[ 26 June, 2009 | 15:30 ] society
Astghik Khachatryan At a press conference held earlier today at the Armenia Marriott Hotel in Yerevan, the International Federation for Human Rights, in conjunction with the Civil Society Inststitute prsented a joint position paper entitled “Right to a fair trial in the Republic of Armenia: Preliminary conclusions from the observation of the trials ensuing from the March 2008 wave of arrests and from recent changes introduced in Armenian legislation”. »»»»»
[ 5 June, 2009 | 15:19 ] ecology
Astghik KhachatryanAt a press conference held today Boris Gabrielyan, Director of Institute of Hydro-Ecology and Ichthyology of the National Academy of Sciences stated that Lake Sevan no longer has viable fish stocks for commercial use. »»»»»
[ 4 June, 2009 | 18:52 ] ecology
Astghik KhachatryanAt a press conference held today, Inga Zarafyan, President of Ecolur, an environmental NGO, stated that as a result of the warnings raised by the group and other concerned social activists, a number of RoA ministers have come out against plans by GeoProMining to build a gold reprocessing plant on the shores of Lake Sevan. »»»»»
[ 3 June, 2009 | 16:24 ] politics
Astghik Khachatryan
At a press conference held today, HAK coordinator Levon Zurabyan responded to criticsm that by refusing to take seats in the new Yerevan municipal council the opposition political alliance had disillusioned its supporters. »»»»»
[ 1 June, 2009 | 15:31 ] important society
Astghik KhachatryanTigran Karapetyan, leader of the People’s Party, stated to “Hetq” that the results of yesterday’s municipal elections do not reflect reality. His party only received 2.14% of the vote according to official results. »»»»»
[ 1 June, 2009 | 15:13 ] important society
Astghik KhachatryanWith a mere 4.65% share of yesterday’s election vote, the ARF failed to hit the 7% threshold for city council representation.
When we tried to get ARF candidate Artzvik Minasyan to comment on yesterday’s vote results he responded with “no comment”. He said that the ARF’s Supreme Council would issue a statement today.
[ 31 May, 2009 | 09:39 ] important society
Astghik Khachatryan“Hetq” correspondents stationed themselves at various polling stations around Yerevan this morning. They will be providing you with updated reports regarding the Yerevan municipal elections throughout the day. So please visit our site periodically for updates.
We have received reports that there are already lines of voters outside the Shengavit #97 school that serves as polling station2 11/31 and 11/32. Police are on the scene monitoring the situation.
[ 29 May, 2009 | 15:23 ] politics
Astghik KhachatryanAt a press conference held today, Norayr Mouradkhanyan, Chief of the RoA Passport and Visa Department, stated that 771, 477 individuals were registered to vote in the May 31 Yerevan municipal elections. »»»»»
[ 26 May, 2009 | 16:55 ] politics
Astghik Khachatryan
ARF MP Armen Roustamyan said today that elections in Armenia had become a business and that most voters regarded the elections as a way to make money rather than an opportunity to choose a new government.
Mr. Roustamyan stated that rather than spending huge amounts on election bribes an auction should be declared with some of the funds used to buy property and the rest going to solve the social problems faced by the electorate.
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[ 22 May, 2009 | 18:33 ] important politics
Astghik Khachatryan
Yesterday, Eleanora Manandyan and Gayaneh Yesayan, members of the “New Armenia” NGO governing board, protested outside the Foreign Affairs Ministry building in Yerevan and called for the resignation of RoA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan.
They say they are concerned with the current foreign policy of Armenia which they see as undignified and demeaning, and which has led to a drop in Armenia’s worldwide reputation. »»»»»
