April, 2014

• 28 April

  

  Today’s Protest March to Russian Embassy in Yerevan Failed

  The "Liberation March," as it was referred to in a statement issued last week by a youth initiative called Ararum Em ("I Create"), did not take place today due to the organizers' absence.
• 28 April

  

  Parliament Struck Down Proposal to Establish Committee on Speed Sensors and Surveillance Cameras

  The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) voted against a proposal by opposition and opposition-leaning parties to establish an ad-hoc committee that...
• 28 April

  

  Demonstrators Protest Lake Sevan Proposal Outside Parliament

  The initiative SOS Sevan held a protest today outside the National Assembly building, urging MPs to vote against a government proposal that environmentalists say...
• 28 April

  

  Armenian Prisoners Tell Prison Monitoring Group How Police Beat Them to Extort Confessions

  He claims that during he interrogation, police employees uttered curses of a sexual nature in his and his mother's name and used force, harming his dignity.
• 25 April

  

  Prosperous Armenia Party MP on What Was Discussed at Today’s Meeting

  The group of four parliamentary parties that met earlier today decided to collect signatures at the next session of the National Assembly next week...
• 25 April

  

  Armenian PM Hovik Abrahamyan Keeps Mum After Meeting with Opposition Parties on Pension Reform

  Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, leaving Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan's office earlier today, declined to comment on...
• 25 April

  

  Pension Reform Remains Unclear After Parliamentary Committee Discussion

  Acting RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Artem Asatryan at a meeting of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Social Affairs...
• 25 April

  

  Civil Society’s Role in Resolving Conflicts in South Caucasus to be Discussed in Yerevan

  Civil hearings on "The role and influence of civil society in the peace-building process" will take place on May 3, at 12 pm, at the Imperial Palace in Yerevan.
• 25 April

  

  Victims of Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Yerevan: Multimedia Photo Essay

  Epress.am presents a multimedia photo essay based on materials collected on April 24, 2014, from Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide memorial complex in Yerevan.
• 25 April

  

  Over 1,000 Signatures Gathered in Open Letter to Armenian PM on Lake Sevan

  An open letter to Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia (RA) Hovik Abrahamyan on programs that pose a threat to Lake Sevan gathered 1,233 signatures...