Armenia's governing party yesterday won parliamentary elections that strengthened President Serzh Sarkisian but again highlighted problems with the ex-Soviet state's fragile democracy.
European observers from the OSCE praised the election process as competitive but said it had been undermined by a series of democratic failings including pressure on voters, while opposition leaders vowed street protests.
Sarkisian's Republican party took 44.05 percent of the vote after all ballots from Sunday's contest were counted, the Central Election Commission said.