February, 2014

• 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...
• 5 February

  

  Armenian Official Unable to Say Whether Gazprom Fulfilling its Obligations

  The Government of Armenia is no longer accumulating a debt in its relations with the Russian company Gazprom, Public Services Regulatory Commission chief...
• 5 February

  

  Large Volume of Ammunition Found at Armenian Actor’s Karate Federation

  A large quantity of ammunition were found at 17 Moskovyan Street in Yerevan, where Armenian actor Gor Vardanyan's karate federation is located.
• 5 February

  

  Ruling Coalition Votes Against Creating ‘Gas Commission’

  Members of the ruling coalition today voted against a proposal by the four non-ruling parties to create a commission to investigate the gas contracts signed with Russia last year.
• 5 February

  

  Police Contacted After Violent Altercation Between Imprisoned Political Activist’s Son and Teacher

  "We returned to the classroom and again he began to insult me. I asked then demanded he stop. I swore if he insults my dignity once again, I'll hit him. And he...
• 5 February

  

  Significant Part of Vanadzor’s Inhabitants Deprived of Gas and Electricity: Paper

  Electricity and gas supply has been cut off for a significant portion of Armenia's third-largest city, Vanadzor, for three days.
• 4 February

  

  Armenian MPs Continue to Argue about Gas Contract with Russia

  Discussions to establish a commission to investigate the gas contracts signed with Russia in 2013 continued in Armenia's National Assembly today.
• 4 February

  

  Armenian State Institutions Made Deductions from Wages Without Informing Staff

  A portion of the monthly salaries of employees of state institutions (schools, universities, ministries, and medical institutions) were withheld in January.