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Parent Committee and Staff in Armenian School Boycott Classes to Demand Renovation
State officials keep promising to renovate the building, but they have yet to act on these promises, she added...Read More »
Teachers in Dilapidated School in Armenian Village Refuse to Give Up On Republican Party
The authorities have been promising to renovate the building for over 15 years. Much to the visiting journalists’ surprise, the teachers continue to have faith...Read More »
Armenia Has No Effective Mechanisms to Protect Domestic Abuse Vuctims, Lawyer Says
Armenian police still do not consider domestic violence a crime. The situation is even worse when there are children involved, because it seems that law enforcement....Read More »
President ‘Has Put Armenia’s Independence at Stake;’ Jailed Activist Ends Hunger Strike
- Serzh Sargsyan has turned the country into his own personal shop, a public house where everyone - starting with political forces and ending with ordinary citizens - is forcibly exploited...Read More »
Armenia’s Special Investigation Service Has to Look Into Illegal Detention of Peaceful Protesters, Lawyer Says
On Wednesday morning, Yerevan police detained opposition activist, AWF member Syuzan Simonyan during a rally on the capital’s Republic Square. Halfway to the police...Read More »
Environmentalists Demonstrate Against Amulsar Gold Mine Exploitation
Local experts and environmentalists, meanwhile, have been arguing for years that the mine exploitation will cause irreparable harm to the resort city of Jermuk, located some...Read More »
‘Sex Calculation;’ Armenians Still Prefer Sons Over Daughters, Study Says
Sex-selective abortions are carried out in two ways: by women’s own means and with the help of doctors. In parallel with the increase in awareness...Read More »
Education Minister Explains Why Armenia Should Prioritize Russian Over Other Foreign Languages
Secondly, Russian is a mandatory foreign language in Armenian schools starting from the second grade, while English, French, German are optional...Read More »
Foreign Minister Says Armenia Willing to Return NK Surrounding Territories to Azerbaijan
The co-chairs say that the population of Nagorno-Karabakh must determine their own future by free will, which should have international legal force for ...Read More »
Jailed Oppositionist’s Family Released from Detention
Four of the detainees were members of Yeghnukyan’s family - his wife and three children, the other two were members of the Armenian Women’s Front movement Aghavni Sahakyan...Read More »