February, 2012

• 29 February

  Price of Bread Increases in Gyumri. Is Yerevan Next? Asks Paper

  The increase in the price of flour in Armenia is due to the 25% increase in the price of wheat in the global market, State Commission fof the Protection of...
• 29 February

  

  Armenian Prime Minister Opposed to Pavilions in Mashtots Park

  Recall, environmental and civic activists have been camped out nearly every day for over two weeks in the central Yerevan park, protesting the...
• 29 February

  

  Armenia Loses to Serbia 0-2, Prepares for First-Ever Friendly Against Canada

  Canadian coach Stephen Hart watched the Serbia match, and said Armenia fielded a starting line-up of mostly under-21 and under-23 players. He expects Armenia's...
• 28 February

  

  Vartan Oskanian Formally Resigns from Civilitas Foundation Board

  Former foreign minister of Armenia and Civilitas Foundation board chair Vartan Oskanian, in a statement issued by the...
• 28 February

  

  French Court Rules Genocide Denial Bill is Unconstitutional

  France’s Constitutional Council has struck down a government-backed law criminalizing denials of the 1915 events as genocide on the grounds that...
• 28 February

  

  Armenian Soldier Shot on Line of Contact

  On Feb. 25, Arman Murad Sedrakyan, a conscript serving in one of the Armenian Armed Forces' military bases, received bodily injuries from a shot in...
• 28 February

  

  Armenian Writers, Publishers Protest 20% Vat on Books

  Since the beginning of this year, booksellers have been required to pay 20% VAT (value-added tax) in a country the capital of which holds the UNESCO World Book Capital title in 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...