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Monthly Archives: March 2012
March, 2012
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6 March
Turkish Deputy Breaks Record for Longest Speech in Parliament
A deputy from Turkey's main opposition party requested to be allowed to make a 12-hour speech during a debate in a Parliamentary commission over a.... -
6 March
Armenian Youth Demand Goddess Anahit Statue’s Return But British Museum Legally Unable to Provide It
A group of youth will be protesting outside the British Embassy in Yerevan Wednesday at 1 pm as part of a campaign asking that fragments of... -
6 March
Striking Armavia Airline Banned from Flying to Russia Because of Debt: Zvartnots
Armenian national air carrier Armavia today announced a strike against Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, citing increasing airport costs as... -
6 March
Developer who Cheated Homeowners Nabbed by Police
On Mar. 5, police arrested developer Gagik Papoyan, 63, director of the companies Gapbnakshin and Narek-Davit, who is accused of cheating... -
6 March
Armenia Citizens Accused of Providing Information on Karabakh’s Army Charged with Treason
The trial in a case of state treason in which six citizens of the Republic of Armenia are charged resumed in a Yerevan administrative court on... -
6 March
Notorious Entrepreneur Says MP Vardan Ayvazyan Owes Her $70,000
"Republican [Party of Armenia] MP Vardan Ayvazyan owed me $500,000 — he gradually paid it off, but there's still $70,000 owing," she said. -
6 March
Armenian Soldier Shot by Fellow Draftee and Not Azerbaijani Sniper: Defense Ministry
Albert Adibekyan, the 20-year-old draftee serving in a military outpost near Chinar village in Armenia's Tavush marz (province), died from a... -
5 March
End ‘Conflict Tourism’. Armenians, Azeris are People Too: Georgy Vanyan to International Agencies
What today in the process of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is called "people's democracy" is an activity that instills the idea of... -
5 March
Former MP Wants a Seat in Parliament But Doesn’t Want to Compete with HAK
Former National Assembly deputy Aghasi Arshakyan hasn't decided yet in which electoral district he will put forth his candidacy for... -
5 March
MP Who Voted Against Controversial Bill Won’t be Elected into Parliament
Republican Party of Armenia MP Rafik Petrosyan won't be elected into parliament under the majority system, Petrosyan said...