September, 2014

• 24 September

  

  NGO vs. Ministry of Economy: Demanding Documents for Customs Union Accession

  During yesterday’s court session, the Ministry of Economy representative, Ruzanna Azroyan, tried to prove that the Minister had the right to consider certain types of information either...
• 23 September

  

  Armenian Merchants Protest New Law and Close Republic Square Road

  According to the new law, they have to first, buy new controlled cash registers, which cost around 80,000 AMD (nearly $200). Other than that, businessmen must electronically send complete...
• 23 September

  

  Parliamentarians are Discontent with Putin Representative: Haykakan Zhamanak

  Poghosyan said, “After Kiselyov, you are the Russian authorities softer representative, but the content is the same, you still speak of knowledge of the Russian language...
• 23 September

  

  Why Did Armenia Refuse to Participate in NATO exercises in Ukraine

  From September 15-26, NATO has organized “Rapid Trident” military exercises in the Ukrainian city of Yavoriv. The only South Caucasus country that has not participated in the exercises is Armenia...
• 22 September

  

  Lawyer motions to Recognize Shant Harutyunyan’s Innocence (VIDEO)

  Petrosyan continued, stating that it has been revealed in court that none of the defendants said, “it’s the cops, go hit 'em,” as the suffered police officers have claimed.․․
• 22 September

  

  Why Don’t Diasporan Armenians discuss Human Rights?

  I was able to converse with representatives of various communities at the gathering. My first interviewee was Anahit Khalatyan, from the Moscow office of the Union of Russian Armenians. She said that it’s...
• 19 September

  

  Cigarette Burns Proven by Medical Examination: Domestic Violence Case Continues

  Recall, that Hakobyan claimed he never beat his wife, and only hit her once before. He also denied Khachatryan’s testimony, which stated that he put out his cigarette on her hand...
• 19 September

  

  Police vs. Suicide: A New Initiative in Yerevan

  He also noted, that until the present moment they haven’t been told what criteria they should look for in potential suicide victims, “if someone wants to commit suicide, no one could disturb the person...
• 19 September

  

  Villagers Protest in Vain: Ministry Restricts them from Entering Dilijan Forest

  Inga Zarafyan, environmentalist, told Epress.am that to the villagers logic, if they were allowed to conduct illegal acts before, then they could continue to do it. According to Zarafyan...
• 18 September

  

  Armenian Woman Demands Compensation for Domestic Violence Injuries

  The case for compensation against the mother-in-law and husband was decided much earlier and is examined at the Ararat and Vayots Dzor General Jurisdiction Court, proceeded by Yelena Kocharyan.