28th
February
2007
Man Sets Self On Fire In Armenian Capital
YEREVAN, February 27, 2007 (RFE/RL) – A man has died in hospital after suffering third-degree burns today when he immolated himself in front of the Armenian government building in Yerevan, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reported.Djivan Hakopian made antigovernment statements before dousing his body in gasoline and lighting himself on fire on Yerevan’s Square of the Republic today. Read the rest of this entry »
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The sitting of the People’s Party Board scheduled on February 26 was canceled because of some technical problems. To note, the sitting will affirm the party’s decision to run for the elections alone. The issue of proportional system is still under consideration.
February 26, 2007 (RFE/RL) — The Armenian parliament today overwhelmingly approved the third and final reading of a bill allowing Armenia’s large diaspora to hold dual citizenship, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reported.Under the draft law, dual citizenship holders will be able to vote in Armenian elections provided they are registered in the country as residents. 
An Armenian church in Glendale is part of an effort to allow more refugees persecuted in part for their faith into the U.S.
Azeri-Americans joint Turkey’s efforts in opposing the adoption of the Armenian Genocide resolution by the U.S. Congress. Asked, “how the Azeri Diaspora of the U.S.A. can assist in opposing the adoption of the Armenian Genocide resolution by the U.S. Congress”, President of Azerbaijan Society of America Tomris Azeri said that the Armenian Diaspora in the United States is well organized. “They have a firm agenda and everyone in their Diaspora community believes and follows this agenda. 
Armenia has “very good relations with Russia, which include a lot of spheres, Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated in the interview to “France 24” TV company. “We do not have problems with Russia. And may be it rides on the fact that we do not create artificial obstacles proceeding from political reasons,” the Armenian President stressed. 
The correspondent of A1+ held an interview with NA Deputy Hakob Hakobyan. They dwelt on the criminal action brought against the deputy and on the upcoming parliamentary elections.
On February 20, at the UK House of Commons, Armenia’s Ambassador to Great Britain Vahe Gabrielyan had a meeting with members of the two chambers of the UK parliament and members of Armenian communities in Britain.
The prosecutor’s office for Istanbul’s Sisli district has launched an investigation into Sisli Mayor Mustafa Sarigül and the committee that organized the funeral for journalist Hrant Dink, the slain editor of the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, for the slogans “We are all Armenians”, “We are all Hrant Dink”, according to a report from Milliyet daily. 
Turkish historians are going to learn Armenian to study the documents stored in the archives of foreign countries, head of History department of Turkey informed APA agency.