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Headlines for February 15, 2012

ARMENIANS INVEST IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR CITIZENSHIP
The Haykakan Zhamanak Daily reported that the number of foreign millionaires who receive citizenship in exchange for an investment of at least one million pounds in Great Britain has increased in the ...
POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE
During his Armenia-based professional biography, Vardan Oskanyan has been perceived as a figure of the Western vector. After retiring from the office of the foreign minister he founded Civilitas Foundation ...
MATHEW BRYZA'S RETURN
Mathew Bryza, after resigning from the office of the U.S. Ambassador in Azerbaijan, lives in Istanbul working in a commercial organization. He has recently stated that it is impossible, proceeding from ...
BHP TO BECOME A CENTRAL FORCE
The coalition parties have issued a joint statement on these days stating they will compete with each other in the upcoming election in a civilized and tolerant atmosphere. Does this mean the coalition ...
WAS AMBASSADOR AUTHORIZED TO MONITOR?
The U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern convened a press conference yesterday to speak about the Hrazdan mayoral elections. It is noteworthy that the press reported interesting information one week ...
NUMBER OF PASSENGERS LEAVING ARMENIA INCREASED
According to the Civil Aviation Committee, the number of passengers who left Armenia by air this January increased compared with January last year. This January the number of passengers was 58,095 compared ...
CONSENSUS MINUS ONE
During the parliamentary hearing of the draft law on proportional representation, MP Armen Rustamyan, ARF-D, noted that there is a consensus-minus-one approach to this issue. He means that all the parties ...
41 FEUDAL LORDS
During the parliamentary hearing of the draft law on proportional representation, MP Armen Martirosyan, Heritage, noted that no one wants to discuss which is better majority system or proportional representation.Armen ...
HUNGER DEFEATED CITIZEN
The chairman of the Board of the Armenian Pan-National Movement Aram Manukyan said in a February 15 press conference following the Hrazdan mayoral elections where the Congress candidate was defeated by ...
AMERICAN MILITARY OFFICER HOSTED AT DEFENSE MINISTRY
The Minister of Defense of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan met with Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery, Deputy Director for Plans, Policy and Strategy, United States European Command on February 14. During the meeting, ...
MAJORITY SYSTEM IS EVIL
Levon Zurabyan, the coordinator of the Armenian National Congress, stated during the parliamentary hearings on the proposal of adoption of 100% proportional representation that the current dramatic situation ...
THE BEST COUPLE OF ORANGE BLOG WILL GET A SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB
www.orangeblog.am Before March 8 all users of Orange Blog can participate in a special "Best couple" contest and get the best spring gift from Orange - a Samsung Galaxy tab. To participate in the contest, ...
SAMVEL BALASANYAN IS AGAINST
NA Vice-Speaker Samvel Balasanyan, BHP, said during the parliamentary hearings that he was elected MP four times through the majoritarian system and he thinks it is premature to pass to 100% proportional ...
LFIK AND SASHIK'S GLOBAL OPINION
Head of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group Vahan Hovhannisyan, dwelling on recent statements that prior to elections the opposition did not find any other urgent issue to speak about, such as ...
USD 50 MILLION LOAN TO ARMENIA
On February 25, the Minister of Finances of Armenia Vache Gabrielyan and the head of the World Bank Yerevan office Jean-Michel Happi signed financing and loan agreements on USD 50 and 30 million. Within ...
THE GOVERNMENT IS GETTING NAKED
Vartan Oskanian's membership to Bargavach Hayastan refreshes the issue who Bargavach Hayastan will support in the presidential election in 2013. It seemed to have been settled by the February 17 memorandum ...