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Published on March 30, 2012
DOORS ARE CLOSED BEFORE OMBUDSMAN?
- I cannot say that all doors have been closed before me but it is natural that after so much criticism some doors will be closed for me and my family, Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan said.
"Today we live in such conditions that I could allow me to publish such reports. When I became human rights defender I knew what hardships were awaiting me," he said.
Recently, the Ombudsman's Office has been publishing a number of reports sharply criticizing the activities of the Police, Justice Ministry, State Revenue Committee, National Commission on Television and Radio.
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Headlines for March 30, 2012HAK HOLDS RALLY, ROADBLOCKS CONTINUE
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) is holding a rally in Yerevan on March 30. As usual, the police have blocked the roads to the capital in an attempt to prevent rural residents from joining ...DOORS ARE CLOSED BEFORE OMBUDSMAN?
I cannot say that all doors have been closed before me but it is natural that after so much criticism some doors will be closed for me and my family, Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan said.
"Today we ...SYUNIK GOVERNOR RAILS AT MP
The Governor of Syunik marz (province) is reportedly hindering the opposition Heritage party from opening pre-election headquarters in the marz.
According to a press release by the Heritage party, the ...THIRD PRESIDENT IS A MIXTURE OF SCHIZOID AND EPILEPTOID TYPES
The first president was of schizoid, the second is of epileptoid and the third is a person of mixed type personality, psychologist Samvel Khudoyan told a press conference on March 30. "The first president ...POLICE DID NOT INCLUDE DEAD PEOPLE ON ELECTORAL ROLL
The Police of the Republic of Armenia refute media reports alleging that the police have deliberately included names of dead people in the electoral register.
"The allegations do not correspond to reality.By ...OMBUDSMAN: "LAWS HAVE NOT BEEN ADOPTED"
Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan has issued a new report assessing the activities of the Ministry of Urban Development in 2011.
Shortcomings and problems identified:
• The Ministry has not carried ...EMPLOYEE OF PASSPORT AND VISA DEPARTMENT DISMISSED
The Quick Response Team of the Police Passport and Visa Department has conducted check-ups to clarify inaccuracies which, according to Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time) daily, were found on the voters' ...PUTIN THANKS ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER FOR CONGRATULATIONS
Russia's Prime Minister and President-Elect Vladimir Putin has expressed his gratitude to Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan for congratulating his victory in the country's presidential elections.
"I ...A1+ TO HOST LOCAL OBSERVERS
The program Your Theme will focus on the activity of local election observation missions during electoral processes. Guests at the studio will be members of observation members.
You can watch the live ...POLICE OFFICERS AWARDED COMMUNITY POLICING CERTIFICATES
Fifteen police officers were awarded certificates of completion for an OSCE-supported train-the-trainers course on community policing that ended today in Yerevan.
The three-week training course aimed ...YEREVAN MAYOR RECEIVES PATRICK FIORI
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan today received renowned French singer Patrick Fiori who arrived in Yerevan with a number of French figures to participate in the events held in the framework of the Month ...TWO DIE IN EXPLOSION IN ISTANBUL
Two people were killed and another was injured in a fire following an explosion in Turkey's city of Istanbul on Friday.
The explosion occurred at a café located on the basement floor of a building ...OMBUDSMAN ON PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S ACTIVITIES
Armenian Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) has released another report, this time assessing the activities of the Prosecutor General's Office
Though many law violations by investigation and preliminary ...MEGAFON, ORANGE ARMENIA ANNOUNCE START OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Today Orange Armenia, subsidiary of France Telecom, together with MegaFon, one of the three largest Russian operators announced the start of a strategic partnership between two companies at a press conference ...BABUKHANYAN SUPPORTS HHK IN EVERYTHING
Hayk Babukhanyan, who is included on the party-list of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), cannot say how many votes his Constitutional Law Union (SIM) can garner for the HHK during the May ...HAK STARTS RALLY IN YEREVAN
Supporters of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) are gathering at Liberty Square in Yerevan downtown where the HAK is holding its recurrent rally.
Armenia's First President and HAK Leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan, ...WHOM WILL ARF-D SUPPORT?
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun is still uncertain as to which of the candidates nominated in Constituency N7 to support during the May parliamentary elections.
"We have not made ...DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOORS!
During today's opposition rally at Yerevan's Liberty Square, Chairman of the Armenian National Movement (HHSh) Aram Manukuan assured the presentees that the upcoming parliamentary elections would greatly ..."S. SARGSYAN CONFUSES POLITICAL FIGURE WITH CONJURER"
Speaking to the supporters of the Armenian National Congress (HAK), editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak daily Nikol Pashinyan dwelt on the electoral list of the ruling Republican Party (HHK).
He stressed ...KH. SUKIASYAN PLEDGES TO DO HIS UTMOST
Today Armenia needs a counterpoise and that counterbalance is the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK), former MP Khachatur Sukiasyan announced at Yerevan's Liberty Square on Friday.
The senior ...LEVON TER-PETROSYAN ADDRESSES RALLIERS
At a rally of Armenian National Congress (HAK) Armenia's First President Levon Ter-Petrosyan said the ANK is the only forces in Armenia that does not need a pre-election program. In the recent years the ...HAK'S TOP CONCERN
Loyalty, unity and faith - these are the guarantees of victory during the May parliamentary elections, member of the Armenian National Congress (HAK), Leader of the Hanrapetutyun (Republic) Party Aram ...S. DEMIRTCHYAN: "WE SHALL BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE SITUATION"
Leader of the People's Party of Armenia (HZhK) Stepan Demirchyan today referred to the authorities' allegations that this time Armenia will hold unprecedented free and fair elections, with the ruling ...IMPORTER OF UNLABELED EGGS KNOWN
The unlabeled eggs found in the market were outdated and were imported to Armenia by Ashotsk Ltd, reports the RA Agriculture Ministry's Food Safety Inspectorate.
The Inspectorate is taking efforts to ...VISA PROCESSING FEES TO CHANGE APRIL 13
Effective April 13, 2012, the Department of State will adjust visa processing fees. The fees for most nonimmigrant visa applications and Border Crossing Cards will increase, while all immigrant visa ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1804 Birth of the Hungarian-Armenian armenologist, church and public figure Kristof Lookachin (Khachik Lookachian or Ghukasian). He frequently raised the issue in the Austro-Hungarian Government and the Pope to free Armenians from Latin bishops' power and to reestablish the Armenian bishopric.
- 1805 Russian forces occupy Artik (Sultanate of Shoragyal).
- 1827 The Armenian Volunteer Corps Military Parade takes place in Tbilissi (Georgia).
- 1828 Creation of New Bayazet. From 1959, it was called Kamo. Presently it is known as Gavarr.
- 1856 Signature of the Paris Treaty to end the Crimean War.
- 1909 Sultan Hameed was dethroned in Constantinople.
- 1933 The Children's Park is founded in the place of Yerevan's old market place (Ghanthar).
- 1935 Death of Rromanoss Melikyan (composer) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He was born in 1883.
- 1943 Nelson Stepanyan (pilot, war hero) arrives in Yerevan.
- 1998 The Municipal Council of Venice condemns the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and expresses its solidarity with the Armenians, historical truth, and the defence of human rights.
- 1998 Robert Kocharian was elected President of Armenia in the second round of the Presidential elections, with 59 % of the votes.
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