February, 2014

• 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...
• 11 February

  

  What Armenia’s Delegation Found Unacceptable in EU’s Proposed Statement

  The MP said that for the first time in EU-Armenia relations, it was not possible to make a joint statement. According to Vardanyan, the EU's and Armenia's...
• 11 February

  

  Gazprom Armenia Deceives Consumers, Offers Low-Quality Gas: Opinion

  Gazprom Armenia is able to reduce the caloric value of natural gas using 3 "miracle devices" each valued at $350,000; moreover, by mixing...