January, 2016

• 30 January

  

  Volume of Non-Commercial Transfers to Armenia Reduced in 2015: Press

  The volume of international money transfers to Armenian individuals has fallen to its lowest level since 2007: in 2015, the net inflow of non-commercial remittances amounted to $891 million 390 thousand, as opposed ...
• 30 January

  

  Armenian Miners Still in Trouble Despite Stabilizing Copper Prices: Press

  At least two of the companies, the daily notes, have serious financial issues. Namely, Akhtala Mining Plant is no longer able to pay it's employees' salaries, while the Sagamar Processing Plant at Armanis village has stopped...
• 29 January

  

  Yazidi Girls in Armenia Are Denied Their Right to Education: Report

  “Given that fact that a 12-year education is the minimum necessary standard for a person, we can safely state that the majority of Yazidi girls actually remain illiterate...
• 29 January

  

  Armenian Football Team Cancels Match in Sukhumi; Foreign Ministry Says Abkhazia ‘Not Independent’

  “We don't recognize Abkhazia as an independent state, so we were against the friendly match [between Ararat and Volga] being held in Sukhumi,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tigran Balayan told Epress.am Friday...
• 28 January

  

  8.5 Years’ Fight for Fair Trial: Parents of Dead Armenian Soldier Reappeal Case Dismissal

  Gohar Sargsyan has no doubt her son was murdered. She told that back in 2008 unknown people terrorized her husband by stopping him on the street and urging him not to complain. “If you do, we'll destroy your family,” the said...
• 28 January

  

  Yerevan Man Charged With Former Wife’s Stabbing Death

  Basically, police did not consider it a real threat; if they did, [the murder] could have possibly been prevented. The police officer should have had redirected the case to investigation authorities to assess the seriousness...
• 27 January

  

  World Report 2016: Human Rights Watch Concerned by Armenia’s Human Rights Situation

  Following her April visit, Anne Brasseur, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, called for immediate action to combat violence against women and domestic violence...
• 27 January

  

  Protesting Parents of Dead Soldiers Demand Answers from Armenia’s President (Video)

  What's this law you're speaking of? Does it only work for you and hooligans? Why doesn't this law punish our sons' murderers, and why hasn't anyone been held responsible to date? We won't leave until Serzh Sargsyan...
• 27 January

  

  Journalist Calls to ‘Save’ Armenian Oligarchs Who Are Possibly Getting Poor

  “Anyway, Catherine Group, absolutely unrelated to Mihran of Catherine, paid AMD 1.2 billion in 2015 taxes, while in 2014, the company's taxes had amounted to AMD 1.6 billion. Here the amount has reduced by 25%...
• 26 January

  

  ‘Receipts Mean Nothing:’ Armenian Villagers Faced With Overdue Utility Bills

  Sarjanyan urged our reporter to provide the protesting citizens with their contact information “in order for us to understand what the problem is.” She added that the debts these villagers have been presented with...