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Escalating Rhetoric Threatens Armenia’s Faltering Democratic Path
3 July 2025
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Pashinyan Targets Remnants of Old Regime as Election Showdown Looms
10 June 2025
For over a week now, the Armenian public has been subjected to another unedifying spectacle between the country’s political and spiritual leadership. Tirades posted on social media by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan targeting Armenian Catholicos Karekin II, who he accuses of fathering at least one child despite an oath of celibacy, have been incendiary. The allegation is not new. Armenian media even named an alleged daughter back in 2013. However, Pashinyan’s wife, Anna Hakobyan, further ratcheted up tensions by referring to some members of the clergy as paedophiles while not presenting any evidence.
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Kuwait votes to elect new parliament
5 December 2020
Parliament in Kuwait has more teeth than in some other Gulf countries, and Ministers, including members of the royal family, are often called to parliament for grilling by MPs, and sessions are aired on national television. Parliament also has the power to remove government ministers from their post, and to call for a no-confidence vote in the government.
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Kabore wins presidential election in Burkina Faso
27 November 2020
Preliminary results from presidential elections in Burkina Faso show Roch Kabore receiving 1.6 million votes of the nearly 3 million cast, with voter turnout at 50 percent.
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Burkina Faso votes despite violent insurgency
22 November 2020
Voting took place on Sunday (22 November) in presidential and parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in the Sahel Region of Africa. The elections were overshadowed by violence from an Islamist insurgency. President Kabore is expected to win reelection, while opposition candidates have warned of "massive electoral fraud." Official results are not expected for some days
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Libya to hold elections next year
16 November 2020
Libyans elections to be held in December of next year. Current negotiations are being held on the various military, economic and political issues among Libya rival factions.
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Maia Sandu wins presidential election in Moldova
16 November 2020
Celebrations broke out overnight in front of opposition headquarters in the centre of the capital Chisinau, with supporters chanting: "President Maia Sandu" and "a country for young people".
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Opposition in Georgia demonstrates against election results
8 November 2020
Opposition says the 31 October elections were illegitimate and they will boycott the new parliament.
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Georgian civil society organisations express negative assessment of 31 October elections
5 November 2020
They say "the Georgian government has failed to ensure the elections adhere to democratic standards".
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After the elections Georgia needs to walk carefully on the regional tightrope
4 November 2020
Growing anti-Georgian sentiments in Armenia may create problems for Georgia, writes Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed