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PACE Co-Rapporteurs Welcome Reforms in Armenia, But Stress Concrete Action
The monitoring co-rapporteurs for Armenia of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), John Prescott and Axel Fischer...Read More »
‘Dignity Friday’: Activists Use Social Networking Sites to Call for Massive Demos
Pro-democracy demonstrators in Syria have called for mass protests across the country on Friday after security forces stormed a mosque...Read More »
Mubarak Supporters and Opponents Clash in Cairo
Hundreds of supporters and opponents of Egypt’s deposed leader have clashed in front of a court considering whether to...Read More »
System of Providing Tractor Inspection Certificates to Reduce Corruption Risks: Armenian Government
Today the Government of the Republic of Armenia approved a system of providing tractor inspection certificates and driving permits.Read More »
Young Armenian Soldier Shoots Himself. Criminal Case Launched (updated)
On the night of Mar. 21–22, in Hadrut military base, military recruit Jirayr Minasyan, 18, shot and injured himself with a machine gun.Read More »
Analyst Doesn’t Consider Hovannisian’s ‘Inadequate’ Hunger Strike to be PR Stunt
Political analyst Suren Surenyants considers such an extreme move by Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian to be inadequate in political terms.Read More »
What Sargsyan’s Government and Ter-Petrossian’s Opposition Understood
In political analyst, blogger Suren Surenyants' opinion, a tactical situation has been created where the opposition's and the authorities' interests...Read More »
Azerbaijani Youth, Like Armenian Youth, Want You to Read the Newspaper
From 3 to 4 pm on Apr. 1, opposition youth in Baku's Malakan park will stage a demonstration to promote reading newspapers.Read More »
Heritage Party MPs Won’t Join Party Leader in Hunger Strike
Heritage Party MPs Zaruhi Postanjyan and Anahit Bakhshyan paid a visit to party leader Raffi Hovannisian, who's been on a...Read More »
Former Georgian Forward to Spend 6 Years in Jail
Former Georgian forward Giorgi Demetradze, arrested last year on charges of involvement in betting fraud and blackmail, was sentenced to...Read More »