September, 2016

• 22 September

  

  New Armenian Energy Minister Willing to Discuss Re-Launch of Nairit Rubber Plant

  The demonstrators told Manukyan that they believed that this project will reap significant economic benefits for Armenia since Grigoryan has also expressed a readiness to make investment in other ...
• 19 September

  

  Armenian Grape Farmers Block Highway to Again Demand Overdue Payment

  The Aghavnadzor grape farmers first began their demonstrations on September 1 by blocking the entrance to the local school in protest against the winery’s continued failure to pay their money – a total of 140...
• 19 September

  

  Newly Elected Tsaghkahovit Mayor Willing to ‘Give Up Life’ for Jailed Veteran-Gunman

  Norayin Hakobyan went on to insist that he would have been willing to pull out from the race had Yervand Khachatryan agreed to do the same. According to the soon-to-be-elected mayor, he had only announced his ...
• 17 September

  

  Mayoral Candidates Clash Before Elections in Armenia

  Shortly after the shooting, the website continues, Grigoryan's supporters deliberately crashed their car into the VAZ 21/06, attacked those inside and seized their weapons. Speaking to 1in.am, Etchmiadzin ...
• 17 September

  

  Armenia Needs ‘Rigid Law’ Against Animal Abuse and Neglect, Environmentalists Say

  . To receive this license, he added, natural or legal persons will have to submit proof that they have created and ensured conditions that meet international ...
• 16 September

  

  Mass Media in Armenia: Power Elite’s Tool to Shape and Control People’s Thoughts

  “Mass media has to take actions to overcome its systemic issues. Are the existing Armenian media outlets capable of offering solutions to social problems, if not, how should media be transformed? As a whole, we...
• 15 September

  

  Armenian Winery Again Fails to Pay Local Grape Farmers’ Money

  The entire village had gathered to meet the governor because he had promised to resolve the issue by September 15. But he said nothing senseful; only that the government and the prime minister had changed...
• 15 September

  

  Armenian President’s Candidate Appointed Country’s Prosecutor General

  Armenia's parliament spent the last 4 days discussing Davtyan's candidacy. During Wednesday's sitting, Aram Manukyan, the secretary the opposition Armenian National Congress faction, said the ANC representatives...
• 13 September

  

  Armenian Authorities Yet to Lift Travel Ban on Anti-Government Activist

  “I've gone everywhere; the police tell me to appeal to the NSS; the NSS says I should go to the police; the court says the verdict has been issued and should have come into force by now but they can do nothing else...
• 13 September

  

  Demonstrators Gather Outside Armenian Parliament to ‘Find Out What Lawmakers Do’

  “Looks like the MPs I voted for have forgotten about the March 1 murders [a reference to the 2008 post-election events]. I don't recall them condemning the casualties of the April war either,” the activist said, adding...