Author: Vicken Chmshkian

 

 

 

The European Court of Human Rights will announce the final verdict on Perincek vs. Switzerland case in 5-6 months, Armenian Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan said at the National Assembly today.

“The European Court of Human Rights is not the body that will assert whether there has been an Armenian Genocide or not,” he added.

The Prosecutor General attached importance to the historic Mass in the Vatican. He said the Pope’s statements on the Armenian Genocide come to prove once again the Armenian Genocide is properly acknowledged and perceived internationally. He added that from the point of view of international law this was more important than the fact that one more country recognized the Armenian Genocide.

Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been voted into Bundesliga’s after Borussia Dortmund boosted their chances of European qualification with a 2-0 win over Hertha Berlin – their fifth game in all competitions without defeat.

Borussia Dortmund seem to have hit form at just the right time and Henrikh Mkhitaryan has played a key role in BVB’s late charge towards the European places. The Armenian midfielder assisted both goals in the win over Hertha, according to Bundesliga’s official website.

Five parties have cleared the five-percent threshold needed to get into the 33-member National Assembly of Nagorno Karabakh.

According to preliminary results, the ruling Free Motherland party led by Prime Minister Ara Harutyunyan received 47.35 percent of the vote, head of the NKR Central Electoral Commission Srbuhi Arzumanyan told reporters today.

“Karabakh’s Democratic Party (headed by current Speaker speaker Ashot Gulian) came second with 19.1 percent,” she added.

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation received 18.51 percent of the vote, Arzumanyan said.

The opposition parties – Movement-88 and National Revival – got 6.93 percent and 5.38 percent of the vote respectively.

The turnout stood at 70.6 percent.