian Opposition Forces Positioning in Political Spectrum: Former Foreign Minister

staff — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:37:58 +0000

Opposition forces are currently positioning themselves in the political spectrum, a former Armenian foreign minister says. Speaking to the Capital daily, Vardan Oskanyan said that the opposition political parties do realize that there is one common goal, and that goal is to make changes happen. “This is what should be ...

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Leadership Fight on Within Armenian Opposition Amid Snap Election talk

staff — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:11:37 +0000

The differences between two major opposition factions that first emerged a month ago have been growing day by day, receiving fresh and thicker colorings. While “skirmishes” continue between Armenia’s largest opposition alliance, Armenian National Congress (ANC) led by ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, and the Heritage party led by Ter-Petrosyan’s first foreign ...

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Ter-Petrosian Associate Warns Other Armenian Opposition Groups

staff — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:25:00 +0000

A leading member of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) warned on Wednesday other opposition groups against continuing to attack the alliance led by former President Levon Ter-Petrosian. Davit Shahnazarian also claimed that the HAK is the only genuine opposition force in Armenia. “When they try to burn the last bridges ...

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Armenian Oppositionist Delivers Ultimatum To Authorities

staff — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:39:33 +0000

Board Chairman of the opposition Armenian Pan-National Movement party Aram Manukyan has warned the authorities of an escalation in their relations, if their demands aren’t met. “There will be other colorings in our relations, if the authorities don’t meet our latest three demands before the upcoming rally,” Manukyan said. “The ...

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Another Armenian Oppositionist Set To Be Freed

staff — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:23:07 +0000

Yet another opposition member controversially imprisoned after Armenia’s 2008 presidential election could be set free next week, officials in Yerevan indicated on Friday. The administration of a prison located near the central Armenian town of Sevan decided late Thursday to recommend the early release of its most famous inmate, Aram ...

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Armenian Opposition Leader Hovannisian Ends Hunger Strike

staff — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:44:36 +0000

Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian ended his more than two-week-long hunger strike in Yerevan’s Liberty Square on Wednesday, citing appeals from scores of well wishers and what he called a positive change in public mood. Hovannisian declared the end of “the first act of the freedom fast” at a ceremony attended ...

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Armenian Police General Arrested

johnmeld — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:38:39 +0000

A recently-sacked Armenian police general was arrested on Thursday on charges of murder cover-up that could land him in prison for up to six years. Major-General Hovannes Tamamian, the controversial head of the Directorate General of Criminal Investigations at the national police service, was promptly remanded in pre-trial custody. Tamamian ...

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Yerevan Municipality Rejects Armenian Opposition Bid To Hold Rally on Liberty Square

johnmeld — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:26:49 +0000

The Yerevan Municipality has rejected an application by the opposition to sanction it a rally on Liberty Square on April 8. In a statement the Municipality said that the Armenian National Congress (ANC) cannot stage a rally on Liberty Square as there is another event to take place on the ...

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Armenian Opposition’s Demands Should Not Be Perceived As Ultimatum : Levon Ter-Petrosyan (Video)

staff — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:05:40 +0000

The demands voiced by the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) at its March 1 rally should not be perceived as an ultimatum, ANC leader and Armenia’s first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan told the opposition’s rally on Thursday. “Our statement is not an ultimatum; it is rather a program aimed at achieving ...

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Hovannisian “Regains” Liberty Square: Armenian Opposition Promises “More Radical Protest

staff — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:57:51 +0000

Opposition Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian’s hunger strike launched on Tuesday has created a new political situation in Armenia ahead of the Thursday rally of the radical opposition alliance. Despite the fact that several representatives of the ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan-led Armenian National Congress (ANC) have welcomed Hovannisian’s “extreme and dangerous ...

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