
Published on February 25, 2008
PETROS MAKEYAN DETAINED
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Leader of the “Democratic Homeland” Party Petros Makeyan was arrested about an hour ago. He was taken to the Prosecutor's Office.
To remind, the police conducted a search in Makeyan's house last night, seizing the latter’s personal archive of public speeches and interviews.
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Headlines for February 25, 2008PAINSTAKING SEARCH IN MAKEYAN’S FLAT
Yesterday evening the police conducted a thorough search in the flat of Petros Makeyan, Leader of the “Democratic Homeland” Party. Attorney Tigran Ter-Yesayan, Chairman of the “Forum” Centre, says ...TENT TOWN WAKES UP
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Two men were dancing near the rostrum at Liberty square at about 11.30 this morning. Though the tents were not dismantled the environs was clean; the garbage was heaped in polyethylene ...THOUSANDS RALLY IN LOS ANGELES TO SUPPORT TER-PETROSSIAN
On February 24 an estimated of 15 000 Armenians held a protest action at the Little Armenia district of Los Angeles. The ralliers voiced support for the popular movement in Armenia. They urged the U.S. ...ARTHUR BAGHDASARIAN WILL SHARE HIS STANCE TOMORROW
Today the pre-election office for presidential candidate Arthur Baghdasarian released a statement which runs:
“Yesterday at 6 p.m. the Central Electoral Commission held an extraordinary sitting and ...PETROS MAKEYAN DETAINED
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Leader of the “Democratic Homeland” Party Petros Makeyan was arrested about an hour ago. He was taken to the Prosecutor's Office.
To remind, the police conducted a search in Makeyan's ...NZHK COMPUTERS TAKEN AWAY
Today the press service of the New Times Party (NZhK) released a statement which runs, “On February 24 armed and masked soldiers of the “Alpha” group of the National Security Service (NSS) attacked ...GAGIK JHANGIRIAN AND SMBAT AIVAZIAN UNDER ARREST
On February 25, the Department of Public Relations and Information of the RA Police released a statement which runs,
“On February 23 the Police of the Republic of Armenia detained former Deputy Prosecutor ...SMBAT AIVAZIAN DENIES TORTURE
1At about 9.30 a.m. on February 25 the Office of Human Rights Defender received a report that the police inflict torture on Smbat Aivazyan. The working group set up by the instruction of Armenia's Ombudsman ...RECURRENT SEARCH
“The house of Samvel Gevorgian, member of the “Karabakh” Committee, is being searched at present,” the leader of the Conservative Party of Armenia Michael Hairapetian stated at Liberty Square minutes ...LEVON TER-PETROSSIAN: “YOUTH IS THE PILLAR OF OUR SOCIETY”
more images Armenia's First President addressed the rally at Liberty Square today. “Many of you continue the struggle of 1988. Today we pursue the same aim. We struggle for the sake of the Republic ...CROWDS MULTIPLY
The recurrent march of the united oppositionists drew to an end minutes ago. Thousands of people marched to Republican Square along the central streets of Yerevan with appeals, “Join the Movement!” and ...STATEMENT OF ARF DASHNAKTSUTIUN
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Dear compatriots,
During the presidential election of February 19, 2008, Armenia underwent a recurrent ordeal on the way to democracy. We can overcome it only with joint efforts as unification will ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1857 Death of Nerses the Fifth (Ashtaraketsi), Catholicos of the Armenian Church and founder of the Nersisian School.
- 1865 Birth of General Andranik Ozanyan. He was one of the leaders of the Armenian emancipation movement. He died in 1927.
- 1921 Soviet power established in Georgia.
- 1927 Birth of Karapet Chobanyan in Kartsakh (Akhalkalak District). As physist, his theoretical work on the elasticity of metals paved the way for many new developments in metallurgy.
- 1951 Third elections for the Armenian SSR's Supreme Soviet.
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