March, 2012

• 30 March

  

  Armenian National Congress Candidate Didn’t Hide Meeting with Ruling Party Candidate

  Nominated in the no. 12 electoral district for the upcoming parliamentary election, Tigran Ter-Petrossian (pictured), backed by the Armenian National Congress (HAK)...
• 30 March

  

  Voters Given Opportunity to Choose Among Opposition Candidates: Bakhshyan

  Heritage Party MP Anahit Bakhshyan, nominated in the no. 12 constituency, considers the other five candidates nominated in the same district her competition.
• 30 March

  

  Police Warn Occupy Mashtots Park Activists to ‘Refrain from Committing Illegal Acts’

  Armenian police in a statement issued Thursday warned the activists who for one-and-a-half months have been protesting shop construction in a downtown...
• 29 March

  

  USAID to Assist Armenia’s Human Rights Defender to Be More Accessible to Public

  As part of a new agreement signed between the USAID Armenia office and the Human Rights Defender's Office, the latter will improve access and services for...
• 29 March

  

  Following Defeat of Genocide Bill in France, French Armenians Pin Hopes on Sarkozy’s Opponent

  "As for why Sarkozy didn't sign [the bill], I don't want to comment — he simply didn't. We already have this practice with Sarkozy, that he didn't fulfill his promise...
• 29 March

  

  More Armenians Seek Asylum in Developed Countries

  The number of Armenian citizens seeking asylum in developed countries has been on the rise in the past two years, according to a UN refugee agency.
• 29 March

  

  HAK Candidate Nominated to ‘Hinder’ Me, Says Heritage Party MP

  Heritage Party MP Armen Martirosyan, nominated in the no. 6 single-mandate constituency, sees the Republican Party of Armenia and Prosperous Armenia candidates..
• 29 March

  

  Heritage Party Candidate Doesn’t Impede But Helps Electoral Race, Says Levon Zurabyan

  "Armenian National Congress candidates have assumed a unilateral obligation to campaign against only ruling administration candidates."
• 29 March

  

  No Filters Placed So Far in Alaverdi Copper Smelting Plant

  Alaverdi copper smelter, belonging to Vallex Group, has been operating years without any filters, thereby emitting into the atmosphere sulfuric anhydride, heavy metals and...
• 29 March

  

  Russia Defends Anti-Gay-Propaganda Law in Strasbourg

  Controversial laws banning “homosexual propaganda” in several Russian regions comply with the country’s international obligations, the Foreign Affairs Ministry's...