June, 2014

• 5 June

  

  Where is the $954 Million Allocated for Construction of North-South Highway?

  The $954 million allocated for construction of the 500-km North-South Road Corridor is spent and the work has stopped — only a 25 km stretch was built.
• 5 June

  

  Ukraine Explains Why It Returned Its Ambassador to Armenia

  Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to return its Ambassador Ivan Kukhta (pictured) to Armenia after Armenia congratulated Petro Poroshenko's victory...
• 5 June

  

  ‘If You Had Done Something, I Wouldn’t Have Gone to Court’: Father of Deceased 2-Year-Old to Doctors

  In the opinion of Arabkir Joint Medical Center doctors Lilit Vardanyan and Zarine Ayvzyan, accused in the death of 2-year-old Lia Misakyan, they are accused only...
• 5 June

  

  Yerevan’s Anastas Mikoyan St. Changed to ‘Enver Pasha’

  Social activist Vilen Gabrielyan today "renamed" Anastas Mikoyan St. in Yerevan to "Enver Pasha" by spray-painting over the original street name in...
• 5 June

  

  Justice Ministry Explains Why Requests of Prisoners Asking for Parole are Denied

  Artur Baghdasaryan, Karen Paytyan, and Armen Kirakosyan, prisoners in Artik Penitentiary who have declared a hunger strike, have been isolated and are under the supervision of doctors.
• 5 June

  

  Damage from Small Hydropower Plants in Armenia: 16 Rivers in Crisis, 3 are Catastrophic

  A new analysis of the socio-environmental impact of 25 small hydropower plants on 47 rivers in Armenia shows that the projects don't comply with the laws of the country...
• 5 June

  

  Electricity in Armenia Again to Increase in Price

  "...for the financial stability of electricity companies and to ensure the safe and reliable supply of electricity to consumers, additional funds of around...