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Armenian President, Ministers, and MPs to Get a Raise
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is going to get a raise: he will be paid 900,000 AMD (about $2,220 USD) per month instead of the current 400,000 AMD (about $987).Read More »
An Appeal to PACE Rapporteurs to Punish Armenia’s Oligarchs
A group of civil society activists in Armenia are compiling a list of corrupt officials with the aim of delivering it to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteurs when...Read More »
Georgia Border Placed Within Context of Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict: Human Rights Defender
Georgian media reports that Allahverdi Pelengov, a Georgian citizen of Azerbaijani descent, has been tortured in Armenia are untrue...Read More »
Armenian Parliament Adopts Amnesty Bill
Armenia's National Assembly today voted 102 in favor of granting amnesty to those who committed a crime up to and including Sept. 1, 2013.Read More »
Opposition MP to be Removed from PACE Armenian Delegation, Implies Parliamentary Chair
"Considering MP Zaruhi Postanjyan's behavior at PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] yesterday and based on the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, I declare that...Read More »
Armenian President at PACE: ‘I Do Not Gamble in Casinos’
"Have you recently been in a casino in Europe [...]and have you lost 70 million euros? Who gave you the money you lost?" asked Armenian delegation member, Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan following...Read More »
Attorney Insists his Imprisoned Client Needs to be Hospitalized
Aram Mughalyan, in pre-trial detention under charges of "hooliganism" and attempt to intentionally damage another's property, has been on a hunger strike for one week.Read More »
‘Money Laundering’: $123,000 Allocated for Collecting Information on Refugees in Armenia
The State Migration Service of the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration has allocated 50 million 146 thousand AMD (about $123 thousand USD) in 2013 for the development and exchange of information on refugees, reports local daily Zhoghovurd.Read More »
12-Hour Rally in Central Yerevan to Adopt Law on Domestic Violence
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women is calling the government to act and fulfill its commitments, which are reflected in the national Against Gender Violence program and...Read More »
Political Prisoner Tigran Araqelyan to be Granted Amnesty: Newspaper
Political prisoner Tigran Araqelyan will be granted amnesty, reports local daily Haykakan Zhamanak ("Armenian Times"), according to the amnesty bill...Read More »