November, 2015

• 25 November

  

  Head of NA Committee on Social Affairs Among Armenia’s Wealthiest Lawmakers: Press

  - Hakobyan declared AMD 26 million 700 thousand (about $55,321) and $132 thousand in financial assets for the last year. Meanwhile, in 2012, having only recently become an MP, Hakobyan had declared 9 land lots...
• 24 November

  

  Former Armenian School Head Charged for Violence against Students

  In addition, preliminary investigation found that “in the period 2010-2014, Margaryan subjected up to 14 'troublesome' students to violence” during various school events in the course of the educational process,..
• 24 November

  

  Family of 26-Year-Old Armenian Woman Blames Doctors for Stillbirth

  Mkhitaryan added that on November 19 on-call doctor Ani Sirunyan decided to induce labor and deliver the baby. “[Shahbazyan] was examined twice during this period. Then the doctors delivered another baby by c-section...
• 24 November

  

  Study Found 30% of Armenians Lived in Poverty in 2014

  Officials added that Armenia's capital city Yerevan had the lowest poverty rate in the country – 25.2%, which was 1.4 times lower compared to other urban communities...
• 23 November

  

  Authorities Fail to Keep Their Promises on Proportional Community Development, NGO Head Says

  he Government continues to allocate most of the resources to Yerevan, which is understandable since officials mainly reside in Yerevan and run their businesses there. The situation of the rest of the communities...
• 21 November

  

  ‘A Trip to Yerevan:’ Russian Artist Recounts Her Impressions of the Armenian Capital

  Meetings, interviews, and collaboration with independent women – these are my fondest memories from Yerevan. I believe that progressive reforms in Armenia will be primarily related to the increase in women's activity...
• 20 November

  

  Armenian Serving in Russian Frontier Troops Found Hanged

  31-year-old Armenian citizen Volodya Hovhannisyan was found hanged on November 19 in his house in the village of Gusanagyugh in the country's northwestern Shirak region, the RA Investigative Committee said in a statement...
• 20 November

  

  Armenian Officials Use Their Positions to Promote Constitutional Changes, Civic Activist Claims

  It's noteworthy, he added, that ahead of the December 6 referendum Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, whose views can have a direct effect on the military's voting, has also gotten involved in “the circus that is the 'yes' campaign...
• 20 November

  

  ‘Discredited’ Yerevan Cafe Sues Armenian News Outlets Over ‘Misleading’ Story

  She added that since Poghosyan's murder had attracted widespread public attention, many people avoided visiting cafe “Aragast” based on their political beliefs. “For years the cafe suffered huge financial losses...
• 19 November

  

  Ombudsman Staffer Convinces Police to Allow Protesters Near Presidential Palace

  The group of parents have been staging weekly protests in front of the RA Presidential Palace, the National Assembly, and RA Government building for years demanding fair investigation into their sons' deaths...