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Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General on official visit to Armenia
Strasbourg, 15.05.2008 The Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, will visit Yerevan (Armenia) to participate in a conference on domestic violence, organised by the Armenian...
Verdict by Administrative Court on claim by diplomats dismissed from Armenian Foreign Ministry to be made public on May 29
Wednesday on May 14 the Administrative Court of Armenia studied the claim by 4 diplomats dismissed from the Foreign Ministry of Armenia. Judge Hovsep Bedevyan chaired over the sitting. To recall, the claimants, the...
Two More Oppositionists Freed
By Ruzanna Stepanian A close associate of former President Levon Ter-Petrosian and another opposition activist have been released from detention pending trial on charges stemming from their active involvement in post-...
Kocharian Rounds On ‘Immoral’ Predecessor
In his first public comments since leaving office, former President Robert Kocharian on Monday defended the use of deadly force against supporters of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian and accused his predecessor of...
Council of Europe and OSCE welcome agreement to change recently-amended assembly law in Armenia
Strasbourg, 22.04.2008 The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe's Venice Commission today welcomed the agreement reached with leading Armenian state...
Independent TV Granted 10-Day Reprieve
An independent television station based in Armenia’s second city of Gyumri was on Thursday allowed to resume broadcasts suspended the previous day as a result of its politically charged dispute with the local...
PACE Commission Passes Draft Resolution on Armenia
The Monitoring Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Tuesday passed a draft resolution concerning the state of democratic institutions in Armenia urging Armenian authorities to...
Higher Court Rejects Embattled TV’s Claim in Tower Dispute
Armenia’s Appeals Court on Monday sustained the verdict of the lower court on an independent regional TV’s parent company’s claim to retain a tower that ensures its transmission. The ruling still leaves the Gyumri-...
Most Oppositionists End Hunger Strikes after Ter-Petrosian Call
Nearly all of more than two dozen jailed oppositionists claiming to be political prisoners ended their collective hunger strike on Friday following the previous day’s appeal from opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian, a...
Head Of Yerevan Press-Club Thinks Participation Of Public Organizations In Politics Is Inadmissible And Illegal
Head of Yerevan press-club Boris Navasardyan thinks participation of public organizations in the political processes is inadmissible and illegal. Making a speech at Tesaket club today he said that there is no dialogue...