May, 2014

• 22 May

  

  “Donkeys are Beaten, Not Women”: Respondents of Domestic Violence Survey in Gavar

  Some of the survey respondents said beating would be justified in the case of the wife's infidelity.
• 22 May

  

  Russian Gas Supplied to Armenia More Expensive than Iranian Gas: Newspaper

  "Armenian authorities preferred expensive Russian gas over cheaper Iranian gas, which is simply nonsense in economic terms and has a political subtext...
• 22 May

  

  Former PM to Renounce Party Membership to Become Armenian Ambassador: Press

  Former Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan in the near future will freeze his membership to the ruling Republican Party of Armenia...
• 22 May

  

  Education Minister Defends Religious Education in Armenia’s Public Schools

  "The law mandates that public education be secular. However, courses in the history of the Armenian Apostolic Church are part of the public school curriculum and...
• 22 May

  

  Georgia’s Role in Unifying South Caucasus Countries to be Discussed in Tekali

  The role and potential of Georgia in the matter of the possibility of unification of the countries of the South Caucasus into a single union will be discussed on...
• 21 May

  

  PM Not Ready to Relinquish Supervisory Bodies to the Opposition

  RA Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan said in parliament today that he never promised that he is ready to see opposition candidates in supervisory bodies.
• 21 May

  

  Opposition Lawmaker Asks Prime Minister How He Amassed His Millions

  When did RA Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan or other members of government manage to amass millions of dollars? Armenian National Congress MP Nikol Pashinyan...
• 21 May

  

  20-Year-Old Soldier Killed on Frontline: Karabakh Defense Ministry

  On May 20, in the combat position of one of the military units stationed in the southern direction along the Line of Contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijani troops...
• 21 May

  

  Criminal Case Launched in Connection with Incident of Attack on Journalist: Hetq

  Recall, following a May 8 court hearing in the case of Sargis Hakobyan, who is accused of assaulting his wife, some of Hakobyan's supporters, including...
• 21 May

  

  Gazprom Armenia Refutes Armenian Prime Minister’s Statement: Newspaper

  "Is gas not supplied to Armenia from the Russian Federation because of damage to the Russia-Armenia pipeline? How are the gas demands of Armenian consumers satisfied?...