October, 2016

• 12 October

  

  Unpaid Grape Farmers to Demand Payment from Prime Minister

  This year, according to Zakaryan, none of the Kaghtsrashen farmers sold even a kilogram of grapes to the winery. “The harvest this year was not as rich; some of the farmers sold their produce to exporting companies....
• 12 October

  

  ‘More Inmates, More Profit;’ Yerevan Prisoner Sends Anonymous Letter to Prime Minister

  In the letter to the PM the prisoner writes about the “embezzlement schemes” running in Armenia’s prison and expresses his hope that Karapetyan will take measures to combat this phenomenon...
• 11 October

  

  Witness Testifies to Hearing Police Officers Use Profanities During Brawl with Opposition Activists

  Safaryan has been behind bars for nearly ten months; he was arrested on New Year's Eve after a scuffle with law enforcement officers on Yerevan’s Freedom Square and was subsequently charged with assaulting police ...
• 11 October

  

  Armenian Soldier Killed by Azeri Fire, Officials Say

  Sanasur M Grigoryan, a 27-year-old Armenian contract serviceman, was fatally wounded at around midday on October 11 by fire from the Azerbaijani side at a military unit of the Nagorno Karabakh (NKR) Defense Army ...
• 10 October

  

  Yerevan Women Again Demand Release of Arrested Relatives

  Demonstrator Lala Bernetsyan, for her part, said that before gathering outside the National Assembly, the group of women had gone to the office of Armenia's general prosecutor with the same demand...
• 7 October

  

  NKR Military Authorities Deny Information About Two Wounded Soldiers

  When contacted by an Epress.am reporter for additional comment, spokesman for the NKR defense army Senor Hasratyan denied the information, saying; “We would have reported it if something like that had hap...
• 7 October

  

  Government Officials Responsible for Nairit’s Bankruptcy, Investor Says

  Nevertheless, the businessman added that the newly-appointed Armenian prime minister Karen Karapetyan is “quite excited” about his investment proposal. “Levon Yolyan, [the former] minister of energy and natural ...
• 7 October

  

  Armenian Soldier’s Death Was Not Suicide, Father Insists

  However, speaking at a news conference Friday, Norayr Norikyan, a lawyer for the soldier's legal successor, insisted that Mkhitaryan did not commit suicide but was shot deliberately by a fellow serviceman affiliated with higher-ranking army officers...
• 6 October

  

  Discussion of New Armenian Law on NGOs Ends with Republican MPs’ Homophobic Rants and ‘Jokes’

  Eduard Sharmazanov, the deputy speaker of the National Assembly, replied that he didn’t believe such a scenario was possible in Armenia. “I’m of a high opinion about our society, and I hope that at least those present in...
• 6 October

  

  Armenian Grape Farmers Finally Get Paid for Last Year’s Produce

  Grape farmers from the village of Aghavnadzor in Armenia's Vayots Dzor province are finally getting paid for the produce that was purchased from them last fall by Vedi Alco winery. Speaking to Epress.am...