February, 2012

• 8 February

  

  Chemical Castration, Life Sentences: Russia’s Duma Toughens Law Against Child Sex Offenders

  The State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament, has passed a law which increases penalties for child sex offenders after its third and...
• 8 February

  

  2 Armenian Men Arrested in Hollywood for Using Stolen Identities to Buy Target Gift Cards

  Arthur Darbinyan, 21, and Alik Dzhanoyan, 20, were charged with five counts of theft of access card information, three counts of identity theft and...
• 8 February

  

  Arthur Abraham Returns to the Ring on Mar. 31

  Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (33-3, 27 KO's) will be headlining a Sauerland promotion event at..
• 8 February

  

  Syunik Regional Councillor Preparing to Sue a News Site, Newspaper and TV Station

  Syunik marzpet (regional councillor) Surik (Suren) Khachatryan has refuted reports that a correspondent from local news site 1in.am called him and...
• 8 February

  

  PR Advisers Urge Serzh Sargsyan to Get Rid of Armenia’s Police Chief

  A few influential members of RA President Serzh Sargsyan's entourage have urged him to consider the expediency of making RA Police Chief Vova Gasparyan redundant.
• 8 February

  

  Why Does Armenia’s Military Prosecutor Continue to Remain in Intensive Care?

  Armenia’s Military Prosecutor Gevorg Kostanyan, who was taken to Nairi Medical Center on the evening of Feb. 3, continues to receive treatment in ICU.
• 8 February

  

  Orinats Yerkir Dismisses MP for ‘Improper Behavior’: MP Says Party has Turned Republican

  "You know what my 'improper behavior' is? Just that I voted abstained, and for two bills with which I didn't agree, I voted against. That's my improper...
• 7 February

  

  Opposition Activist Protests in Court, Holds Sign Implying Court is Doing President’s Bidding

  At today's trial of Armenian National Congress (HAK) activist Tigran Araqelyan, another HAK activist, Areg Gevorgyan, held up a...
• 7 February

  

  Two Women Commit Suicide in Yerevan

  Two women, both pensioners, killed themselves in Yerevan's Shengavit administrative district today
• 7 February

  

  2.8-Magnitude Earthquake Struck Armenia Near Yerevan

  A 2.8-magnitude earthquake struck Armenia at 3:19 pm local time today, the Crisis State Management Academy of the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations...