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Yearly Archives: 2014
December, 2014
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19 December
“They Should Resign”: Protest against Dram Depreciation and Price Increases
The protest participants also stated that the oligarch businessmen manipulated the dollar’s appreciation and even baselessly increased the prices of domestically manufactured products... -
19 December
Dead Soldier’s Parents Demand Opportunity to Appeal Verdict Sent One Month Late
If the court does not accept the appeal, then it signifies that the verdict was only for the defendant and the plaintiff has no right whatsoever to appeal the verdict,.. -
19 December
Prime Minister Considers Minibus Drivers’ Strike Resolved, Drivers Not Convinced
However, the drivers claim that gas has never costed 200 AMD. According to them, dropping the price by 30 AMD is not satisfactory and they will continue to strike until the price returns to 170 AMD... -
18 December
Armenians Ashamed to Raise Issue of STDs
He noted that in reality, the number of STDs have not risen but rather the services which are able to detect them, which has resulted in an increase in registered diseases... -
18 December
Minibus Drivers Continue to Strike With No Clear Signs of Resolution (PHOTO, VIDEO)
Yesterday, the Yerevan Mayor’s adviser Albert Gevorgyan came to the protest and promised that the issue would be resolved with the help of the route owners... -
18 December
Witness in Teenage Murder Case Confesses on False Testimony (VIDEO)
Gevorg Avagyan, a witness to the case of Karen Kungortsev who was charged with murdering 15-year old Davit Hovakimyan, stated that a police officer guided him in giving a false testimony... -
18 December
Fioletovo Villagers Against Adjacent Gold Mine
During the two town hall meetings, the villagers were against the mine. The reasons are clear; the mine would be an open pit mine. The environmentalists explained that it is dangerous... -
17 December
Hate Speech and Discrimination: Open Letter Asking Ombudsman to Assess the ‘Iravunk’ Verdict
The fact that Hayk Babukhanyan received the Movses Khorenatsi medal from Serzh Sargsyan only proves that the views segregating and dividing the public in the Republic of Armenia are encouraged by the state... -
17 December
Yerevan Drivers Strike Due to Increased Gas Prices
The drivers stressed that they do not wish for transportation fares to increase, “we understand that the people are not to blame, they can’t give 150 drams in these difficult situations, but who is going... -
17 December
Hrant Dink Foundation Responds to Accusations: Translator Has No Right to Change Original Text
Ruben Melkonyan agreed to translate the book with his own will when he was acquainted with the original text, of course without being compensated. He could have refused to translate it...