February, 2014

• 24 February

  

  After Shaming Armenian Oligarch, Vendor Banned from Selling Herbs Outside His Supermarket

  The manager of Yerevan City supermarket in Yerevan's Shengavit district prohibited Flora Torosyan from selling her herbs outside the supermarket after she urged...
• 24 February

  

  Woman in Coma. Husband Not Given Results of Examination

  No person in charge has yet been included in the criminal case of Lilit Nalbandyan, who fell into a coma after giving birth at the Vanadzor Medical Center...
• 24 February

  

  Yerevan Taxi Drivers Have Nowhere to Park, Protest Fines

  The Automobile Drivers Defense League is preparing to appeal several acts of infringement caught on high-speed CCTV cameras that concern incorrect taxi parking....
• 24 February

  

  Vulgarities in Armenian Parliament: MP Tries to Make a Point with Minister’s Comment

  "Instead of saying I slipped up, I made a mistake, forgive me — he exacerbates the situation. If we follow this logic, if we have to decide who says what...
• 24 February

  

  Azerbaijani Chess Player: ‘Levon Aronian Deserves to Be Strongest in the World’

  Azerbaijani Grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ahead of the 2014 Candidates Tournament said that Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian...
• 24 February

  

  Significant Pension Reforms Needed in Emerging Europe and Central Asia: World Bank

  The profound effects of aging populations and a shrinking labor force on overstretched state pension schemes in emerging Europe and Central Asian countries demand significant reforms...
• 23 February

  

  Court Rejects Art-Activist Group’s Lawsuit Against Armenian Police

  The Administrative Court of the Republic of Armenia (RA) rejected the lawsuit of four members of the artist-activist group Art Laboratoria ("art lab") against the RA Police.
• 23 February

  

  3-Year-Old Daughter of Armenian Activist Killed in Ukraine’s Maidan Left an Orphan

  The three-year-old daughter of activist Georgy Harutyunyan, who was killed when clashes resumed in Kiev, has lost both her parents and is now an orphan...
• 23 February

  

  “Is the Azeri Grandmother Any Less of a Grandmother Because She’s Azeri?” Armenian Perspective on Khojali

  Is the Azeri grandmother who had to leave her home holding the hand of her granddaughter any less of a grandmother and her granddaughter any less of a granddaughter because they were Azeris?
• 22 February

  

  Protests Against Pension Reforms Continue with ‘March of Lights’ (VIDEO)

  Several thousand residents protesting the new funded pension system introduced in Armenia on Jan. 1, 2014, held a "March of Lights" on Friday night.