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CEC Refused Torosyan
The observers of “Supreme Council” NGO will not participate in the May 12 parliamentary elections. On February 6, the Central Electoral Commission rejected the application submitted by the NGO for observers’...
Ex-Speaker’s Party To Go It Alone
Former parliament speaker Artur Baghdasarian said on Wednesday that his Orinats Yerkir party, one of the largest in Armenia, will not form an alliance with other opposition groups to contest the May 12 parliamentary...
Next Demonstration for Zhirayr Sefilian and Vardan Malkhasian Held
"The main goal of the "Armenian Volunteers' Unity" public initiative is to prevent the reproduction of the present immoral, illegal and anti-national regime." Samvel Haroutiunian, a member of the initiative made such a...
Decision 2007 Comes May 12: Will it be fair?
A decree signed this week by President Robert Kocharyan places the Parliamentary elections on May 12. Now that the date has been settled, the over-riding question remains whether these elections – unlike any in...
Editor Denied Release: “Guilty” verdict voids chance for administrative penalty
Lawyers for jailed newspaper editor Arman Babajanyan have failed in their argument before a court of appeals that their client is being punished beyond reason. Babajanyan, 30, editor of Zhamanak-Yerevan (“Times-Yerevan...
Youths Protest Anti-Armenian Violence In Russia
About a hundred student activists staged on Wednesday a rare demonstration outside the Russian embassy in Yerevan to protest continuing racially motivated attacks on Armenians in Russia. Chanting “No to Russian...
Armenians See Increased Corruption, Shows New Survey
Almost two in three Armenians believe that corruption in their country has increased in recent years despite declared government efforts to combat it, according to new research made public on Wednesday. A nationwide...
Internet Phone Providers Protest Against Service Ban
Hundreds of owners and employees of Armenian firms providing external phone connection over the Internet rallied in Yerevan on Monday in protest against a government decision that upheld the national telecommunication...
New book on European perspectives of the South Caucasus
Vahram Soghomonyan European Integration and Hegemony in the South Caucasus Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia on the Way to Europe Nomos Universitätsschriften – Politik, Bd. 140, 2007 ISBN 978-3-8329-2403-4 On January...
Turkish Officials Sacked Over Dink's Murder
A sixth suspect was jailed and two senior regional officials were removed from office Friday as Turkish authorities expanded their investigation into the murder of ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. A court in...