"The economic and political spheres seem to be adjusting to the present monopoly system," said Ara Nranyan

"Today I gave blood analysis and lost quite a lot of blood, that is why I feel a bit fatigued," said the candidate.

The upcoming presidential election was uninteresting from the very beginning, and one need not attach too much importance to it, says Harutyun Mesrobyan

The training programme started on 28 January and is being implemented throughout the country with the help of more than 40 trainers. It aims to prepare some 16,000 election officials to effectively administer the 18 February presidential election.

Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month in an entirely unexpected development, saying he is too old to continue.

Nikol Aghbalyan Student Union and Young Diplomats Club NGO have joined in an effort to draw the international community's attention to the recent instances of violence against ethnic Armenian women in Turkey.

Presidential candidate Hrant Bagratyan says there is no logic in Paruyr Hayrikyan's decision to request the Constitutional Court to postpone the upcoming election.

Armenian presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan has addressed to the Constitutional Court to withdraw his appeal submitted on Sunday, February 10, CC Spokesman Hovhannes Papikyan told A1+.

The NGO says it is concerned about the possible irreversible damage the strike might cause to the candidate's health.

8 international and 24 local NGO-s will observe the presidential elections of February 18.

He called on all presidential candidates to join him and to stop the campaign leaving Serzh Sargsyan alone in the list.

Mr. Ghukasyan still believes that Paruyr Hayrikyan will change his mind and will appeal to the Constitutional Court by Monday.

The open Facebook letter of Paruyr Hayrikyan to Raffi Hovannisian and Hrant Bagratyan

Minister Dumanyan said the presidential hopeful would be examined by the best specialists of the country.

February 18 was the last day for the candidates to file withdrawal letters with the CEC.

"It was cold and I did not get a wink of sleep. I was walking around the Christmas tree," he said.

Hayrikyan wanted to withdraw from the race but his supporters did not allow him to do it.

"HHSh is a member of a number of European structures, which has no precedents in the Armenian political arena. If HHSh is dissolved, it will mean stripping the party of all its responsibilities and privileges in Europe," said Mr Manukyan.

The inaugural session of the party is slated for March 22

Armenian presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan has decided to conserve his strength after staging a hunger strike in Yerevan for 18 days.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the latest assassination attempt against Armenia's presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan.

Vahan Hovhannisyan will go to the polls on February 18 and vote for all candidates.

Derenik Dumanyan will visit presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan later on Friday to get more information on his health problems.

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