July, 2014

• 3 July

  

  “Journalism is Not Writing Pretty Things”: Local Newspaper Iravunq in Dispute with Shant TV

  Shant TV and local daily Iravunq regularly argue over the newspaper's published articles, and taking these disputes to court has become a tradition.
• 3 July

  

  Poor Families to Get $2.50 a Month From State to Soften Blow of Electricity Price Increase

  105 families living below the poverty line will receive an additional 1,000 AMD (less than $2.50 USD) per month from the state to help mitigate the...
• 3 July

  

  PM Hovik Abrahamyan Benefits from Government Decision on Water Use: Zhoghovurd

  At its last meeting, the Government of Armenia adopted a decision to approve a technical job to introduce an automated, centralized system concerning water use...
• 3 July

  

  Armenian Prisoner Who Swallowed Nails is Asking for Medical Treatment

  Serving his sentence in Artik Penitentiary, Ghazaryan attempted to harm himself by swallowing nails and is now refusing medical care and x-ray tests...
• 2 July

  

  Prosecution Demands 22 Years’ Imprisonment for Ex-Gyumri Mayor’s Nephew

  Recall, Ghukasyan is accused of participating in a shooting on Shirakatsi Street in Gyumri on April 23 that resulted in two men — Harutyun Khachatryan and Artyom Karapetyan...
• 2 July

  

  Treaty of Armenia’s Accession to Eurasian Union Might be Signed in October

  The treaty of Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) might be signed in October this year.
• 2 July

  

  Russia Ready to Discuss Karabakh’s Future in Context of Azerbaijan Joining Eurasian Economic Union

  "Our experience of 200 years of relations with Russia has shown that at some point, in order to solve its geopolitical issues, it begins to treat us as one would a...
• 2 July

  

  Commission’s Decision on Electricity Price Hike was Justified: Armenian Energy Minister

  Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Yervand Zakharyan (pictured) also is not happy about the increase in the electricity tariff.
• 2 July

  

  10 Years Later, Court to Reconsider Case of Forced Expropriation in Downtown Yerevan

  According to a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decision, the case of Emma Tunyan and her family's forced expropriation of their property in central Yerevan...
• 2 July

  

  Yerevan-Moscow Flights Just Became More Expensive

  Airfare tickets became more expensive about 15–20 days ago.