May, 2015

• 13 May

  

  Mothers of Dead Soldiers Attacked and Provoked by Armenian Police (VIDEO)

  On Wednesday, May 13, a group of police officers used violence to pull the parents of soldiers who died in the Armenian army in non-combat conditions away from the gates of the Residence of the RA President; the parents had...
• 12 May

  

  Russian Border Guards Do Not Have the Right to Check Travelers at Zvartnots Airport: NGO

  “Instead, it is clearly stipulated in the Article 3 of the agreement that the Russian border troops are not involved in the implementation of functions that are not related to the control on the Turkish and Iranian borders...
• 12 May

  

  Tuition Fees of Children of Laid-off Nairit Employees Not Deferred by YSU

  Three of the workers' children have been notified by the university that they had to pay the tuition fees immediately, otherwise they would be expelled from YSU, Anush Harutyunyan, former spokesperson of the plant, said...
• 8 May

  

  Nairit Employees to Hold a Sit-in in Demand of Unpaid Salaries

  Employees of the Nairit chemical factory will stage a sit-in in front of the building of the Government of Armenia starting May 14, demanding payment of the twenty months' worth of salaries owed to them...
• 8 May

  

  “I Don’t Feel Safe in Armenia”: Journalist Spends Three Hours in Police Custody

  After a police officer threatened to arrest Arustamyan, the journalist reminded him that first the officer should present himself, and then name the grounds for the arrest. After these words, four officers attacked Arustamyan and...
• 8 May

  

  Armenian Convict Unable to Walk; Barred from Meeting with Human Rights’ Defender

  Earlier, the Armenian Helsinki Association reported that Gevorgyan, who is unable to speak or to walk, and suffers from acute respiratory failure, has been transferred from the Convicts' Hospital penitentiary institution to Nubarashen prison...
• 8 May

  

  Witnesses in Military Murder Case Afraid to Testify: Armenian MP Alleges Pressure on Soldiers

  The witnesses in the criminal case into the murder of Haykaz Barseghyan, a trainee at Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute in Yerevan, are refusing to testify, claiming they did not see anything and were asleep at the time...
• 4 May

  

  Public Opinion Matters, But Ultimate Decision Belongs to Parliament: MP on Community Enlargement Project

  Public opinion should be taken into account, but that does not mean that the National Assembly can't make a decision contradicting the results of the referendum. Naturally, no reform is adopted through consensus...
• 4 May

  

  Five Political Forces to Be Represented in NKR National Assembly: Official

  Five political forces which have received 5 or more percent of the total votes cast during the May 3 Parliamentary elections will be represented in the National Assembly of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, according to the ...
• 4 May

  

  Armenia Weakened and More Vulnerable After Joining the EEU: Political Analyst

  Armenia’s authorities and their representatives publicly accounted their step for the country’s security interests, perspectives to improve economic indicators, whilst quite a number of Western and Armenian observers considered it...