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Monthly Archives: November 2019
November, 2019
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19 November
Company Linked To Deputy Prime Minister Investigated
The official, Sarhat Petrosian, said he “can no longer tolerate dilettantism and sectarianism bordering on corruption” when he resigned as head of Armenia’s Cadaster Committee. Petrosian, who was named to run the... -
18 November
21-Year-Old Prisoner Found Hanged in the Prison
The Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice has issued a statement that on November 16, 2016 at around 22:50, prisoner Sargis Abelyan was found hanged from the double-deck bed... -
18 November
“Money Offered for Demanding Minister Resignation” ReSTART
Dashnak-leaning forces (leaning towards the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party) offer bribes to the first-year students of YSU, writes Yuri Avagyan, member of the student-led... -
16 November
Dashnaks and other “Saviors” of the Nation United around Resignation Demand
The march ended at the Ministry of Education where it joined the sit-in by Dashnak young party-members who had set-up a few tents there and posters reading: "Don't touch my language, my religion, my dignity!" "Sovereign Armenia", "Resignation!" -
16 November
Lavrov, Too, Knows Who Left Karabakh out of Negotiations
- It is clear to all of us that without the consent of the people, the population of Nagorno Karabakh, no agreement can be reached. Armenia will simply not sign it. We start off from here. Speaking of Nagorno Karabkh, I want to mention... -
15 November
Senator Blocks Armenian Genocide Resolution After Trump-Erdogan Meeting
The resolution overwhelmingly passed in a 405- 11 House vote last month. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn voted present, saying it was just as important for the U.S. to recognize its role in the deaths of millions of indigenous people and the slave trade. -
14 November
Vandalism By A Russian Politician May Cause Ethnic Tensions In Armavir
Nzhdeh surrendered to advancing Red Army divisions in Bulgaria in 1944 after reportedly offering Josef Stalin to mobilize Armenians for a Soviet assault on Turkey. In 1948, a Soviet court... -
14 November
Armenia Responds To Ukrainian Warning Over Crimea Travel
Armenia’s then President Serzh Sarkisian irked the Ukrainian government with a statement welcoming a disputed referendum in Crimea that led to its annexation by Russia. Recalling its ambassador from Yerevan... -
14 November
Pashinian: Mel Duluzian Is Under My Personal Protection
- We will have pictures of us standing next to the champion, but if this person has a problem that makes him or her suffer and eventually leave the country we will have nothing to do with it... -
11 November
Right to Preach Violence in the Center of Yerevan and Marzes?
The police have left unnoticed many similar appeals and have therefore created a fertile ground for various groups to apply violence in various public places. Three students of the American...