[ last updated 17:12 ] Former Foreign Minister Raffi Hovannisian and his supporters formed on Tuesday a political organization which they hope will give him the muscle to become a key player in Armenian politics.
[ last updated 17:17 ] President Robert Kocharian ended on Tuesday his eighth consecutive day of campaigning with another pledge to ensure that the February 19 presidential elections are “civilized and legitimate.”
[ last updated 17:21 ] Vazgen Manukian, a major opposition candidate, sought to dispel voter pessimism about the freedom and fairness of the upcoming presidential election at the start of his campaign in Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province on Tuesday.
[ last updated 17:26 ] Armenia marked on Tuesday the 11th anniversary of the creation of its armed forces with low-key official ceremonies led by Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian.
[ last updated 17:05 ] “Iravunk” says the “active and aggressive” style of Kocharian’s campaign suggests that he is “not quite confident of his victory.”
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