March, 2016

• 12 March

  

  Vanadzor City Authorities Buy Trash Cans for $200 a Piece: Press

  Official documents show that Armenia's regional government bodies do their best to keep up with Yerevan Municipality in terms of wasting state resources, Zhoghovurd newspaper writes...
• 12 March

  

  NKR Army Soldier Killed in Grenade Explosion

  Nagorno Karabakh (NKR) Defense Ministry reported Saturday that conscript Sargis D Ohanyan, 19, was killed at around 4 pm Friday when a hand grenade exploded at the military positions of one of the eastern...
• 11 March

  

  Appeal Court Upholds Defense Ministry Ban on Information on Non-Combat Army Deaths

  In January, 2015, Peace Dialogue NGO filed a lawsuit against the Defense Ministry for its refusal to provide information on non-combat military deaths. Officials, however, responded to the claim only eight...
• 11 March

  

  Servicemen Set to Testify in Permyakov Trial No Longer in Armenia, Russian Military Officials Say

  The court today was to hear testimonies of a number of servicemen of the Russian base, among them Andrey Nikishin, Permyakov's immediate commander at the time. Despite being subpoenaed, however, the witness failed to appear in court...
• 11 March

  

  Armenian Opposition Activist Denied Release from Pretrial Custody

  A number of New Armenia members held a protest action shortly after the issuance of the verdict outside the courthouse and egged the building in protest of the decision. Protester Gagik Yeghiazaryan has been detained as....
• 10 March

  

  Supporters of Political Prisoners Detained in Yerevan (Video)

  When protester Ara Petrosyan responded with a demand for the release of political prisoners, Osipyan ordered the three dozen law enforcement officers who had come to the scene to detain the activists and take them...
• 10 March

  

  Parents in Black: A Story of Struggle (Video)

  Nana Muradyan, one of the dead soldiers' mothers, said at a press conference Wednesday that she has already lost all hope but couldn't “just sit at home” with her son's killer still on the loose...
• 10 March

  

  Electoral Code Changes ‘Aimed at Aiding Authorities’ Far-Reaching Infringment Plans’

  Reporters will basically have to queue to enter polling stations, and the election commission head will decide how many of them are allowed to at a time. This creates a large room for willfulness ...
• 10 March

  

  Law Enforcement Initiate Proceedings Based on Gaspari’s Beating Allegations: Press

  Armenia's Special Investigation Service (SIS) has initiated criminal proceedings on charges of official negligence in connection with beating allegations voiced by Yerevan-based civic activist Vardges Gaspari...
• 8 March

  

  ‘Feast of Consumer Society;’ Activists Hold March 8 Protest at Yerevan Shopping Mall (Video, Photo)

  We are against yet another merchandising of femininity that puts a flowery straitjacket on us during the one-day or one-month long spectacle of the consumer society; even during that period we earn less than men...