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Armenia arrests ex-presidential candidate over attack on rival

March 5, 2013 18:16
Armenia arrested on Tuesday a former presidential candidate over a gun attack on one of his rivals in last month's leadership polls seen as a crucial democratic test for the ex-Soviet state, officials said. "Yerevan's city court has ruled to send the former presidential candidate Vardan Sedrakyan to two-month pre-trial detention," the spokeswoman for Armenia's prosecutor-general, Sona Tuzyan, told AFP. The arrest has been requested by Armenia's security service as part of the investigation into the attack against presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan, she said.

Armenia votes after presidential candidate's shooting

February 18, 2013 00:30
Armenians began voting Monday in presidential elections already marred by the non-fatal shooting of an opposition candidate and the lack of any high-profile alternative to incumbent Serzh Sarkisian. Monday's poll will test the small Caucasus nation's democratic credentials two decades after the Soviet Union's collapse -- a period defined by persistent tensions with neighbouring Azerbaijan and a friendship with Russia.

Wounded Armenian candidate will not delay presidential election

February 11, 2013 09:15
* Presidential election in Armenia to be held on Feb. 18 * President Serzh Sarksyan seen winning the vote By Hasmik Mkrtchyan YEREVAN, Feb 11 (Reuters) - An Armenian presidential candidate who was shot last month cancelled an application to postpone next week's election, a Constitutional Court spokesman said on Monday, paving the way for the vote to be held as scheduled.

Wounded Armenian candidate wants to delay election

February 10, 2013 11:45
* Candidate has right to seek two-week delay * President Serzh Sarksyan seen winning Feb. 18 vote By Hasmik Mkrtchyan YEREVAN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - An Armenian presidential candidate who was shot has appealed for this month's election to be delayed to allow him more time to campaign, raising concerns over instability in the former Soviet republic.

Wounded Armenia presidential candidate seeks poll delay

February 10, 2013 10:01
A prominent candidate in Armenia's presidential election who was wounded in a gun attack last week has asked authorities to delay the poll, his aide said on Sunday. "We have just lodged a request with the Armenian Constitutional Court to delay presidential elections by two weeks," Paruyr Hayrikyan's aide told AFP. "After the attempt on his life Hayrikyan was in hospital and could not participate in the election campaign," Vrezh Zatikyan said.

Armenia arrests two over presidential candidate attack

February 8, 2013 08:16
Armenia's security service said Friday it had arrested two men over a gun attack that wounded a top candidate in this month's leadership polls. The two, 47-year-old Khachatur Pogisian and 41-year old Samvel Harutyunyan, "are suspected of committing an attack against presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan," the National Security Service said in a statement. "They pleaded guilty," it said, adding that both had previously been convicted of drug-related crimes.

Armenia polls set to go ahead despite attack

February 5, 2013 11:01
Armenia's presidential elections are set to go ahead as scheduled on February 18 after a candidate injured in an apparent assassination bid said Tuesday he would not press for a delay. Veteran politician and Soviet-era dissident Paruyr Hayrikyan was wounded in the shooting attack last week, in a crime that rocked the political establishment in the Caucasus state. Under the Armenian constitution, Hayrikyan had the right to ask the courts for a two-week delay in the elections. But his lawyer said he would not take up this option.

Armenia polls set to go ahead despite attack

February 5, 2013 06:31
Armenia's presidential elections are set to go ahead on schedule on February 18 after a candidate injured in an apparent assassination bid said Tuesday he would not press for a delay. Veteran politician and Soviet-era dissident Paruyr Hayrikyan was wounded in the shooting attack last week, in a crime that rocked the political establishment in the Caucasus state. Under the Armenian constitution, Hayrikyan had the right to ask the courts for a two-week delay in the elections. But his lawyer said he would not take up this option.

Armenia presidential candidate wounded in shooting

February 1, 2013 14:45
A prominent candidate in Armenia's presidential elections who was wounded in a gun attack said Friday he would seek a two-week postponement of the polls set for February 18. "Doctors say I must undergo lengthy treatment," Paruyr Hayrikyan, 63, told public television after he was shot in the chest in an attack that shocked the ex-Soviet state. He noted that Armenian law allows polls to be postponed by two weeks if a candidate is deemed to have suffered an insurmountable obstacle.

Armenia presidential candidate wounded in shooting

February 1, 2013 12:00
An unknown attacker shot and wounded a prominent candidate in Armenia's presidential elections, rocking the ex-Soviet state less than three weeks before it goes to the polls, police said Friday. Paruyr Hayrikyan, head of the Union for National Self-Determination, is one of Armenia's best known politicians and a veteran figure who was jailed in Soviet times and then exiled for his promotion of Armenian independence.
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