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A prominent journalist working for Armenia’s leading pro-opposition newspaper was arrested on Friday on charges of injuring another man which his colleagues rejected as baseless and politically motivated.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and its two junior coalition partners may sign soon a declaration that will clarify their coordinated actions in the upcoming parliamentary elections, coalition representatives said on Friday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian said on Friday that his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party is “inclined” to join forces with other opposition groups in Armenia’s unfolding parliamentary race.
The Armenian government has no plans yet to revise downward its macroeconomic outlook for this year despite possible spillover effects of Europe’s financial troubles on the country, Finance Minister Vache Gabrielian said on Thursday.
“It can be asserted for certain that in the unfolding election campaign the authorities’ main tool will be the use of state resources for the victory of the [ruling] HHK,” writes “Yerkir.”
A Russian coffee chain is taking its own informal poll of who's most popular among the presidential candidates running in the upcoming election. Baristas are creating the candidates' portraits with cinnamon shaken over milk foam, then tallying which face is picked most often for customers' drinks. Communist Party chief Gennady Zyuganov and billionaire businessman Mikhail Prokhorov are apparently more popular than Vladimir Putin on customers' lattes. (AP narrated)
A little-known group claiming to represent young Armenians has launched a club for fans of Vladimir Putin, intended to "popularize the ideas" of the Russian prime minister. In a satirical response, a group of Armenian comedians is creating a club of its own that mocks Putin's cult of personality. To join, fans only need to drink a shot of vodka accompanied by a pickle.
A married couple in Armenia has named their firstborn child in honor of the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, whose political party had initiated a law – passed through both houses of the country’s parliament recently – criminalizing any public denial of what is recognized in France as the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.