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Parliament Hearings about New Maternal Benefits Law; Mothers Protest (VIDEO)
The law is foreseen to take effect after January 1. In essence, the law sees positive changes for non-working (stay-at-home) mothers. According to the law...Read More »
“The Case is Left Unrevealed”: 15 Years Since October 27
The trial of Nairi Hunanyan’s group began on October 27, 2001 and lasted nearly 3 years. Everyone that had stormed the National Assembly were sentenced to life imprisonment...Read More »
Mercury has Penetrated Armenian Food Chains: Ecolur.org
While investigating the level of environmental pollution, we began to come across different chains of mercury pollution in the biosphere, and in some areas we discovered that mercury has already penetrated into the food chains...Read More »
Russia Promises not to Intervene in Customs Activity of Armenia and NKR
“We don’t expect it anytime soon… recently, a representative was assigned to Armenia. He will quickly leave for Armenia. He will most likely, visit the border, but we are not prepared to intervene...Read More »
Vardges Gaspari Speaks About the Police and Political Prisoners (VIDEO)
“I don’t understand, when people say the judge is not guilty when deciding a verdict, he’s getting the order from above him. When I’m protesting in front of Serzh Sargsyan’s house...Read More »
Donetsk is the New Karabakh; Russia’s Collapse Only Hope for Ukraine, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
As long as there is Russia, Crimea will belong to it. While Donetsk has turned into a new Karabakh, which is the result of the Ukrainian elite’s greed and stupidity, and Russia did what it could and wanted to do...Read More »
Parliament of Armenia Passes Debated Border Village Law
National Assembly voted yes on a law giving tax exemptions to entrepreneurs from border villages. 85 MPs voted 'yes' to the law, 1 'abstained' and 5 'against'...Read More »
Mothers Protest New Law to Decrease Benefits during Maternity Leave
Tatevik Aghabekyan, from the Women’s Resource Center, told Epress.am that the meeting was not successful, and that they left the discussion before it finished...Read More »
Parents of Dead Soldiers Pushed and Pulled by Police Near Presidential Palace (VIDEO)
The protesters had opened a poster in front of the Palace with the names and photos of the five soldiers, Tigran Ohanjanyan, Valeri Muradyan, Artur Ghazaryan, Araik Avetisyan, and Arman Muradyan...Read More »
19 Millionaire MPs in Parliament, Gagik Tsarukyan the Richest: 168 Zham
Among 19 MPs, 9 belong to the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), 9 to Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), and one independent MP, Araik Grigoryan...Read More »