January, 2012

• 11 January

  

  Armenian MPs Debate Pros and Cons of Majority vs. Proportional Representation Voting System

  The majority electoral system is a suitable mechanism for election fraud; the Free Democrats party was always in support of proportional representation...
• 11 January

  

  UK Should Tell Vladimir Putin He is Not Welcome at Olympics: MP

  "In 1980, Mrs Thatcher had the guts to say no to a formal British endorsement of the Moscow Olympics [following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan],"...
• 11 January

  

  Italy: Monti Government Faces First Ethics Scandal, Junior Minister Quits over Free Hotel Stays

  Italian media have reported that a businessman under investigation for alleged corruption in a public contracts case paid at least part of the...
• 11 January

  

  News of Orhan Pamuk’s Relationship with Turkish-Armenian Artist Comes to Light

  News of the Nobel laureate’s two-and-a-half-year relationship with Turkish-Armenian artist Karolin Fişekçi broke out amid rumors of an ongoing affair between...
• 11 January

  

  Winter Difficult Time for Yerevan’s Homeless: Shelter’s Full, Says Director

  "Even if we have 1,000 spots, it still wouldn't be enough," said no. 1 boarding house director Armen Gyurjyan, who said that the homeless come to...
• 11 January

  

  Doomsday Clock Moves One Minute Closer to Midnight

  The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic gauge of nuclear danger, climate change and other human-caused disasters, has moved one minute closer to...
• 11 January

  

  Turkey President’s Term Should End in 2014: Parliamentary Commission

  A parliamentary commission recommended on Tuesday that Turkish President Abdullah Gül's term should expire in 2014, in a move to end confusion...
• 11 January

  

  Soviet Armenian Spy Responsible for Thwarting Nazi Operation Dies at 88

  Soviet intelligence agent of Armenian origin, Hero of the Soviet Union Gevork Vartanian (Gevorg Vardanyan) died on Jan. 10 in Moscow at...
• 11 January

  

  Imprisoned Dink Murder Suspect Says His Life is in Danger

  “I have been used by the Turkish Republic, and now they want to eliminate me. My life is in danger and the state will be responsible if anything happens to me...
• 11 January

  First 3 Names in Republican Party of Armenia Party List Known, Asserts Local Paper

  "For anyone more or less familiar with protocol, the tripartite unity of the country's president and prime minister and Yerevan's mayor might've...