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Yearly Archives: 2015
June, 2015
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17 June
Armenia Has Highest Electricity Rate in CIS
Karen Vardanyan, expert of NGO, has prepared a comparative table on electricity prices in 15 post-Soviet republics, based on which, among post-Soviet countries only Lithuania and Latvia have higher rates for electricity compared to Armenia... -
17 June
Electric Networks of Armenia Threatens to Stop Energy Supply (Press)
"The company can not guarantee to meet quality and reliability criteria for electricity supplied, as well as to implement the necessary investment to improve and maintain the quality of services,” Bibin's letter said... -
17 June
Armenian Political Prisoners’ Appeal to Be Transferred to Individual Cell Satisfied
The allocation committee of the Penitentiary Department of the RA Ministry of Justice satisfied on Tuesday, June 16, the appeal by political prisoners Shant Harutyunyan and Vardan Vardanyan to be transferred to an... -
15 June
Technical Problems Delay U.S. Visa and Passport Issuance, Embassy says
“U.S. passport applications accepted overseas on or after May 26, 2015 are affected by this delay. If you applied for a U.S. passport at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan during this time frame and have travel plans within the next... -
15 June
Russian Soldier Arrested Over Death of Fellow Serviceman in Armenian Gyumri (Updated)
Ivan Novikon, a soldier of a Russian military unit in the Armenian city of Gyumri, was found dead on Monday, June 15, near the Mother Armenia monumental statue, Raffi Aslanyan, Prosecutor of Shirak province... -
15 June
Electric Networks of Armenia Keeps Its Senior Managers’ Salaries Secret (Statement)
The NGO recalls that the ENA had appealed to PSRC for the increase of electricity tariffs, claiming the utility was unable to cover electricity distribution costs with the current tariff... -
14 June
Armenian Political Prisoner‘s Son Invades Pitch During Armenia-Portugal Qualifier (Photo, Video)
Based on the above-mentioned, I believe that the risk of being murdered would be minimized if I were to serve my punishment in a cell with my two friends. Even if I were killed, my friends would know, and the other prisoners would... -
13 June
Jailed Armenian Oppositionists Start Hunger Strike; Demand to Be Transferred to Individual Cell
Armenian political prisoners Shant Harutyunyan and Vardan Vardanyan have started a hunger strike at the "Vardashen" penitentiary, demanding to be transferred to an individual cell. Shant Harutyunyan began the strike on June 8... -
12 June
Gazprom CEO Failed to Keep His Promise: Gas Price for Armenia Not Reduced (Statement)
“In other words, the statement of the head of Gazprom is not true, and the price of gas supplied to Armenia has not decreased. This means that the Russian Gazprom continues to receive excess profits due to the gas... -
11 June
Authorities Try to Put Pressure on Witness Who Has Changed Testimony in Case of Diseased Armenian Soldier: Statement
Today, around 1:30 PM, Artur Abrahamyan phoned Peaceful Dialogue NGO military expert Ruben Martirosyan and said some people were trying to take him to the Prosecutor's Office. Soon after Mushegh Shushanyan found...