Activists foil European observers’ press conference in YerevanFebruary 19, 2013 - 17:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - European observers called a press conference in Yerevan on Feb 19, with preliminary assessments of Feb 18 presidential elections to be presented. While the participants were going to present the data, young activists Vahagn Minasyan, Karen Harutyunyan and Lena Nazaryan entered the hall. Lena Nazaryan slammed the observers’ statements, saying they legitimize the rigged polls. The participants went out of the hall, with the press conference delayed for 15 minutes. In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the activists urged every one to back their position. “We tried to express our stance through peaceful civil disobedience. We repeatedly staged other protest actions, demanding the polls were not announced legitimate. However, our calls were ignored. Let the observers legitimize elections in their own countries,” Karen Harutyunyan said. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |