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Mandatory Pension Reforms Against Armenian Tradition: MP
Before the Constitutional Court makes a decision, the applicants are petitioning the Court to prevent the law's entry into force on Jan. 1, 2014...Read More »
Doctors Accused in Case of Soldier Who Died of Chickenpox Will be Granted Amnesty: Lawyer
Head of the Neurology Department of the Central Clinical Military Hospital, Lieutenant Colonel Minas Mkrtchyan and Armenian Armed Forces...Read More »
Yazidi Cattlemen Deceived by Armenian Businessman Plan to Fight for their Rights
Businessman Lyova Safaryan deceived 21 Yazidi farmers who raise livestock, posing as National Assembly Chairperson Hovik Abrahamyan...Read More »
‘Is There Life After Vilnius?’ EU Ambassador, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Notably Absent from Discussion
Despite an invitation from the organizer, Open Society Foundations – Armenia, head of the EU Delegation to Armenia Traian Hristea and...Read More »
Soldier Dies at Armenia-Azerbaijan Border
At around 5 pm on Dec. 14, at the defense positions of Movses village, on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, resident of the city of Berd, contract soldier...Read More »
Art Group Did Not ‘Harm Another’s Property’: Artists to Appeal in Court
Four members of the group Art Laboratoria ("art lab") are appealing a police decision to slap them with an administrative fine of 30,000 AMD each...Read More »
New Video Camera in Exchange for Her Silence: Armenian Activist Refuses Police Deal
The police offered human rights activist Lala Aslikyan a deal, promising that they will buy her a new video camera if she stops complaining and...Read More »
Armenian Opposition Activism’s Weak Point are Minorities (VIDEO)
The rainbow flag, widely recognized as representing gay pride as well as peace, made a second appearance in Armenia's history during a public-political event...Read More »
Women Karabakh War Veterans ‘Bury’ Serzh Sargsyan
Police on Thursday tried to detain Karabakh War veteran Susanna Margaryan, who threw a photo of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on the ground and...Read More »
MP Who Offended Journalists is Sure He Won’t Be Penalized
Republican Party of MP Manvel Badeyan, in conversation with Epress.am, said he is convinced that the journalists' appeal to the Ethics Commission will not ...Read More »