February, 2012

• 15 February

  

  Vartan Oskanian’s Prosperous Armenia Membership Request to be Discussed after Gagik Tsarukyan’s Return

  "Our party has a clear procedure for enrolling members and Oskanian's application will be examined according to that procedure...
• 14 February

  

  Vartan Oskanian Confirms Intention to Join Prosperous Armenia Party

  It's official: former foreign minister of Armenia, founder and chair of the think tank Civilitas Foundation Vartan Oskanian has decided to join the ranks of....
• 14 February

  

  Accused Traffic Police Personnel Confess Embezzling Gasoline According to Police Chief Orders

  The testimonies of the accused, former battalion commander Stepan Karakhanyan and traffic police employees Ara Levonyan and Samvel Makhmuryan...
• 14 February

  

  US Envoy was in Hrazdan and Didn’t Notice Election Fraud (updated)

  US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern personally followed the mayoral elections in Hrazdan on Sunday.
• 14 February

  

  Activists Allow Contractors to Work on Kiosks in Park But Hope Mayor will Annul Earlier Decision

  "If every day, someone comes and gets permission to do one or two jobs, then what's the point of our struggle of these past few days? Let them wait...
• 14 February

  

  Armenia’s Next Parliament to Include HAK, HHK, BHK, But Not ARF-D or Heritage Party: Strategist

  The Armenian National Congress (HAK), the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and Prosperous Armenia (BHK) might have nearly an equal number of...
• 14 February

  

  Turkey Judges Not Impartial, Says Arrested Publisher’s Lawyer. Applies to ECHR

  Arrested publisher Ragıp Zarakolu’s lawyers have filed a suit at the European Court of Human Rights to challenge the prosecutor’s orders that...
• 14 February

  

  Brought to Polling Stations were People who Shouldn’t have Voted: Nikol Pashinyan on Hrazdan Elections

  Haykakan Jamanak ("Armenian Times") chief editor Nikol Pashinyan in his editorial today described what he saw while observing as opposition candidate...
• 14 February

  

  FEMEN Protests Topless Against Gazprom, Vladimir Putin (PHOTOS)

  It seems it's never too cold for FEMEN. Despite temperatures dipping to minus 11 degrees Fahrenheit (about -24ºC), members of the Ukrainian activist group...
• 14 February

  

  Aram Abrahamyan on Hrazdan Elections and Bribing Voters Past and Present

  "Of course [opposition candidate] Sasun Mikaelyan is more charismatic and has demonstrated far greater service to the homeland than drab...