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Hasmik Smbatian

Ստեղծվել է Hasmik Smbatian

Օգոստոս 12, 2010
Green Activists Seek Support From U.S.-Armenian Rock Star

A group of environmental activists cycled toward Yerevan’s airport Wednesday night to greet a U.S. rock star of Armenian descent who they hope will assist in their campaign to preserve an endangered forest in northern Armenia.
Հուլիս 30, 2010
Armenian Army Rocked By Deadly Shootings

Six Armenian army servicemen have been reportedly shot dead this week in two separate non-combat incidents highlighting lingering abuse and other serious problems within the country’s armed forces.
Հուլիս 29, 2010
Ecologists Picket Bank Over Armenian Mining Project

About two dozen environmental activists clashed with police on Wednesday as they picketed the Armenian branch of a Russian commercial bank that plans to finance a controversial mining project in northern Armenia.
Հուլիս 27, 2010
Opposition Party, Dissenter Make Amends

A major Armenian opposition party and a veteran politician who has quit it in protest admitted on Monday making mistakes in an acrimonious dispute that overshadowed its recent congress attended by its unofficial leader, Levon Ter-Petrosian.
Հուլիս 24, 2010
Opposition Leader Hints At Presidential Bid

Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Friday did not rule out the possibility of his participation in Armenia’s next presidential election, while stressing the need for the main opposition groups to field a single candidate.
Հուլիս 02, 2010
Armenian Railway ‘Still Readying’ For Turkish Border Opening

The head of Russia’s state-run railway, RZD, said on Thursday that its Armenian subsidiary is continuing technical preparations for the possible opening of Armenia’s border with Turkey and renewed rail communication between the two countries.
Հունիս 30, 2010
Ex-Intel Chief Honored By Armenian Leadership

A former chairman and chief executive of Intel Corporation, the world’s largest maker of microprocessors, ended on Tuesday a first-ever trip to Armenia during which he was held up by President Serzh Sarkisian as a role model for local entrepreneurs.
Հունիս 25, 2010
Parliament Passes Foreign-Language School Bill

The Armenian government pushed through parliament on Thursday its controversial legal amendments allowing the existence of foreign-language schools in the country.
Հունիս 12, 2010
Oldest Leather Shoe A ‘Dream’ Find For Armenian Scientist

For a young Armenian archaeologist who stumbled on what scientists think is the world’s oldest leather shoe, it was a dream come true which she still finds hard to believe.
Հունիս 04, 2010
Yerevan School Teachers Protest Principal’s Sacking

About two dozen teachers of a Yerevan boarding school rocked by a sex abuse scandal rallied on Thursday to protest against the sacking of its principal by Education Minister Armen Ashotian.
Մայիս 29, 2010
Police Confront Opposition Protesters In Reopened Square

Armenian police have used force to thwart a small opposition protest in a central Yerevan square that re-opened only a few days ago after remaining closed to the public for nearly two years.
Մայիս 26, 2010
Armenia 'Beats' Army Conscription Target

Armenia has fully met, and even exceeded, the target for enlistment to its conscription-based army this spring, according to the country’s defense minister.
Մայիս 25, 2010
Victims, Civic Activists Decry ‘Mild Sentence’ in Child Abuse Trial

Victims and civic activists in Armenia have met with anger and dismay the decision of a court which, on Monday, sentenced a former boarding school teacher, who had admitted having sexually and physically abused his students, to only two years in prison.
Մայիս 18, 2010
Armenian Police Investigate Damage To Toxic Waste Site

The Armenian police said on Monday that they have formally launched criminal proceedings into the mysterious digging up of an industrial grave near Yerevan that dangerously exposed large amounts of toxic waste.
Մայիս 13, 2010
Ex-Teacher Pleads Guilty In Sex Abuse Trial

A former teacher of a boarding school in Yerevan faced 18 months in prison on Wednesday after admitting sexually and physically abusing his students during his ongoing high-profile trial.
Մայիս 12, 2010
Russia Urged To Help Free Jailed Armenian Journalist

A small group of Internet bloggers and human rights activists picketed the Russian Embassy in Yerevan on Tuesday to urge President Dmitry Medvedev to help release an Armenian-born journalist arrested in Moldova’s Transdniester region last month.
Մայիս 08, 2010
Armenian Government Moves To Avert ‘Environmental Disaster’

Responding to an outcry and dire warnings from ecologists, the Armenian authorities have moved to repair a toxic waste burial site near Yerevan that appears to have been dug up by unknown intruders several months ago.
Ապրիլ 29, 2010
Dashnak Leader Hails Sarkisian’s ‘Audacity’

A leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Wednesday praised President Serzh Sarkisian’s decision to freeze the normalization process with Turkey, seemingly contradicting his party’s reaction to the move.
Ապրիլ 27, 2010
Sex Scandal Teacher Goes On Trial

The teacher at the center of a sex abuse scandal in a Yerevan boarding school went on trial Monday just over a year after being cleared by the Armenian police of embarrassing allegations made by some of his former students.
Ապրիլ 08, 2010
Iranian Dissident Visits Jailed Armenian Oppositionists

Iran’s most prominent human rights campaigner, Shirin Ebadi, on Wednesday visited several jailed members of the Armenian opposition and renewed her calls for the immediate release of all “political prisoners” in Armenia.

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