March, 2014

• 28 March

  

  PHOTO, VIDEO: Pension Law Opponents Held Silent Protest Outside Constitutional Court

  About 200 people protesting the mandatory component of a new pension law, including members of the pressure group Dem Em, organized a silent rally outside...
• 28 March

  

  EU Urges Armenia to Protect Civil Society, Adopt Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation

  Armenia is urged to cooperate with and protect civil society; investigate the cases of attacks and intimidation of human rights defenders and...
• 28 March

  

  Armenia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Lied: Armenia Voted Against UN Resolution on Ukraine

  Armenia was one of 11 countries that voted against the UN resolution affirming Ukraine's territorial integrity.
• 28 March

  

  Armenian Farmer Gives First-Hand Report of How He Fled Kessab: BBC

  "I had with me my children, my 88-year-old father, and my mother, who has cancer. We were one of the first people who left the town..."
• 27 March

  

  Director of Theatre Where Teen Spectators Attacked Actors Admits Such Incidents Occur Often

  Yerevan Theatre of the Young Spectator Director Hayk Kheranyan admitted that such incidents occur often in their theater. "It's just that yesterday's students were in the higher grades. They...
• 27 March

  

  Shant Harutyunyan Couldn’t Know that Men in Civilian Clothes were Police Officers: Attorney

  "[Shant] Harutyunyan and the others are persecuted for their political views and not for committing a criminal offense..."
• 27 March

  

  Armenian Government Presents National Scout Movement with a Forest

  The Government of the Republic of Armenia today decided to provide the right to use 3 hectares of forest land within Yerevan's administrative district indefinitely to...
• 27 March

  

  Education Minister Cites Tycoon’s Party as Proof to Counter MP’s Allegations

  When the Armenian National Congress (HAK) comes to power, one of its first tasks will be to change the status of universities from state non-commercial organizations to...
• 27 March

  

  A Universal Maidan for the South Caucasus: Lessons from Ukraine (VIDEO)

  What are the similarities and differences between the issues of Crimea and Nagorno-Karabakh? What is the Maidan for Ukraine? Is a Maidan possible in Armenia?
• 27 March

  

  Price of Natural Gas in Armenia Might Increase — Again

  On July 1, the price of natural gas will increase by 4% in the Russian Federation.