February, 2012

• 28 February

  

  Opposition Groups Protest Voting System Outside Armenian Parliament (PHOTOS)

  While the National Assembly discusses the move to a 100% proportional representation system proposed by parliamentary opposition parties Heritage Party and...
• 28 February

  

  It’s Not Possible to Achieve Power in Armenia Without Bloodshed, Asserts Dashnak MP

  From a political perspective, moving to 100% party-list proportional representation in parliament is inadvisable, said head of the parliamentary...
• 28 February

  

  French Senators Who Appealed Genocide Denial Law Invited to Baku ‘with Great Honor’: Nalbandian

  Asked whether law isn't counterproductive in efforts to normalize relations between Turkey and Armenia, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said...
• 28 February

  

  Diasporan Armenian Charged with Tax Evasion Insists He is Being Persecuted

  The criminal proceedings against Nareg Hartounian should concern not only his family, but also all those who are concerned about legal justice in Armenia.
• 28 February

  

  ‘If Mar. 1 were to Repeat’: Why Armenia’s Authorities Thinking About State of Emergency Now

  When it comes to the bill on the rule of law during a state of emergency, amended by the Armenian government and again put to the National Assembly for discussion...
• 28 February

  

  Angela Merkel Doused in Beer (VIDEO)

  As German Chancellor Angela Merkel settled in at her table, the waiter behind her lost his balance and poured five beers down her neck.
• 28 February

  

  VIDEO: Former Sumgait Residents Talk About their Life in Armenia Today

  On the anniversary of the Sumgait massacre in Soviet Azerbaijan in 1988, Epress.am asked a few former residents of Sumgait to talk about their life in Armenia today.
• 28 February

  

  A Change of Heart: Ruben Hayrapetyan Wants to Stay in Parliament

  Parliamentarian, Football Federation of Armenia President Ruben Hayrapetyan, speaking to reporters at the National Assembly on Monday, said...
• 28 February

  

  EU Adopts Conclusions on South Caucasus

  "The EU reiterates its support for the Madrid principles and calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to step up their efforts to reach agreement on those principles as a basis for peace."
• 28 February

  

  US Senators Press Hillary Clinton to Disavow Calling Armenian Genocide a ‘Historical Debate’

  The Congressional letter also quoted then Senator Clinton's public statement in 2008 when, as a Senator and candidate for the presidency, she affirmed that...