October, 2013

• 8 October

  

  Armenian President Visits Resort Belonging to Him: Paper

  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan during a visit to Vayots Dzor on Saturday also went to the Jermuk Resort. The visit was not accidental, since...
• 7 October

  

  Police Gave False Statement, Insists Activist

  According to activist Vahagn Minasyan, who's been staging a sit-in outside Yerevan City Hall for over two months, the police statement about his behavior outside...
• 7 October

  

  MP Zaruhi Postanjyan on What Really Disgraces Serzh Sargsyan (VIDEO)

  "What, I had to disgrace Sargsyan with my question? Disgrace is that 35% of the Republic of Armenia s poor and hungry — vivid evidence of this is...
• 7 October

  

  Court Didn’t Bother to Hear Motion to Change Tigran Araqelyan’s Measure of Restraint (VIDEO)

  The next hearing in the case of political prisoner Tigran Araqelyan in the Court of Appeals today ended with a hasty court decision.
• 7 October

  

  MP Takes Matter of Destruction of Historical Monument to Court

  "The Pak Shuka developer and Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan allowed the violation of Article 264 [of the RA Criminal Code], the destruction or damage to historical and cultural monuments,...
• 7 October

  

  An ‘Armenian Trace’ in Azerbaijan Presidential Candidates’ Debate

  The 9th and final debate on Azerbaijani public television among presidential hopefuls occurred again without the participation of the incumbent, Ilham Aliyev.
• 4 October

  

  Deceased Army Lieutenant Artak Nazaryan’s Sister to Appeal to ECHR

  The RA Court of Cassation refused to begin proceedings based on complaints launched by Lieutenant Artak Nazaryan's legal successor (and sister) Tsovinar Nazaryan and...
• 4 October

  

  Heritage Party Faction Leader Responds to Postanjyan’s PACE Question

  Ruben Hakobyan, head of the Heritage Party parliamentary faction, urged National Assembly President Hovik Abrahamyan to reconsider his statement on...
• 4 October

  

  Armenian President, Ministers, and MPs to Get a Raise

  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is going to get a raise: he will be paid 900,000 AMD (about $2,220 USD) per month instead of the current 400,000 AMD (about $987).
• 4 October

  

  An Appeal to PACE Rapporteurs to Punish Armenia’s Oligarchs

  A group of civil society activists in Armenia are compiling a list of corrupt officials with the aim of delivering it to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteurs when...