ARMENIA’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BLOCKING REVIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RETURNS.
Armenian opposition representatives yesterday charged at a news conference that the Constitutional Court "practically covers up the falsification of the presidential election returns" in its... MORE
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT INAUGURATED, GOVERNMENT INSTALLED.
Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosian was inaugurated yesterday to a second term of five years. The act prejudged the decision due shortly from the Constitutional Court,... MORE
ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER REPLACED.
Prime Minister Hrant Bagratian resigned yesterday "at his own request," and President Levon Ter-Petrosian appointed Armen Sarkisian to the post on the same day. Sarkisian,... MORE
MASS RALLY SUPPORTS ARMENIAN OPPOSITION’S APPEAL TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT.
An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 supporters of Armenia's opposition rallied in central Yerevan on October 25, and opposition leaders called a follow-up rally for November... MORE
RUSSIA STANDS BY ITS ARMENIAN ALLY IN ELECTION CONTROVERSY.
The Armenian government informed its public yesterday that Russia had deflected OSCE criticism of the government's conduct of the recent presidential election. At a meeting... MORE
FALLOUT CONTINUES FROM ARMENIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
In a report on Armenia's September 22 presidential election, the U.S.-based International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) concluded that "the electoral process broke down as... MORE
OSCE QUESTIONS ARMENIAN ELECTION OUTCOME; MANUKIAN TURNS TO COURT.
In its final report on Armenia's presidential election, the OSCE Observer Mission ascertained "numerous irregularities including some very serious breaches of the election law;" collusion... MORE
ARMENIAN OPPOSITION APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERCESSION.
A large group of wives and mothers of Armenian opposition leaders arrested or wanted by the authorities have issued an appeal to international organizations. It... MORE
ARMENIAN-AMERICAN ORGANIZATION "DEEPLY TROUBLED
". The Washington-based Armenian National Committee of America is "deeply troubled that the Armenian presidential election, like the parliamentary election in July 1995, was conducted... MORE
ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES CRACK DOWN FOLLOWING OPPOSITION ATTACK ON PARLIAMENT.
The Armenian parliament yesterday voted 155 to 0 to lift the parliamentary immunity of eight opposition deputies, including presidential candidate Vazgen Manukian, whose coalition of... MORE