Romania’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling today that sentenced former Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase to two years in jail on corruption charges. The occasion marks the first time a high profile Romanian politician will serve time in prison since the fall of communism.
Police have arrested four individuals on charges of beating military physicians at the Harsnakar restaurant the other day.
A military truck overturnedearlier today in Vayots Dzor, wounding three soldiers.
But the court announced that the case would be resumed given that plaintiff representative Gourgen Torosyan’s letter of authority allowing him to undertake legal matters had effectively expired during the case.
Thousands took to the streets on Saturday to protest the dismissal of Van Mayor Bekir Kaya of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) from his post by the Turkish Interior Ministry.
Aram Manoukyan, head of the HAK parliamentary faction, appeared to be in a fighting mood today as he peppered PM Sargsyan with questions regarding the government’s past track record and upcoming five year strategy plan.
“He’s very angry about what happened. The people responsible have been dismissed from their jobs. Other than that, Hayrapetyan will let the law take its course,” said Aleksanyan.
The Ecolur Informational NGO reports that it has petitioned National Assembly President Hovik Abrahamyan to nullify a parliamentary hearing on Lake Sevan scheduled for today.
The PM also underlined the government’s push to raise the level of accountability of law enforcement regarding the rights of citizens and promised that violators would be punished.
There is, however, one red line that no Armenian should cross. Israeli officials have sought to obtain political concessions from Armenia and Armenians in return for genocide recognition. Such demands should be rejected outright since Armenians do not owe anything to Israel for recognizing the genocide -- a universally acknowledged historical fact.
The group stage of Euro 2012 is over and eight teams are left to slug it out till the game to decide the champion. The match –ups scheduled are: Czech Republic - Portugal, Germany – Greece, Spain – France, England – Italy
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