February, 2014

• 6 February

  

  Police Use Force to Push Mandatory Pension Opponents Away from State Building (PHOTOS)

  Members of an initiative against the new pension reforms and hundreds of supporters today once again protested in the streets of Yerevan...
• 6 February

  

  Opposition MP on Sale of Vorotan Hydro Plant and Lessons in Speaking Armenian

  Armenian government resorted to a play on words to sell the Vorotan hydro plants without debate in parliament: the hydroelectric power plants were...
• 6 February

  

  Residents of Yerevan District Speak with President But Concerns Not Addressed

  Residents of Yerevan's Kond district early morning on Wednesday protested outside Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's mansion, demanding...
• 6 February

  

  7000 People Without a Job Because of Drop in Number of Students in School: Principal

  According to a government decision, 7,000 jobs have been cut in the field of general education since Jan. 1, a principal of one of the schools in Ararat marz (province) who...
• 6 February

  

  Armenian Civil Servants Can Get an Apartment for $731 Per Square Meter

  Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan at a cabinet meeting today announced a new program for providing civil servants with apartments.
• 6 February

  

  Vanadzor: No Electricity, Lack of Adequate Heating, and Bread Prices Doubled

  There is no gas in most parts of the city, electricity often shuts down, drinking water is frozen, schools have stopped classes, hospitals are admitting only...
• 6 February

  

  Kurds, the Armenian Question, and Öcalan’s Statement: An Interview

  "The struggle of the Kurdish people for freedom and the atonement of the grief of the Armenian people have coincided in the struggle of citizens sharing the same rights in...