[ last updated 17:04 ] Artur Baghdasarian faced accusations of “treason” and secret collaboration with the government from fellow opposition candidate Levon Ter-Petrosian on Thursday as he finally refused to drop out of the presidential race in favor of Armenia’s former president.
[ last updated 17:05 ] A plane bound for Belarus’s capital Minsk crashed as it was about to take off from Yerevan’s Zvartnots international airport early on Thursday, injuring eight of 21 people on board.
[ last updated 17:09 ] Echoing reports by opposition candidates and local media, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe detailed on Thursday the widespread use of government resources in Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian’s election campaign.
[ last updated 17:12 ] Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian secured on Thursday the backing of yet another opposition party which urged Armenians to help him thwart a “reproduction” of the country’s present leadership in next week’s presidential election.
[ last updated 17:02 ] “Aravot” quotes Transport and Communications Minister Andranik Manukian as saying that Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian will win the presidential election already in the first round of voting.
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