Karine Simonian

Ստեղծվել է Karine Simonian

• Օգոստոս 12, 2009

  Armenian Tourist Visits To Georgia Set For New High

  The number of Armenians visiting Georgia’s Black Sea coast on vacation is on course to reach a new record high this year, according to local government projections cited by Armenian diplomats.

• Հուլիս 10, 2009

  Journalist Seeks In Court Revelation of Kocharian’s ‘Sensitive’ Letter

  An Armenian journalist insisted in court on Thursday that the former president’s reply to the head of a U.S. government agency over the latter’s warning to discontinue crucial aid to Armenia should not be kept secret from the public.

• Հունիս 05, 2009

  Prosecutors Seek Long Jail Terms For Opposition Leaders

  State prosecutors have demanded lengthy prison sentences for four prominent opposition figures facing trial on charges of provoking last year’s deadly post-election violence in Yerevan.

• Հունիս 01, 2009

  Travel To Yerevan Again Blocked Ahead Of Opposition Rally

  Traveling to Yerevan from other parts of Armenia by public transport was all but impossible ahead of a fresh opposition rally held in the capital on Monday evening.

• Մայիս 31, 2009

  Tensions Rise In Yerevan Amid Election Fraud Claims

  The Armenian opposition alleged widespread vote buying and other irregularities on Sunday as voting progressed in Yerevan’s mayoral elections marked by a relatively high voter turnout. The polling was also marred by reported attacks on and intimidation of several journalists. (UPDATED)

• Մայիս 21, 2009

  High Court Upholds Ex-Prosecutor’s Jail Term

  Armenia’s Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a three-year prison sentence given to Gagik Jahangirian, a former deputy prosecutor-general strongly opposed to the government, for his alleged resistance to police officers that arrested him more than a year ago.

• Մայիս 14, 2009

  Government Loyalists Clash In Yerevan

  Activists of Armenia’s two largest pro-government parties reportedly clashed in Yerevan late on Tuesday in a dispute related to the upcoming municipal elections.

• Մայիս 12, 2009

  Dashnak Leader Slams Yerevan’s ‘Dangerous’ Foreign Policy

  A leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) accused President Serzh Sarkisian on Monday of jeopardizing Armenia’s national security with his diplomatic overtures to Turkey.

• Մայիս 02, 2009

  Yerevan Roads Blocked Ahead Of Opposition Rally

  In what has become a pattern, the Armenian authorities again seriously restricted transport communication between Yerevan and the rest of the country ahead of an opposition rally in the capital on Friday.

• Ապրիլ 30, 2009

  High Court Halts New Voter Registration In Yerevan

  Armenia’s Constitutional Court has suspended the controversial registration of new voters for next month’s mayoral elections in Yerevan which their sole opposition contender says is aimed at facilitating vote rigging.

• Ապրիլ 29, 2009

  Armenian Chemical Giant Resumes Work

  Armenia’s largest chemical enterprise has recalled hundreds of idled workers and resumed its work after a nearly five-month stoppage blamed by its management on the global economic crisis.