May, 2014

• 7 May

  

  Rehearsals for May 9 Victory Day Parade in Gyumri Held in Russian

  Gyumri, Armenia's second-largest city, is preparing for events dedicated to the 69th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War with unusual solemnity this year...
• 7 May

  

  “Go Back to Your Country”: Russian-Armenian Union Leader to Diasporan Armenian Activist (VIDEO)

  Armenian-Russian Union leader, former leader of the Progressive Socialist Party Robert Aharonyan said: "The day will come [when] we will deport you, [and] close the border...
• 7 May

  

  The Right to be Informed: Violations of the Law in Yerevan Residential Buildings

  Residents of the Armenian capital are deprived of their right to be informed and to participate in making decisions about important aspects of their lives...
• 7 May

  

  Damage of This Year’s Frost to Armenian Agriculture Amounts to $29 Million: Newspaper

  The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia today will make public the extent of the damage to agriculture as a result of the frost that hit Armenia on March 30–31.
• 7 May

  

  Price of Electricity Might Increase in Armenia: Newspaper

  The company Electric Networks of Armenia in the near future plans to submit a claim to the Public Regulatory Services Commission of the Republic of Armenia to...
• 7 May

  

  Witness in Case Against Karabakh War Veteran Contradicts Himself

  Witness Henrik Zakaryan in court on Tuesday claimed that he gave a bribe of $2,000 to Volodya Avetisyan in order to place his grandson in a military unit closer to home.
• 6 May

  

  Not About Karabakh and Not in Tbilisi: Georgia-Abkhazia-South Ossetia Conflict Discussed in Yerevan

  The capital of Armenia was considered convenient for representatives of the civil societies of the conflicting countries (recognized and not so much) in the region.
• 6 May

  

  Azerbaijan Returns POW to Armenia: Nothing in Armenian Media

  Several Azerbaijani websites today reported that with the assistance of representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) near Agdam...
• 6 May

  

  Karabakh War Veteran’s Attorney Asks Judge to Recuse Himself: Motion Denied

  Ara Zakaryan, the attorney of Karabakh War veteran Volodya Avetisyan, who is accused of taking bribes and has been in pre-trial detention since September 20, 2013,...
• 6 May

  

  Activist Demands Public Accountability, Pickets Outside Opposition MPs’ Homes

  Civic activist Vardges Gaspari picketed outside the homes of Armenian National Congress (HAK) MPs, demanding a report of the two years of their parliamentary activity...