Armenian Online News

The Republican Square is getting ready for Serge Sargsyan’s gathering. The Square is filled with the flags of the “Republican Party of Armenia”, buses, policemen are in gas-masks.

The road police have closed all the roads to the Square. A huge platform is installed in the middle of the Square and a loud music is heard. Behind the Government’s building seven buses with policemen as well as some police cars are waiting. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, at 5 a.m. the employees of the RA Police intruded into Khachik Simonayan’s house, member of the “Republican” party and head of the Ter-Petrosyan’s pre-election headquarter in the region of Kotayk, and detained him. Read the rest of this entry »

About 17 people are on huger strike at the Liberty Square demanding to recognize the results of the elections invalid. 50-year-old Vanadzor citizen Sargis Avetyan has sewed his mouth and declared that he will not take out the stitches until his demand is taken into consideration. Read the rest of this entry »

Armenia’s First President addressed the rally at Liberty Square today.

“Many of you continue the struggle of 1988. Today we pursue the same aim. We struggle for the sake of the Republic of Armenia, democracy, free market economy and liberation of Artsakh,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »

On February 25, the Department of Public Relations and Information of the RA Police released a statement which runs,

“On February 23 the Police of the Republic of Armenia detained former Deputy Prosecutor General Gagik Jhangirian. Jhangiryan is arrested. Read the rest of this entry »

Leader of the “Democratic Homeland” Party Petros Makeyan was arrested about an hour ago. He was taken to the Prosecutor’s Office. Read the rest of this entry »

Today the pre-election office for presidential candidate Arthur Baghdasarian released a statement which runs:

“Yesterday at 6 p.m. the Central Electoral Commission held an extraordinary sitting and confirmed the results of the presidential election. The CEC notified about the meeting only 30 minutes before, while the law sets two hours for notification. The CEC didn’t notify about the agenda of the meeting, either. Read the rest of this entry »

New Times Party (NZhK) Leader Aram Karapetian has been arrested today. According to eye-witnesses, some unknown people came up to the NZhK Leader near the Arabkir market, pinioned his arms and took him in an unknown direction. Read the rest of this entry »

Today morning, at about 9.45, masked men rushed upon the car of Smbat Aivazian, ex MP and member of the “Hanrapetutiun” (Republic) Party’s political board at the intersection of Koryun-Terian streets. They detained Smbat Aivazian, his driver Vardan Kirakossian and the passenger Artak Misakian. Read the rest of this entry »

Dear compatriots,

I apply to you as a RA presidential candidate. During the election race I have only employed political methods based on ideological and moral values.

I have shared no effort to carry on a struggle in the realms of political constructive debates. I simply did my best to assure our people that it is possible to gain a victory. But I failed. Read the rest of this entry »