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Study Found 30% of Armenians Lived in Poverty in 2014
Officials added that Armenia's capital city Yerevan had the lowest poverty rate in the country – 25.2%, which was 1.4 times lower compared to other urban communities...Read More »
Authorities Fail to Keep Their Promises on Proportional Community Development, NGO Head Says
he Government continues to allocate most of the resources to Yerevan, which is understandable since officials mainly reside in Yerevan and run their businesses there. The situation of the rest of the communities...Read More »
‘A Trip to Yerevan:’ Russian Artist Recounts Her Impressions of the Armenian Capital
Meetings, interviews, and collaboration with independent women – these are my fondest memories from Yerevan. I believe that progressive reforms in Armenia will be primarily related to the increase in women's activity...Read More »
Armenian Serving in Russian Frontier Troops Found Hanged
31-year-old Armenian citizen Volodya Hovhannisyan was found hanged on November 19 in his house in the village of Gusanagyugh in the country's northwestern Shirak region, the RA Investigative Committee said in a statement...Read More »
Armenian Officials Use Their Positions to Promote Constitutional Changes, Civic Activist Claims
It's noteworthy, he added, that ahead of the December 6 referendum Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, whose views can have a direct effect on the military's voting, has also gotten involved in “the circus that is the 'yes' campaign...Read More »
‘Discredited’ Yerevan Cafe Sues Armenian News Outlets Over ‘Misleading’ Story
She added that since Poghosyan's murder had attracted widespread public attention, many people avoided visiting cafe “Aragast” based on their political beliefs. “For years the cafe suffered huge financial losses...Read More »
Ombudsman Staffer Convinces Police to Allow Protesters Near Presidential Palace
The group of parents have been staging weekly protests in front of the RA Presidential Palace, the National Assembly, and RA Government building for years demanding fair investigation into their sons' deaths...Read More »
First Court Hearing Into Armenian Cadet’s Murder Postponed
As the hearing proceeded, judge Harutyunyan announced his decision to adjourn the hearing until December 1; however, the attorney of one of the accused protested, claiming he had a “busy schedule that day...Read More »
Azerbaijan Extradites NKR Defense Army Soldier
The soldier's handover was carried out under the auspices of the Nagorno-Karabakh mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), near the village of Bash Karvend...Read More »
Infuriated Citizen Tells Armenian President to ‘Change Yourself, Not the Constitution’
“You should change yourself! Half of my family has fled [the country]; what should I do? Do you want us to turn into terrorists? […] I have nothing to lose,” the man says...Read More »