[ last updated 16:17 ] Two Yerevan offices of the pro-presidential Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) were rocked by explosions early Thursday in what President Robert Kocharian promptly condemned as an attempt to destabilize the political situation in the country ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections.
[ last updated 16:21 ] Armenia’s most radical opposition party rallied more than a thousand supporters in Yerevan on Thursday, telling them to be ready for a “democratic revolution” which it said could follow the May 12 parliamentary elections.
[ last updated 16:15 ] President Robert Kocharian has re-appointed all but one members of Armenia’s caretaker government, keeping vacant the crucial post of defense minister.
[ last updated 16:12 ] “Judging from the development of events, it looks as though pre-election scandals will exceed our expectations this year,” editorializes “Zhamanak Yerevan.”