February, 2014

• 20 February

  

  Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway to be Completed by Early 2015

  Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is important for the entire region. It might be launched at the end of 2014 or early 2015, said the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan...
• 20 February

  

  Armenian Government to Establish Commission to Check Caloric Value of Gas

  The Armenian government decided to create a commission to check the caloric value of the gas consumed in the country.
• 20 February

  

  Price of Public Transportation Fare Won’t be Finalized Before April: Newspaper

  A commission to discuss the price of the public transportation fare in Yerevan might convene at the end of February or early March, the commission chair...
• 19 February

  

  ‘We Are Also in Maidan’: Yerevan Activists Show Their Support for Ukrainian Demonstrators

  After the clashes in Kiev yesterday, a rally "We are also in Maidan" was organized today in Yerevan, Armenia, to express support for demonstrators in Ukraine's capital.
• 19 February

  

  Gazprom Armenia Measures Caloric Value of Gas, Satisfied with Results

  There are no problems with the caloric value of the gas supplied to Armenia. The only problem is the high price of gas, concluded the leaders of several NGOs...
• 19 February

  

  Armenian Prisoner Removes Stitches on Mouth, Ends Hunger Strike

  Artur Papikyan, an inmate at Goris Penitentiary who on Feb. 13 sewed his mouth shut and declared a hunger strike, has ended his hunger strike and removed the stitches on his mouth.
• 19 February

  

  Analyzing Armenian President’s Speech is Pointless: Opinion

  Regardless of how radical Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukyan's speech will be, regardless of whether opposition or those that consider themselves...
• 19 February

  

  Investigation into Beating and Deaths of Soldiers Completed: Reprimands All Around

  According to further orders by Armenia's defense minister, dismissed from his post was chief of the military unit's medical service, Capitain Arman Tadevosyan...
• 19 February

  

  Armenians Paid 40% More for Electricity in 2014 Than Last Year: Paper

  In January 2014, Armenia's population consumed 359 million killowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, which exceeds the figure for last year only by 10%...
• 19 February

  

  Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant Employees Protest Outside Ombudsman’s Office

  A few dozen Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant employees on Tuesday demonstrated outside the Armenian Ombudsman's office, asking...