A town mayor affiliated with the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and related to its leader Gagik Tsarukian was conspicuously present at an election campaign rally that was held by President Serzh Sarkisian in the central Kotayk province on Thursday.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian decided not to run for president in order to avert another violent post-election unrest in the country, one of his top allies said on Thursday.
Gyumri Mayor Samvel Balasanian has publicly backed President Serzh Sarkisian’s reelection bid despite the decision by his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) not to nominate or endorse any presidential candidates.
Former Prime Minister Hrant Bagratian, one of the main opposition candidates in Armenia’s presidential election, looks set to be endorsed by an opposition party represented in parliament.
Paruyr Hayrikian, a prominent Soviet-era dissident running for president, on Thursday called for a multi-party agreement on a single candidate in Armenia’s presidential race.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) is in a political “crisis” after a series of blunders committed by its leadership, a senior dissident member of the opposition alliance said on Monday.
A senior member of Levon Ter-Petrosian’s Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Wednesday called Armenia’s upcoming presidential election a sham and rebuked other opposition leaders for participating in it.
The National Security Service on Monday denied any involvement in the secret recording of a private conversation in which a close associate of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian expressed concern about growing discord within his Armenian National Congress (HAK).
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Friday that it hopes to continue to cooperate with Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) despite his decision not to challenge President Serzh Sarkisian in the upcoming presidential election.
President Serzh Sarkisian did not force Gagik Tsarukian, his most popular potential rival, to avoid challenging him in the upcoming presidential election, his ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) insisted on Thursday.
In a dramatic about-face that will boost President Serzh Sarkisian’s reelection chances, Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian said on Wednesday that he will not stand as a candidate in the upcoming presidential election. (UPDATED)
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian on Tuesday dismissed though his aides media reports that he is having second thoughts about participating in next February’s presidential election after his weekend meeting with President Serzh Sarkisian.
President Serzh Sarkisian held separate talks over the weekend with the leaders of two former members of his governing coalition that could challenge him in Armenia’s upcoming presidential election.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) Gagik Tsarukian discussed the upcoming Armenian presidential election with the European Union’s Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Commissioner Stefan Fuele at the end of a three-day visit to Brussels late on Thursday.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian faced an angry reaction from the government on Thursday after effectively alleging during a visit to Brussels that his country is run by corrupt individuals.
The National Assembly passed on Wednesday Armenia’s state budget for next year that calls for a nearly 10 percent rise in government spending projected at 1.15 trillion drams ($2.84 billion).
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian will pose no serious threat to President Serzh Sarkisian’s reelection plans if he decides to run for president, a top representative of the ruling Republican Party (HHK) said on Tuesday.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian will fly to Brussels on Tuesday for talks with European Union officials amid growing expectations of his participation in next February’s presidential election.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) and other major opposition force have made no progress so far towards the possible nomination of a joint candidate for the upcoming presidential election, a Dashnaktsutyun leader said on Friday.
The presidents of Armenia and Turkmenistan pledged to expand what they described as “traditionally friendly” relations between the two former Soviet republics after talks held in Yerevan on Thursday.
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