Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Archuk's blog criticizes the first president of the Republic of Armenia and radical opposition leader, Levon Ter-Petrossian, for claiming that the Russian invasion of Georgia was justifiable in order to prevent “Genocide.”
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Notes from Hairenik comments on Friday's rally by the extra-parliamentary opposition led by Armenia's first president, Levon Ter-Petrossian. Noting the low turnout at the unsanctioned rally, the blog says that the opposition remains weak and unable to mobilize a critical mass of people large enough to challenge the status quo.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 22/06/2008
Blogian raises concern over what it considers to be racist rhetoric used by Armenia's first president, Levon Ter-Petrossian, at a radical opposition demonstration staged Friday in downtown Yerevan. Meanwhile, The Armenian Observer and my The Caucasus Knot carries more coverage of the unsanctioned rally.
The Armenian Observer Blog (Free subscription) | 16/05/2008
The big news at the start of the week was ex-president Robert Kocharyan's interview given to Mediamax News Agency in response to ex-president Levon Ter-Petrossian's speech on May 1st. Quite expectedly, Kocharyan talked complete crap, noting, that as he is not Armenia’s President anymore, he will be more unrestrained in his speech - not that [...]
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
The Armenian Observer posts a roundup of some of the opinions on radical opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian's apparently conciliatory 2 May speech. While most blogs consider that the former president's words were indeed more moderate than in the past, whether such an approach represents strength or weakness is open to debate.
The Armenian Observer Blog (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Quite predictably, the internet discussions over the past several days focused primarily on the congress held by opposition forces and the first public speech made by the opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian since the post-election violence on March 1st. Opposition Congress, May 2, 2008 | Source: Unzipped While speculating, that anyone “who made claims that [...]
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
Unzipped comments on the recent congress held by those opposition forces supporting Levon Ter-Petrossian. The blog says that the former president clearly indicated a “readiness for dialogue” with the authorities, but says that there are certain requirements which need to be met first.
The Armenian Observer Blog (Free subscription) | 30/04/2008
While calls for dialogue between president Serzh Sargsyan and the opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian come from all sides - government, opposition and the international community alike, all those speaking about “dialogue”, starting from Raffi Hovhannisyan and ending with the PACE and US Helsinki Commission seem to take it for granted, that such a dialogue will [...]
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 25/04/2008
Seetizen, the blog of a prominent youth activist in Armenia, criticizes the Sksela youth movement which was founded by other activists close to the campaign team of former president Levon Ter-Petrossian. Although the Sksela youth movement is meant to be politically neutral, the blog says that such an illusion is now over and that the [...]
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 13/04/2008
A new blog, Armenian Politics, has an interesting first post on the post-election protests staged by supporters of former president, Levon Ter-Petrossian. It asks has the “revolution” failed, or is it merely a work in progress?
Blogian (Free subscription) | 15/03/2008
Image: Armenian opposition leader and former president Levon Ter-Petrossian at Yerevan's Liberty Square on March 1, 2008 after the police has chased the rest of the protesters. Via unzipped The rumor that opposition leader and Armenia’s first president Levon Ter-Petrossian did not receive Armenia’s spiritual leader - Catholicos Garegin II - has been confirmed to be true. The [...]
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
The Armenian Observer posts a video of a press conference held by radical opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian currently under de facto house arrest. The blog also provides a summary of what the former president said.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Unzipped posts some remarkable photographs of former president and radical opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian surrounded by security forces after police dispersed the overnight demonstration which had occupied Yerevan's Liberty Square.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Unzipped comments on last night's ruling by the constitutional upholding the results of the 19 February presidential election in Armenia. The blog says that it is not surprised at the verdict and alleges the court came under political pressure to reject opposition candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian's appeal.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Armenia Now comments on statements from the Armenian Prosecutor General that opposition supporters had been “hypnotized” by former president, Levon Ter-Petrossian. The entry on the new blog also questions various actions and statements by opposition, government and international representatives and hopes that a leader worthy to lead the country will emerge by the time of [...]
