October, 2017

• 16 October

  ‘When Was the Last Time You Went to Church?’ – Major Armenian Sweets Company’s Questions to Job Candidates

  - One of them even said, ‘I can’t believe this! You didn’t go to pray before defending your diploma?...
• 13 October

  Armenia to Compensate Wrongly Convicted Jehovah’s Witnesses, ECHR Rules

  The Court ruled that Armenia is to pay the applicants, within three months from the date on which the judgment becomes final, EUR 12,000, plus any tax that may be chargeable...
• 12 October

  Oil Processing Plant Constructed in Armenian Town Without Proper Impact Assessment

  As Environmental Impact Assessment Expertise Center SNCO told EcoLur, ArmOil company hasn't submitted any project for assessment and, consequently, it doesn't...
• 12 October

  ‘No Reason to Panic;’ Agriculture Minister Comments on Meat Price Rises

  The fourth and main reason is that no one really cares about the issue. Journalists write pathetic reports from villages to prove their compassion...
• 11 October

  

  Ruling Party Member Swears at Oppositionist as She Opposes Granting Apartments to Actors and Singer ‘In Need’

  In her speech, as reported by News.am, the Yerkir Tsirani member had argued that these people had done nothing for the Armenian capital and ...
• 11 October

  

  Former Armenian MP Calls People Who Choose to Opt Out of Military Service ‘Second-Rate’

  - There are countries where a young man who has not served in the army is perceived as a traitor to the nation, especially in countries that are at war. There are countries where...
• 11 October

  Concerns Around Domestic Violence Prevention Bill ‘Unjustified,’ Experts Say

  Note, those opposing the law have been arguing that the draft “drawn on the basis of the European model will eventually destroy ‘the Armenian family’ and will result in children being...
• 11 October

  Armenia’s Defense Ministry Promises Low-Price Apartments to Officers Who Agree to Serve for 20 Years

  According to our very rough estimates, it will take three years at most for the officers to get an apartment. They will have to pay only 60-70 thousand drams per month ...
• 11 October

  Armenian Soldier Killed by Azerbaijani Fire, Officials Say

  Chaplin A Margaryan, a 19-year-old conscript soldier of Armenia’s armed forces, was fatally wounded at October 10 while on guard duty at a north-eastern military unit of the Armenian Defense Ministry...
• 11 October

  Yazidi Children’s Right to Education Violated, Murazi Says

  Murazi intends to send these statistics to Armenia’s Ministry of Education and Science as evidence of a violation of the law on compulsory education, which entered into force in September 2017...