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Yearly Archives: 2011
February, 2011
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5 February
Armenia is Not a Site for Color Revolutions: Opinion
"People are poor here, but they don't consider themselves poor; our psychology is such that if they considered themselves poor, they... -
5 February
Hrant Dink and Vahan Khalafyan: Pashinyan Sees Parallels in Armenia, Turkey
An article written by local Armenian daily Haykakan Jamanak ("Armenian Times") chief editor, imprisoned journalist Nikol Pashinyan... -
5 February
‘Iran, Stop Supporting Armenia!’: Protest in Ankara
Around 100 people participated in the demonstration, holding Azerbaijan and Turkey flags and chanting, "Karabakh belongs to Turks!"... -
5 February
Etchmiadzin Wants to Govern Armenian Diasporan Churches’ Finances: Hraparak
Board of trustees members of Armenian Apostolic churches located in different cities in France recently sent an open letter to Primate of... -
5 February
Father of Dead Soldier Promised to Disseminate March 1 Audio Recording
Sargis Sargsyan, the father of one of the soldiers killed in Martuni army base on July 28, 2010, informed a local daily Haykakan Jamanak... -
5 February
Gyumri Mayor’s Son Arrested
At around 3 pm on Feb. 4, chief officers with the RA Police criminal investigation unit detained about 20–25 people from the restaurant... -
5 February
New Movements Birth New Leaders: Opinion on Egypt and Armenia
"Similar demonstrations, self-expressions show that what happened in Egypt takes place in Armenia as well: this allows for the possibility that... -
4 February
Armenian Demonstrators Say ‘Hurriyya!’ in Front of Egyptian Embassy in Yerevan
A few dozen people had gathered in front of the Egyptian embassy in the Armenian capital of Armenia as a sign of support for the anti-government protestors in Egypt. -
4 February
Moscow Day of Wrath Gets Green Light
An opposition group in Moscow says it has been given the green light to hold an anti-government protest in the Russian capital next week, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. -
4 February
Wives of Imprisoned Opposition Activists Demand their Release
"There hasn't been a retreat, never. Then we were giving the letters by hand, now we put them in a box because they don't provide any answers. They say, we adhere to...