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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 »
Police Did Not Leave Alec Yenikomshian Alone on the Street: Armenian Police
Ordyan claims that he assisted Yenikomshian to the sidewalk, and stopped a taxi for him to go where he wished, but Yenikomshian refused and said his friend would come pick him up...Read More »
Authorities to Improve Their Businesses Under the Guise of Supporting Border Villages, says Nikol Pashinyan
Armenian National Congress faction MP Nikol Pashinyan noted that they are propagating via Television that the government is going to help the border villages, however, under this patriotic guise...Read More »
Defender in Controversial Murder Case Demands Prosecutor’s Removal
The judge rescheduled the court session to November 18 because of the absence of the plaintiff from the court and decided to turn to the motioned recuse against the prosecutor during the next court hearing...Read More »
Second Examination Justifies Doctors of Soldier Who Died of Chickenpox
He said that medicine is not strong enough to have universal instruments for all ailments. He also noted that there were no medical errors, but rather it was the soldiers ailment that was untreatable...Read More »
The Smell of Aliyev’s Petrodollars in the Armenian Parliament, says Republican MP
In his speech Baghdasaryan referred to speeches made by opposition MPs yesterday, saying that he knows that certain people “receive money from across the ocean to implement orders and provide for their families”...Read More »
Armenian Ombudsman Missing the Point on March 1st, says MP Aram Manukyan
According to the latter, the relatives of those who died and were victims on March 1st do not believe in justice; some parents of those killed have passed away and some have left the country, while the case is still not revealed...Read More »
Armenian Republican Party Members More Optimistic about Russian Economic Recovery than Russian Experts: 168 Zham
We expect that sanctions against Russia will diminish in the future, and will positively influence Russia’s economic growth. I’m convinced that during the coming year there will be positive steps toward that direction...Read More »