The Barev Yerevan alliance issued a statement claiming that its campaign rally yesterday in Yerevan’s Kanaker-Zeytoun district was hindered when electrical wires were cut and later, when power was completely cut to the building in which voters had assembled.
As expected, Serzh Sargsyan’s pledges that the authorities will reveal the violations that occurred on February 18 and punish the vote riggers were part of a regular charade.
The U.S. Embassy cables released by WikiLeaks provide invaluable information and insight on how American diplomats assess the inner workings of Armenia’s politics in general, and key players like Raffi Hovannisian in particular.
A group of Raffi Hovannisian’s legal advisers today filed a petition with the RA Constitutional Court seeking to annul the official results of the February 18 presidential election.
Raffi K. Hovannisian today met with Russian Ambassador Vyacheslav Kovalenko. Hovannisian and the ambassador exchanged viewpoints on Armenia-Russia relations.
On February 18, 2013, Armenia held Presidential elections. The next day, the Central Election Commission announced the primary results, which do not reflect the voters' will. According to the CEC, Raffi Hovannisian received 37% of the votes, to Serzh Sargsyan's 58%. Even according to CEC numbers, Serzh Sargsyan lost in most of urban polling stations. His overall win seems to have been secured by some rural areas that registered more than...
By now it is clear that the rise of big mining in Armenia has been not a project of the national interest but a privilege of the chosen few, who have amassed fantastic fortunes while our country descends into poverty and despair.
Raffi K. Hovannisian, chairman of the Heritage Party and Armenia’s first minister of foreign affairs, has returned from Baku, Azerbaijan, where he took part in the 7th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) between November 21 and 24. The meeting brought together 250 delegates representing 60 political parties from 25 Asian nations, together with a host of Azerbaijani functionaries.
Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian leaves for Baku today to address the General Assembly session of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP).