October, 2013

• 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.
• 29 October

  

  Unsolved Murder of Dashnak Village Head Hrach Muradyan Sparks Outcry

  According to demonstrators, the 2010 attempted murder of Karabakh War veteran, ARF-D member, and Proshyan village head Hrach Muradyan and...
• 29 October

  

  Website that Defamed Women’s Resource Center Refuses to Publish Retraction

  The dispute between the Women’s Resource Center of Armenia (WRCA) and the website Zaruhi.com, which began last year, has not been resolved.
• 29 October

  

  Not Premeditated Murder: Army Conscript Says He’s Innocent

  Army conscript David Khachatryan, accused of the May. 15, 2013 murder of fellow conscript Lyuks Stepanyan in a military unit in the town of Noyemberyan, does not admit his guilt...
• 28 October

  

  Army Generals Inquire about Increase in Soldiers’ Salaries

  According to RA First Deputy Minister of Finance Pavel Safaryan, the increase in allocations is due to higher wages and an increase in the price of gas...