April, 2014

• 23 April

  

  Former PM to be Appointed Armenia’s Ambassador to US: Hraparak

  Former Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan will leave on a diplomatic mission not to Brussels, Belgium, but to the US...
• 22 April

  

  Karabakh War Veterans Were Not Allowed to Go to “Historic Cilicia”

  A group of 5 Karabakh War veterans on April 21 tried to go from Yerevan to Beirut, and from there to Latakia, where Armenians from Kessab, Syria, are being sheltered...
• 22 April

  

  Government’s New Draft of Funded Pension will be Ready in 2 Days: Artsvik Minasyan

  "We greatly appreciate the prime minister's willingness to resolve these problems. The issue is divided in two stages: first, […] public confidence has to be restored...
• 22 April

  

  Former President Robert Kocharian Sees No Need for Constitutional Reforms

  "The initiative for reform is derived solely from the authorities: the explanations made are unconvincing and extremely vague, which have aroused serious doubts in...
• 22 April

  

  New Armenian Permanent Representative to the UN Appointed

  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today signed a decree to release Karen Nazaryan from the position of the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the UN.
• 22 April

  

  Parliamentary Parties to Discuss Mandatory Pension Law with Hovik Abrahamyan: Newspaper

  RA Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan has invited representatives of all political parties to his office at 12 pm today to discuss the mandatory component of the new pension law.
• 21 April

  

  Two Leaders of Armenian Power Gang Convicted

  Three men with ties to the Armenian Power gang were convicted in federal court last week for their roles in a vast racketeering conspiracy and a sophisticated debit card skimming scheme...
• 21 April

  

  Man Kills Wife with Garden Rake, Regrets What He Did

  Grisha Martirosyan killed his wife, Jenya Harutyunyan, by repeatedly striking her with a garden rake then hitting her over the head with an iron rod.
• 21 April

  

  Family of Soldier Killed in Karabakh Lives in Dilapidated Makeshift Hut

  Living for more than a quarter century in crumbling makeshift huts are hundreds of families not on the waiting lists for apartments supplied by the state.
• 21 April

  

  Prisoner Claims He was Beaten with Rubber Baton: Criminal Case Launched

  Vanadzor Penitentiary Institution prisoner L.Ch. submitted a report to the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia (RA), claiming that on April 16, 2014...