Shirak Governor Quits After Election Setback

YEREVAN — The governor of Armenia’s northwestern Shirak province where President Serzh…

Raffi Hovannisian Rejects Official Vote Results, Calls for Transfer of Powers

YEREVAN — Raffi Hovannisian, the main opposition candidate in the Armenian presidential…

CEC: Serzh Sarkisian Wins Re-Election with 58.6% of the Vote

YEREVAN — Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has finalized the counting of…

Voting Held in Armenian Presidential Election

YEREVAN — Armenians voted in a presidential election on Monday which was…

Hayrikian Withdraws Election Delay Demand

YEREVAN — Paruyr Hayrikian, a presidential candidate wounded in an apparent assassination…

Two Arrested In Connection With Paruyr Hairikian Shooting

  YEREVAN — Armenia’s National Security Service says two suspects have been…

Presidential Candidate Paruyr Hayrikian Wounded in Yerevan Shooting

YEREVAN — Paruyr Hayrikian  a candidate in the current campaign for the…

New Secretary of State Kerry Vows ‘Strong Support’ for Turkish-Armenian Normalization

WASHINGTON, DC (RFE/RL) — John Kerry, a veteran pro-Armenian senator who will…

Ragip Zarakolu: Turkey Continues to Violate the Rights of Armenian People

YEREVAN — “Armenia did its utmost to normalize the relations with Turkey,…

Eights Candidates Certified to Run in Armenia’s Presidential Elections

YEREVAN — Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has certified eight candidates out…

Ilham Aliyev Named Corruption\’s \’Person Of The Year\’

In 2012, corruption watchdog Transparency International reported that two-thirds of the world’s…

Levon Ter-Petrosian Bows Out of Presidential Race

YEREVAN — Ending months of speculation about his political future, Levon Ter-Petrosian,…

Raffi Hovannisian and Hrant Bagratian Announce Their Candidacy, Levon Ter-Petrosian Still Undecided

YEREVAN — In what was his first public speech in six months…

Armenian Varujan Vosganian Appointed Romania\’s Minister of Economy

SOFIA — Romanian Parliament has endorsed new Cabinet of Victor Ponta on…

President Serzh Sarkisian Nominated for a Second Term by the Ruling Party

YEREVAN — President Serzh Sarkisian has been unanimously nominated as a candidate…

European FMs Stress Importance of Clean Presidential Elections

YEREVAN — The foreign ministers of Sweden, Poland and Bulgaria called for…

Prime Minister Sarkisian Meets With Vice President Joe Biden At White House

WASHINGTON, DC — Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian discussed his reform agenda with…

PFA Special Report: Armenia\’s 2012 Parliamentary Election

Authorities in Armenia Put a New Face on Election Fraud WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES/YEREVAN…

S.D. Hunchakian Party Meets with US Ambassador to Armenia

A delegation of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party, Western Region of the U.S. headed by Chairman Vasken Khodanian along with SDHP Central Committee member Harry Sarafian, met with U.S. Ambassador John A. Heffern on December 5, 2012. During the hour-long meeting, wide ranging topics were discussed, with primary emphasis being placed on the current state of affairs in the Republic of Armenia.

Sarkisian and Putin Meet in Moscow

MOSCOW — President Serzh Sarkisian and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met…