October, 2013

• 28 October

  

  Armenian PM Explains Why He Wants to Abolish Unemployment Benefits

  Unemployment benefits neither helped solve social problems nor created jobs, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said in parliament today
• 28 October

  

  Prisoner Sews his Mouth Shut, Insists He’s Innocent

  Karen Kungortsev, 22, charged with the murder of Yerevan resident, David Hovakimyan, 15, shut his mouth shut on Sunday in the Vanadzor penitentiary...
• 26 October

  

  Armenia Ranks Poorly in Gender Equality

  Iceland, Finland, and Norway are at the top of the list of 136 countries, where gender equality has been considered in the areas of political participation...
• 25 October

  

  ‘Button-Pressing’ MPs’ Salaries Shouldn’t Increase: Postanjyan

  Zaruhi Postanjyan, head of the Heritage Party parliamentary faction, considers the bill to increase the salaries of high-ranking officials (the president, the prime minister, ministers and MPs) to be discriminatory.
• 25 October

  

  Armenian MP Develops his Business in Georgia in Violation of the Law: Paper

  Georgian TV station Monitor yesterday broadcast an investigation into Armenian MP Vardan Ayvazyan’s forays into pisciculture carried out with violations of the law...
• 24 October

  

  VIDEO: ‘Know Your Enemy’: Putin’s Image Outside the Armenian Parliament

  A local art activist group called Hakaharvats ("Counter Blow") at 5 pm today stuck a poster with Russian President Vladimir Putin's image on it and...
• 24 October

  

  Armenian President’s Salary to Increase for Occupying Yerevan? Asks Opposition MP

  According to the Armenian National Congress MP, adopting such a decision on the backdrop of high poverty rates in the country is nothing other than cynicism.
• 24 October

  

  After Shelling from Azerbaijan, Northeastern Road in Armenia Closed

  The Vazashen-Paravakar segment of the road between Berd and Ijevan in northeastern Armenia has been closed to vehicular traffic since Oct. 22...
• 24 October

  

  Armenian Minister’s Son Could’ve Been Sentenced to Death in Iran: Newspaper

  Iranian border guards arrested RA Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Yuri Vardanyan’s son at the Armenia-Iran border on suspicion of drug trafficking...
• 24 October

  

  Amnesty Granted to Brothers Accused of Bombing Gay-Friendly Bar DIY

  The last court session in the case of the bombing of DIY, a bar in central Yerevan, took place in the Court of Appeal today.