December, 2011

• 9 December

  

  Snow Expected in Armenia on Dec. 10

  On Dec. 9, temperatures are expected to reach a low of -8ºC with a high of -6ºC at night; +4ºC to +6ºC during the day, and...
• 9 December

  

  Dashnak MP Agrees: Heritage Party is Only Opposition in Armenian Parliament

  During press briefings in parliament today, Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun, or ARF-D) MP Artyush Shahbazyan...
• 9 December

  

  Health Minister Says Turkish PM Erdoğan Fine, Just Resting

  Turkey's Health Minister Recep Akdağ has said there is nothing wrong with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's health after...
• 9 December

  

  Dashnaks Didn’t Vote for Larisa Alaverdyan, But Still in Favor with Heritage Party

  Heritage Party MP Armen Martirosyan was asked in parliament today to comment on the vote by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation...
• 9 December

  

  No Positive Change in Tackling Corruption in Armenia in 2011: Watchdog (updated)

  In 2011, the Government of Armenian continued to adopt legislative and sub-legislative anti-corruption acts; in particular,...
• 9 December

  

  Author Hopes to Mitigate Prejudice Against Muslims in New Book on Armenian Genocide

  "Despite the threat by the government that anyone who helped an Armenian would have their house burned down, their family killed in...
• 9 December

  

  ‘I Am Hiding in Nagorny Karabakh’ (VIDEO)

  Perhaps the most interesting piece to emerge amid ongoing negotiations over the disputed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh is this video.
• 9 December

  Nubarashen Prison Lifers Announce Hunger Strike

  Two lifers in Nubarashen penitentiary, Artur and Garegin, are on a hunger strike, protesting that the amendments to the RA Criminal Code...
• 9 December

  Syunik Regional Governor to Pay Off His Debt to Me, Says Silva Hambardzumyan

  Entrepreneur Silva Hambardzumyan has said that Syunik marzpet (regional governor) Suren Khachatryan will transfer his debt of...
• 9 December

  

  Armenia Activists Protest Russian Opposition Activists’ Arrests, Organize Protest in Yerevan

  "We, a group of people in Armenia who have been fighting against similar phenomena, express our outrage at the arrests of...