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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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Armenia votes
9 December 2018
With eleven parties to choose from, Armenians have the chance to determine their country's future in elections that appear to be freer and fairer than has been the case in recent past
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International Observers give preliminary assessment of Georgia's presidential election
30 November 2018
"Candidates campaigned freely in competitive Georgia run-off, though one side enjoyed undue advantage and negative character of campaign undermined process", international observers say
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Opinion: Five takes from Georgia’s presidential election
29 November 2018
After a divisive and bruising presidential election campaign Georgians now need to assess where that leaves their democracy and their country's political fabric, argues Dennis Sammut in this op-ed for commonspace.eu
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Salome Zurabishvili is the new president of Georgia
29 November 2018
In the second round of presidential elections held on Wednesday, Zurabishvili got 59.55 of the votes cast. UNM Candidate, Grigol Vashadze secured 40.45%.
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Georgia holds second round of presidential elections (Updated throughout the day)
28 November 2018
Exit polls released soon after polling closed at 20.00 say that Salome Zurabishvili won the election securing 55% of the votes cast. Counting is expected to go on throughout the night
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Ivanishvili makes impassioned appeal to Georgians
5 November 2018
In an impassioned video appeal the leader of Georgian Dream (GD) party, Bidhzina Ivanishvili, called on the Georgian people not to lose the gains achieved in the last six years, but also promised that henceforth he will himself play a more direct role in the governing of the country.
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Georgian opposition candidate Grigol Vashadze met Patriarch Ilya II
3 November 2018
Opposition sources say the main issues during the one-hour audience were the presidential election and the draft law on cultivation and export of cannabis.
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A defiant Zurabishvili says she will fight on and is determined to win
31 October 2018
Zurabishvili made a televised address after speculation on Tuesday that she was about to withdraw her candidacy. Zurabishvili came first in Sunday's first round of presidential elections in Georgia, but failed to secure 50% of votes cast.
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Georgian election goes to second round
29 October 2018
Salome Zurabishvili and Grigol Vashadze will go head to head in a run-off after no candidate secured more than 509% of the vote in Sunday's poll