“The First RA President Levon Ter-Petrosyan has serious motives to think that Arthur Baghdasaryan and Raffi Hovhanissian will join him”, told the press speaker of the First President Aram Musinyan to the journalists.

Today Chairman of the “National Democratic Union” Vazgen Manukyan was to meet the leadership of the CIS observation mission, but as the party’s press speaker Gohar Veziryan informed that the meeting, as such, did not take place.

If the RA Human Rights Defender decides that will not enter the RA Constitutional Court by the RA presidential elections, then as the presidential candidate Arman Melikyan says, he has got extra chances to dispute the issue regarding the legality of elections, since their results are already known.

Given Armenia’s support in the global war against terrorism as well as the ongoing attempts by Turkey and Azerbaijan to isolate Armenia, the Armenian Assembly of America today expressed its opposition to the Administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Budget

“In Armenia, where the political system is not established, the problem who will become the president of the country is the problem of life and death for any active participant of the campaign”, told politician Aghasy Yenokyan.

The Leader of the “National Union” party, the presidential candidate Artashes Geghamyan will leave for the town of Masis today, where he is to meet the heads of regional headquarters.

The presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s official website /www.levonpresident.am/ has not been functioning for some days. The website administrator informed us that the problem is of technical character.

During the campaign period the RA citizens get acquainted with the programs of the presidential candidates particularly by the representatives of the parties, who visit the residents disseminating informative booklets.

Today, presidential candidate Serzh Sarkissian had a meeting with residents of Avan Community. His meeting was rather a reply to Levon Ter-Petrossian than an introduction of a pre-election campaign.

Vahan Hovhannissian was the first presidential candidate to step Armavir Marz during the pre-election campaign. The candidate delivered speeches in some settlements of the marz.

The Armenian Democratic Party (ADK) will not back any candidate during the upcoming elections. ADK leader Aram Sargsian says he is well aware of the candidates’ family and political background and their teams.

On February 4 presidential candidate Vahan Hovhannissian visited Parakyar Village where he spoke of Armenia’s future. Few people were present at the meeting. They explained the paucity by rural residents' indifference to politics.

Leader of the People’s Party (ZhK) and presidential candidate Tigran Karapetian says the results of Gallup polls are promising “although they are ordered by the authorities.”

European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, will participate in the Ministerial EU Troika visit to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia on 4-6 February 2008.

S. Alexanian in charge of Serzh Sarkissian’s pre-election office reported shooting at their office on 12 Mar Street, Yerevan, at 10.20 a.m. on February 1.

On February 1 presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian held meetings at different settlements of Lori Marz. The first meeting was due in Koti Village where residents slaughtered a lamb in honour of the first President.

Residents of Malatsia-Sebastia community received presidential candidate Serzh Sarkissian rather “coldly” today.

RA Ombudsman’s Office will actively participate at the electoral processes, Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Armen Harutiunian said today.

“Our rating is increasing day by day,” Leader of the “National Consent” Party (AHK) Aram Harutiunian said on February 1.

Strasbourg, 31.01.2008 - A pre-electoral mission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has just completed a visit to Yerevan to assess the political climate and preparations for the forthcoming Presidential election in Armenia. Its main task was to assess progress in the implementation of the electoral framework, as continued progress in the manner in which the election is conducted...

Two bottles of petrol were blown up at the entrance of the Vanadzor pre-election office for Levon Ter-Petrossian on the night of January 31. A fire broke out on the staircase in the result of the explosion.

On February 1 Leader of the National Unification Party (AMK) Artashes Geghamian hosted the OSCE Election Observation Mission (EOM) at the head of Gerd Arens.

On 29 November during the meeting with journalists the Leader of “New Times” party Aram Karapetyan announced that if he did not run for presidency he would actively fight against the authorities.

“Your polling stations remind me a railway station” , announced Mr John Prescott, Head of the pre-election delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe at the NA during the meeting with journalists.