September, 2014

• 30 September

  

  Armed Forces should be Used During a State of Emergency: Opposition Presents Reform Again

  “In order for the president to give a command to the Armed Forces, it would have to be among one of the three situations. First, the state must be attacked, a real danger must be felt from the attack...
• 30 September

  

  Cases of Domestic Violence has Increased While Preventative Legislation Not Passed

  While during all of 2013, 580 cases had been registered of domestic violence, in which 7 resulted in death, the number increased from just January to September 2014, where 1501 cases were registered, with 9 resulting in death.
• 30 September

  

  Armenia Ranking Lowered in Eastern Partnership Media Freedom Index

  The Politics section determines the level of rights and freedoms granted by the Constitution and laws of the country to the media and journalists, their compliance with international norms and standards, presence of censorship by official bodies, etc.
• 30 September

  

  NGO Demanding PM to Put Armenian Eurasian Economic Union Membership to Referendum

  The NGO emphasized that their application is supported by the Armenian Constitution’s 2nd article (In the Republic of Armenia the power belongs to the people. The people exercise their power through free...
• 30 September

  

  It’s Time for Armenia and Azerbaijan to Speak Without a Mediator: Russian Expert

  It seems in Azerbaijan, that they see Armenia as Russia’s vassal and nothing more. They reject the Armenian perspective. If it really is that way then they must come to an agreement with Moscow...
• 29 September

  

  Pressure From Bosses to Parliamentary Discussion: Armenian Merchants Protest in front of NA

  During the discussion in front of the National Assembly, the Yerevan deputy police Chief Valeri Osipyan, began to disturb the conversation between the protesters and MPs by demanding them to move...
• 29 September

  

  Armenian Parliament Rejects Bill Supporting Border Villages

  The bill was voted ‘yes’ by Armenian National Congress (HAK), Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), Heritage Party, Rule of Law Party (OEK) and a portion of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), which was not sufficient enough to pass the law...
• 29 September

  

  Police Break into Armenian Activist Home Without Warrant and Arrest (VIDEO)

  Gaspari realized only after the criminal case was instituted that he was charged, however, because the notification was not adequate, he did not go to the Arapkir police department.
• 26 September

  

  Serzh Sargsyan Asked about Political Prisoners during US lecture (VIDEO)

  Sargsyan justified to the audience the nature of the question as a commonality due to the uniqueness of Armenians in such settings. Then he continued by noticing and stated that “this...
• 26 September

  

  If NKR will have Customs Checkpoints on its Borders, So Should Crimea։ MP

  Armenia must reanalyze its decision to enter the Eurasian Economic Union, because the situation during this past year has changed, currently Russia is under sanctions, said MP Alexander Arzumanyan...