January, 2015

• 22 January

  

  Permyakov Illegally Kept in Russian Military Base, Concludes MP

  - Kostanyan answered two important questions about the violation. “In other words, Permyakov's stay at the Russian military base is illegal, and he has to be transferred to the Armenian side...
• 22 January

  

  Liquidated Company’s Workers Protest Demanding Unpaid Debts

  Aghekyan noted that the responsibility of cleaning Yerevan’s Kentron (downtown) district now falls on an Asian company, which left them unemployed...
• 22 January

  

  “Should We Appeal to Putin?”: Parents of Dead Soldiers Have No Response from Serzh Sargsyan (VIDEO)

  The parents of 5 soldiers killed during peacetime sent a letter to President Serzh Sargsyan back in November 27, 2014, demandeding that the President meet them and resolve “the criminal cases dealing with our children’s deaths.” Nearly 2 months have passed since sending the letter, however, the parents have still not …
• 22 January

  

  Tense and Restrained Gyumri: “We Won’t Be the Same Toward Russians”

  Locals are restrained and mainly avoid speaking to journalists armed with video cameras. When men and women see groups of police officers or noisy police or military vehicles they curse loudly at them...
• 21 January

  

  Attempts of Politicizing the Gyumri Tragedy are Unacceptable says Russian FM Lavrov

  “We see attempts to politicize the current situation. They are neither coming from the Armenian nor the Russian leaderships. Those who wish to use this tragedy with the intention of obtaining geographic advantages are not little in number...
• 21 January

  

  Soldier Killed in Late Night Shootings Near Border, Another Injured

  During the battles, Nahapet Asatryan (born 1982) was killed and Hovhannes Gasparyan (born 1973) was wounded. “Armenian vanguard divisions located the enemy’s advance and threw them back...
• 21 January

  

  MP Demands Handover of Gyumri Massacre Suspect in an Open Letter Addressed to Putin

  Russia’s gains from these agreements are not only monstrous, but also have no alternative. Oddly enough, Armenian citizens have been witnessing increasingly frequent non-rational and illegal...
• 20 January

  

  Multiple Protests In Front of the Presidential Palace (VIDEO)

  The Nairit factory press spokesperson Anush Harutyunyan told Epress.am that the minister had told the factory workers that they would receive a one month's salary before January 20. Today is January 20th...
• 20 January

  

  Soldier Killed as a Result of Ceasefire Violation in Karabakh

  According to the Ministry’s statement, 19-year old private soldier Suren Pilosyan received a deadly bullet wound at a southern military base of the NKR Defense Army during a ceasefire violation...
• 20 January

  

  First March in Memory of Hrant Dink in Yeravan; Small Scale, First Step

  Once the march entered the busy Mashtots Avenue, some citizens began paying attention to the march and asked questions. One female vegetable vendor asked what all the signs were saying...