March, 2015

• 4 March

  

  Child Custody Battle Continues In Court: Judge Asked to Leave Aside Presumptions

  Edison Adyan was also present at today’s court session. He motioned to participate in the case because the issue was related to him. In his speech Adyan said that Nikoghosyan never called or...
• 4 March

  

  Parliament Passes Amended Version of Turnover Tax Law After Entrepreneurs’ Protests

  According to the change, small and medium sized entrepreneurs will have to pay a 5% tax for undocumented products. Previously, the tax was 3%. The invoiced products will be taxed at 1.5%...
• 4 March

  

  No Changes Expected In the Field of Economic Competition in Armenia

  The journalist brought an example of the sugar market where competition is entirely eliminated; sugar is imported to Armenia only by Republican Party faction MP, oligarch Samvel Aleksanyan, while the latter’s...
• 4 March

  

  Air Armenia Unable to Restart Flights

  Hraparak daily notes that currently it is unknown whether the company would get back to business or not. The aviation company has serious financial issues and they have not been successful in finding a solution...
• 3 March

  

  Parliament Passes Law Providing Tax Cut For Large Exporters

  Armenian National Congress leader Levon Zurabyan said that the new law was just a way to monopolize the exports' sector as well. According to him, the law would increase taxes for small and medium-sized business owners...
• 3 March

  

  Permyakov Will Not Be Handed Over to Armenia, Says Russian Prosecutor’s Office

  According to Article 61 of the Russian Constitution and Article 57 of Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters [Minsk Convention] of 01/22/1993, V.P. Permyakov is...
• 3 March

  

  Woman Fighting for Return of Her Child Protests In Front of Prosecutor’s Office

  The protest participants claimed that the Prosecutor's office has not properly conducted the appeal process, subsequently, the investigator closed the case due to lack of criminal intent. Nikoghosyan, while speaking to...
• 3 March

  

  Shant Harutyunyan and Friends Appeal to Court of Cassation

  Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan sentenced Shant Harutyunyan to 6 years imprisonment, Albert Margaryan also received 6 years, Vahe Mkrtchyan 7 years, Liparit Poghosyan 5 years, Vardan Vardanyan 5 years...
• 3 March

  

  Another Soldier Dies in Karabakh During Nighttime Attack

  In an eastern military unit of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, 19-year old Arsen Karapetyan died from a fatal gunshot wound by an adversary attack on March 2nd to 3rd. The NKR Ministry of Defense stated...
• 2 March

  

  Vedi Resident Begins Sit-In with Her 2 Children In Front of Presidential Palace (VIDEO)

  Ani Harutyunyan’s husband Mihran Janigulyan was sentenced to 6.5 years imprisonment in 2012 for hooliganism; Janigulyan argued with his father-in-law and hit him. His father-in-law Norayr Harutyunyan, was also...