[ last updated 18:11 ] Levon Ter-Petrosian continued to rally thousands of supporters in Yerevan on Monday despite the arrest of at least two more loyalists of the former Armenian president and the forcible closure of his campaign offices across the country.
[ last updated 18:14 ] The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Monday recognized Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian’s victory in Armenia’s disputed presidential election and offered to pull out of his cabinet.
[ last updated 18:16 ] Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian downplayed on Monday the unprecedented decision by ten of his senior diplomats to condemn the Armenian government’s handling of the presidential election and effectively side with former President Levon Ter-Petrosian.
[ last updated 18:18 ] A senior official representing the Council of Europe echoed on Monday Western observers’ largely positive assessment of Armenia’s presidential election and urged the authorities in Yerevan not to use force against opposition protesters.
[ last updated 18:10 ] “Regardless of the results, these elections had no winners,” writes “168 Zham.”