March, 2017

• 7 March

  

  Activist Gifts Condoms to Amulsar Gold Project Sponsors

  Women will lose their jobs, and Jermuk will turn into a mining camp. Women will be driven into poverty and will be forced to make a living by prostitution...
• 6 March

  Yerevan Gunmen’s Supporter to Be Released on Bail After Lawmakers’ Petition

  Pashinyan went live on his Facebook page to announce that five lawmakers have agreed to stand as guarantors for Sargsyan's release and have already paid 500 000 drams each for his...
• 6 March

  Trade Between EAEU Member Countries Continues to Decline

  Another troubling circumstance is that 2 years after the formation of a common economic area, the integration level of the countries continues to remain extremely low...
• 4 March

  ‘Am I Irrelevant Because I Stayed Alive?’ Participants of April Fighting Ask for Verification of Their Service

  Former soldier Pargev Khachatryan, who was awarded a medal for the return of a fighting position in Talish, has also encountered similar issues. His sister, Karine Khachatryan, said ...
• 2 March

  Armenia’s Prime Minister Accused of Deception by Diaspora Armenian Businessman

  For the EU-Asia Business Finance Center Holding, this is a glaring example of deception, which allows us to turn to our compatriots in the Diaspora and to declare that Armenia's...
• 2 March

  Yerevan Sit-In Demonstrators Being ‘Threatened and Harassed’ by Police

  Police officers, Harutyunyan continued, have visited the demonstrators' homes and urged their parents to prohibit their children from going to the Freedom Square...
• 2 March

  

  Victims of 2008 Deadly Post-Election Clashes Commemorated in Yerevan

  On March 1st, 2008, early in the morning, Armenian riot police and military forces were called in to disperse the mass protests against electoral fraud by supporters...
• 2 March

  

  Yerevan Man Accused of Axing Former Wife and Parents-In-Law Claims He Was Acting in Self-Defense

  The prosecutor wrote in the indictment that, according to Martirosyan, the fight had already begun when he took away the axe from Mansuryan and proceeded to randomly...
• 1 March

  Armenian Parliament Passes Bill to Lighten Mine Exploiters’ Financial Burden

  It is envisaged that [mining companies] will produce a record number of 450 000 tonnes of copper concentrate in 2017. In such circumstances, this is an incomplete law allowing ...
• 1 March

  

  Armenian Grape Farmers Still Waiting on Payment for 2015 Produce

  They gave some money to a few of the farmers sometime before the new year; mainly to those who are not owed that much. I, on the other hand, haven't been paid anything...