Daily Archives: February 12, 2014
February, 2014
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12 February
Prosecution Ignores Case of Death of 3.5-Year-Old Child: Attorney
Complaints of the legal successor to the victim in the case of 3.5-year-old Artashes Sedrakyan have reached the Court of Appeals, but... -
12 February
Nairit Plant Employees Protest Unpaid Wages Outside President’s Office
Hundreds of Nairit Plant employees today marched from the Armenian government building to the presidential residence, asking for a particular time... -
12 February
Law on Military Service Amended for Oligarchs’ Children: Former Education Minister
Amendments to the RA Law on Military Service allowing Armenian citizens studying abroad to defer their military service on a bail of 8.5 million AMD cannot... -
12 February
Armenia Leader in South Caucasus in 2014 World Press Freedom Index
"Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan all enjoy a significant degree of pluralism and relatively little state censorship," reads the report. -
12 February
Yerevan Metro Employees Join Rising Protests Against Pension Reform
The controversial law, which entered into force on Jan. 1, 2014, stipulates that about 5–10% of the monthly wages of workers born after 1974 will be deducted for pension contributions... -
12 February
Armenian Village Mayor Withdraws Permission to Mining Company to Build Tailing Dump
Hakob Mkrtchyan, head of the Melikgyugh rural community in Aragatsotn marz (province), yesterday called a special council meeting to discuss the construction of... -
12 February
Opposition Parties to Launch No-Confidence Motion Against Prime Minister
The four parliamentary parties not part of the ruling coalition today will decide on launching a motion of no confidence against Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan... -
12 February
Former Armenian Political Prisoners to Spend Night Outside City Hall in Memory of March 1 Victims
Nikol Pashinyan and Sasun Mikaelyan, board members of an initiative called Civil Contract and former political prisoners, will spend the night of Mar. 1–2 outside...