March, 2012

• 28 March

  

  Vienna-Yerevan Passenger Detained at Zvartnots Airport

  At 6 pm on Mar. 27, after a Vienna-Yerevan flight landed in Armenia, employees of the Zvartnots International Airport (located just outside Yerevan)...
• 28 March

  

  Campaigning by Way of Jams: Politicians Debate Ahead of Parliamentary Election

  "Only by uniting politically can we overcome those challenges that are before us. We are a coalition member since the coalition...
• 28 March

  

  Georgia to Launch 25-Meter-High Fountain of Grape Vodka

  A fountain that will once a week produce a bubbling stream of chacha, the potent Georgian national liquor, is being built in Batumi and...
• 28 March

  

  Electoral Commission Rejects Khachatur Sukiasyan’s Candidacy

  At a meeting of the no. 10 Territorial Electoral Commission at 3 pm today, commission chair Samvel Yazryan proposed not registering...
• 28 March

  

  Vote, Participate and Report Electoral Violations: US Ambassador to Armenia (VIDEO)

  "Free, fair and credible elections require more than a smooth Election Day. In the run-up to the election, there needs to be a level playing field for...
• 28 March

  

  Baku, EU Disagree on Reasons for Boycotting Forum in Armenia

  Azerbaijan considers participating in the Eastern Partnership youth forum held in Yerevan unacceptable.
• 28 March

  

  Upcoming Elections Won’t Lead to Real Change: Opinion

  Considering the oligarchic system in the country, no real change can come out of the elections in Armenia, believes Institute for...
• 28 March

  

  Spielberg’s Foundation to Digitize Nearly 400 Armenian Genocide Films

  The USC Shoah Foundation Institute, established by Steven Spielberg in 1994, has nearly 52,000 video testimonies of survivors and...
• 28 March

  

  Occupy Mashtots Park Activists Give Date, Time When They will be Dismantling Kiosks in Park

  Environmental and civic activists who have been protesting the construction of shops in a central Yerevan park for nearly one-and-a-half months...
• 28 March

  

  Another Witness in Artak Nazaryan Trial Refutes Earlier Testimony

  In a Tavush regional court on Tuesday in the trial of rifle platoon commander Artak Nazaryan, who died during a period of non combat on...