September, 2011

• 3 September

  

  Sargsyan, Kocharian, Ter-Petrossian and the 2008 Presidential Election, According to US Diplomat in Armenia

  "Mounting evidence… has called into question the government's claim that PM Serzh Sargsyan won a legitimate first-round majority on...
• 2 September

  

  Court Ruled on Armenian Traffic Police Chief’s Precautionary Measure

  The court today ruled in favor of pre-trial detention in the case of head of Armenia's national traffic police, Colonel Margar Ohanyan...
• 2 September

  

  Security Service Leaders Assured Kocharian They Could Clean Out Liberty Square on Mar. 1 in Minutes: WikiLeaks

  National security adviser to then president Robert Kocharian Garnik Isagulyan said that Kocharian had been swayed by the police and...
• 2 September

  

  Yerevan Republic Square Fountains Get a Makeover Beginning Sept. 21

  With the aim of carrying out work toward modernizing and featuring a new design, the fountains at Yerevan's Republic Square will be...
• 2 September

  

  Kocharian Fixed Court Ruling Against Ter-Petrossian: Constitutional Court Justice to US Officials

  US embassy officials were approached by Valery Poghossian, one of Armenia's nine Constitutional Court justices, on Mar. 6, 2008, for a secret...
• 2 September

  

  Karabakh is Occupied. Madrid Principles Should be Called ‘Unprincipled Yerevan,’ Says Armenian MP

  The ridiculous question "Why don't the people from Artsakh [the unrecognized Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh] go back to Artsakh?" wouldn't be...
• 2 September

  

  A Beaten Soldier, Abandoned Girl About to Give Birth: Armenia’s Independence According to Tigran Khzmalyan (updated)

  Armenia's independence today is like a young man tortured, beaten and humiliated in the army or a 20-year-old girl abandoned in pain who...
• 2 September

  

  Ter-Petrossian’s ‘Fiery Entrance’ Shook Up ‘Seemingly Apathetic Armenian Body Politic’: WikiLeaks

  "His fierce public criticism of the authorities — the second time in two months — illustrates the seriousness with which he is approaching the...
• 2 September

  

  Pro-Government Newspapers in Armenia Critical of US had Sargsyan’s Support: WikiLeaks

  Two days before the May 12, 2007 parliamentary election in Armenia, US Charge d'Affaires Anthony Godfrey sent a confidential cable to...
• 2 September

  

  George W. Bush’s Brother Becomes Unlikely Hit in China with New Blog

  The brother of former US President George W. Bush has opened an account with the most popular microblogging service in China, where...