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Students Propose Alternative Form of Military Service
This step, according to Petrosyan, would replenish the army with literate and educated people, and would allow students to get familiar with the problems of the army...Read More »
Three Soldiers Killed, One Wounded in Karabakh
Three servicemen of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense army were killed and another one was seriously wounded at around 7pm on Tuesday in a mine explosion...Read More »
Monetization of Soldiers’ Lives and Society’s Militarization: Discussion on ‘Nation -Army’ Concept
We need to do our best to abolish the ‘nation-army’ concept in Armenia. Armenia should be developing, combat-ready and so on, but it should not be possessed with the terrible...Read More »
Why Armenian Youth Are Not Particularly Enthusiastic About Military Service
That's what we should talk about, not about education and science. We should come out and demand that before taking all and everyone to the army, they prosecute...Read More »
Government Armenia’s Largest ‘Grant Eater,’ Opposition MP Says
This list does not include the grants allocated by the OSCE, the Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank, and a number of Indian, Ukrainian, Russian structures...Read More »
Yerevan Students Block Central Street as Parliament Abolishes Military Draft Deferments
Individual protesters engaged in scuffles with law enforcement officers; some of them were lightly beaten or dragged by officers on the ground...Read More »
Students Protesting Against Abolishment of Draft Deferments Go On Hunger Strike in Yerevan University
The protesters have promised to end the hunger strike on the condition that the National Assembly today votes against the amendments to the Armenian...Read More »
Students March in Yerevan Against Planned Abolishment of Military Deferment
Recall, under a Defense Ministry-drafted bill preliminarily passed by the Armenian National Assembly in late October, draft deferments would only be granted to those students who ...Read More »
Yerevan Court Denies Appeal Against ‘1000 Drams Law’
- These 1000 drams are a part of our property since, according the judicial precedents of the European Court of Human Rights’ case law, a person’s salary is his/her property. This is the main ...Read More »
Students Protest Outside Parliament Building Against Planned Amendments to Military Draft in Armenia
Before militarizing the education and science sphere, the protesters argued, the Ministry of Defense should focus on eliminating corruption in other spheres...Read More »