May, 2015

• 4 May

  

  “Founding Parliament” Members Released From Prison on Own Recognizance

  Five members of the "Founding Parliament" opposition movement arrested on April 7, including Jirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement; activist Gevorg Safaryan; Varuzhan Avetisyan, the Deputy Chairman of the movement...
• 1 May

  

  Nairit Employees Protest for Unpaid Wages while President Celebrates Labor Day with “Heroes of Socialist Labor” (VIDEO)

  The workers decided to hold a march, finding it pointless to wait; the protesters were confident the President would not meet them after the concert either. “He'll leave the same unnoticed way he's come,” one of them said...

April, 2015

• 30 April

  

  Armenian President’s Selective Attitude Towards ‘Bleeding Wounds’: Parents of Dead Soldiers Continue to Protest (VIDEO)

  The Police officers, however, went on covering the meter-long poster, which further angered the protesters. “Calm down, no one bothered you. It’s your problem, you are troubled, ” a senior lieutenant (pictured) responded...
• 30 April

  

  “As If Nothing Has Ever Been Said Before Us”: April Art In Istanbul

  “We are knocking on your doors with an emotion and arrogance unparalleled in world history and without fear of seeming like those who are conceited and behave as if nothing has ever been said before them...
• 30 April

  

  Arrested Armenian Oppositionist Stops Hunger Strike

  Currently, Gevorg Safaryan is alone in the cell; his medical state is satisfactory, he has already started to take food. It is notable, that these developments were made possible by the efforts of our attorneys and members...
• 29 April

  

  Hike In Electricity Tariff In Armenia Due to Russian Loan for Metsamor NPP: Deputy Minister of Energy

  If everything goes as planned, Galstyan said, the operational life of the second reactor unit of Armenia's nuclear power plant will be extended for another 10 years, until 2026. The politician noted the importance of the agreement...
• 29 April

  

  Arrested Armenian Oppositionist Has No Intention to Stop Hunger Strike

  “Gevorg did not wish to talk about the problems he had had in his previous cell. He said that he would have made a public statement if he wished to say anything,” Davtyan said...
• 28 April

  

  Turk In Armenia, Armenian In Turkey

  In the past, according to Murat, the locals even felt outraged when Armenians in the Diaspora raised the issue of Genocide frequently; “They would say 'They live in safe European countries, all the while exacerbating the...
• 25 April

  

  Demonstrators in Istanbul Recreate the Path of Armenian Intellectuals Killed in 1915 (PHOTO, VIDEO)

  In 1915, the Museum of Turkish and Ottoman art, located in the historical heart of Istanbul, served as a prison: it was here that the Armenian Genocide began. In the evening of April 24, 1915, 235 Armenian intellectuals were...
• 25 April

  

  “Long Live the Brotherhood of Peoples”: March in Turkey Demands Recognition of Armenian Genocide (PHOTO)

  -We don’t see the speakers; we only hear their voices. That’s how it has always been done. It’s dangerous in Turkey. Those who speak at an event dedicated to the Genocide might have problems in the future. So we only hear their voices...