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21 // March
13:48
Opposition Party Pulls Out of Election, Calls it a ‘Performance’
The New Times party won’t be running in the upcoming parliamentary election because it’s a performance, said party leader Aram Karapetyan, speaking to reporters in the Armenian capital earlier today. “The opposition becomes a participant in legitimizing the ruling...
13:29
Controversial Bill on Emergency Rule Passes 2nd Reading in Parliament
With 68 lawmakers voting in favor, a bill regulating the rule of law during a state of emergency passed its second reading in parliament this afternoon. Recall, the bill was already adopted by the National Assembly in the first reading less than a month ago. As RFE/RL’s Armenian service...
12:56
Dashnak MP Hopes Ruling Party MPs will Tire and Leave Parliament So Bill can be Defeated
The bill regulating rule of law during a state of emergency, the voting of which was postponed yesterday, will be put to a vote in the National Assembly today, it was announced after the parliamentary meeting began. Recall, parliamentary opposition parties the Armenian Revolutionary...
12:12
Prosperous Armenia Party Didn’t Warn MP That He Wouldn’t Be on Election List
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) MP Vardan Bostanjyan found out he wasn’t on the party’s list of election candidates only after the list was made public, he told Epress.am today. Recall, the list of candidates to contest a seat under the system of proportional representation was...
11:54
French Police Corner School Shootings Suspect
French police surrounded a house Wednesday where a man suspected of a series of deadly shootings was holed up, claiming he had carried out the attacks to avenge Palestinian children, AFP reports. Two officers were wounded as shots rang out in the ongoing operation to arrest the suspect,...
11:34
Armenian President Congratulates Orinats Yerkir at Pre-Election Event
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan at an event dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Rule of Law (Orinats Yerkir, or OEK) party on Tuesday said that OEK has been a reliable partner with whom it is possible to overcome many difficulties. According to a statement published on the...
11:11
Witness in Artak Nazaryan Case Didn’t Agree to Signing Any Pre-Trial Statements
Two witnesses were examined in a Tavush regional court on Tuesday in the case of rifle platoon commander Artak Nazaryan, who died on a military base on Jul. 27, 2010 — Artak Hovhannisyan, who said that he wasn’t involved in the investigation, and Rafayel Evoyan, who described...
10:29
Prosperous Armenia Party Announces Parliamentary Candidates’ List
The Prosperous Armenia Party’s political council meeting wrapped late last night, where the party’s list of candidates running in the parliamentary election under the proportional system were determined. According to the party’s official website, these are the top 20...
10:10
Azeri Soldier Commits Suicide at Karabakh Border
On Mar. 19, stationed at an Azerbaijani Armed Forces’ military base in the direction of Aghdam, on the border with Karabakh, serviceman Elshan Habibov fatally shot himself in the head with a weapon belonging to the service. According to ANS Press, the soldier died on the spot.
20 // March
18:31
Do Not Provide Armenian Judges with US Entry Visa, Says Human Rights Group
The Yerevan-based Helsinki Association for Human Rights has appealed to US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern in writing, requesting that several Armenian judges not be granted entry visas to the United States. Helsinki Association president Mikael Danielyan and attorney Gayane...
17:51
Two Turkish Investigative Journalists Threatened on Twitter
Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by a message posted on Twitter on the night of Mar. 16 about an alleged plot by the shadowy ultranationalist network Ergenekon to murder Ahmet Sik and Nedim Sener (pictured), two investigative journalists who were released conditionally on Mar....
17:35
Qajaran Update: Conversation between Prime Minister and Village Mayor
New details have emerged regarding a Mar. 3 conversation between Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Kajaran mayor Rafik Atayan (pictured), reports regional newspaper “Syunyats Yerkir” in an article published today titled “The Emperor has No Clothes: Qajaran...
17:07
Newspaper Editor Leaves Post to Enter Parliamentary Race
Satik Seyranyan, editor of local daily 168 Zham (“168 Hours”), informed Epress.am earlier today that during the election campaign and afterwards she will be leaving her post as the paper’s editor. “One way or another, I already wasn’t engaged and after being...
16:54
Serj Tankian, Atom Egoyan to Discuss Armenian Genocide
Two days before the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, two artists of Armenian descent will come together to discuss its lasting impact. The Hammer Museum will present filmmaker Atom Egoyan and musician Serj Tankian in conversation on April 22 at 3 pm, reports...
16:41
Parliament Postpones Second Reading of Emergency Rule Bill
The National Assembly of Armenia today postponed voting on a controversial bill regulating the rule of law during a state of emergency, a move parliamentary opposition parties say proves that the Republican Party of Armenia doesn’t want to have the voting when there is an...
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