Elections 2012: Failure of Armenian Opposition
According to some Armenian experts, the May 6
According to some Armenian experts, the May 6 elections became the “swan song” for ANC and Levon Ter-Petrossian By Hayk Khalatyan The recent parliamentary elections in Armenia recorded…
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YEREVAN — The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and…
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YEREVAN. – The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia has announced the final results of the May 6 parliamentary elections. The final CEC tabulation shows that the total…
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ISTANBUL — Fatma Yavuz, an 80-year-old Armenian survivor of the 1937-1938 Dersim (today’s Tunceli, Turkey) Massacres, sent a letter to the Turkish parliament’s subcommittee on the Dersim affair,…
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STEPANAKERT — Scores of troops, tanks and other military hardware paraded across Stepanakert on Wednesday as Nagorno-Karabakh marked the 20th anniversary of the Liberation of Shoushi from Azerbaijani…
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President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Bako Sahakian delivered a congratulatory speech at the military parade of the NKR Armed Forces on the occasion of Victory Day and…
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YEREVAN — International observers gave a mixed assessment of Armenia’s parliamentary elections on Monday, praising the pre-election environment in the country but reporting irregularities in a “significant number”…
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YEREVAN — Preliminary official results of Armenia’s parliamentary elections released on Monday morning gave a landslide victory to President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party that will enable it tighten…
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COMMENTARY
Elections 2012: Failure of Armenian Opposition »
According to some Armenian experts, the May 6 elections became the “swan song” for ANC and Levon Ter-Petrossian By Hayk Khalatyan The recent parliamentary elections in Armenia recorded sweeping victory by the current…
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ARMENIA
Elections 2012: Failure of Armenian Opposition »
According to some Armenian experts, the May 6 elections became the “swan song” for ANC and Levon Ter-Petrossian By…
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