October, 2013

• 31 October

  

  Opposition MP: ‘Pointless Funds’ Being Used to Open Armenian Embassies Abroad

  Among these "pointless" expenses, he named the appointment of an ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Vatican City.
• 31 October

  

  Why is Armenia’s Foreign Minister Avoiding Coming to Parliament?

  Why doesn’t RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian come to the National Assembly? asked Armenian National Congress (HAK) MP Nikol Pashinyan...
• 31 October

  

  Armenian Bus Driver Sues Employer, Wins Case in Two Courts

  Former driver of the number 89 marshrutka (minibus) Hayk Gasparyan, 66, went to court to protest inhumane working conditions and won the case in two judicial instances...
• 31 October

  

  Armenian Prime Minister’s Two Charter Flights Cost Taxpayers $130,000

  RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has begun to take charter flights, which is quite costly for the budget, reports local daily Zhoghovurd.
• 31 October

  

  Agriculture Minister: President’s Brother Doesn’t Have Monopoly on Sheep Export

  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's brother, former MP Aleksander Sargsyan, has a monopoly on the export of sheep...
• 31 October

  

  MP to Agriculture Minister: ‘You are Not Subsidizing Villagers, but Flash’ Gas Importer

  Villagers of Armavir marz (province) were given poor-quality diesel fuel, said head of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) parliamentary faction Levon Zurabyan...
• 30 October

  

  FFA President on Women’s Football: Armenian Women and Men Shouldn’t be Equal

  Football Federation of Armenia President Ruben Hayrapetyan believes that “an Armenian man wouldn’t give his daughter to football [soccer].”
• 30 October

  

  Murder Accused Removed Stitches on His Mouth After Attorney’s Appeal

  Karen Kungortsev, 22, accused of the murder of David Hovakimyan, 15, and currently being held in the Vanadzor Penitentiary, removed the stitches he used to sew his mouth shut last week...
• 30 October

  

  Fatal Shot Fired from Inside House of Ex-Governor Surik Khachatryan: Attorney

  “Watching the unedited video footage of the incident at former Syunik regional governor Surik Khachatryan’s house, I am more convinced than ever that the last shot fired on Avetik Budaghyan...
• 30 October

  

  Prisoner: ‘I was Tortured and Not Released Because of Complaint Against Prison Deputy Chief’

  Artak Hakobyan was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for “hooliganism.” He has already served 3.5 years of his prison term.