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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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"Georgian Dream" maintains prime position in Georgian politics after by-elections
20 May 2019
Opposition United National Movement looses Zugdidi despite fielding their star candidate Sandra Roelofs, the wife of former president Miheil Saakashvili
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Volodymyr Zelensky is Ukraine's new president
22 April 2019
Exit polls suggest he won a landslide victory, winning nearly three quarters of the votes cast in the second round of presidential elections held on Sunday
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In Moldova, no party secures majority; new elections likely
25 February 2019
With 97% of the votes counted, the Socialists received 31.4 percent of the vote. The pro-EU ACUM coalition, which ran on an anti-corruption platform, finished second with 26 percent, ahead of the ruling Democratic Party, which was third with 24 percent.
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Moldovans vote for new parliament
24 February 2019
Moldovans are voting on Sunday (24 February) in crucial parliamentary elections which are likely to define the country's foreign policy orientation going forward. More than three million Moldovans are eligible to vote.
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Ararat Mirzoyan elected as Speaker of the new Armenian parliament
14 January 2019
The Armenian Parliament met for its first session on Monday (14 January), following early parliamentary elections held on 9 December which resulted in a landslide victory for the My Step alliance led by prime minister Nikol Pashinyan. .
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January 14 will open new chapter in Armenian politics
5 January 2019
Beyond the political allegiances, the new parliament will be overwhelmingly dominated by new faces - many young - who have no experience of parliamentary politics, but are very enthusiastic, and keen to push forward reforms in many aspects of Armenian life.
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Constitutional changes come into force in Georgia following presidential inauguration
17 December 2018
Salome Zurabishvili was sworn in on Sunday as Georgia's fifth president, triggering the coming into force of constitutional changes adopted in 2017
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International observers give positive assessment of Armenian elections
11 December 2018
"Contestants were able to campaign freely, and fundamental freedoms of association, assembly, expression and movement were fully respected", said the head of the European Parliament Delegation, Heidi Hautala, echoing broadly held views among international observers
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Pashinyan's "My Step" sweeps to victory in Armenian elections
10 December 2018
The "My Step" alliance secured 70.43% of votes cast. Polling on Sunday took place in a calm atmosphere, but voter turnout was low, with only 48.63 % of eligible voters casting their votes.