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We’re Ready to Burn our Republican Party Cards: State Employees Made Redundant Protest
Gathered in front of the Armenian government building today were about 30 demonstrators who were formerly employed by the state...Read More »
Rain, Wet Snow Forecast in Armenia Beginning Tonight
Beginning this evening, precipitation lasting for five days will fall over all of Armenia's areas, said Zaruhi Petrosyan with the...Read More »
Armenian Republican MP’s Stores Don’t Give Required Receipts
Stores belonging to Association of Business Women of Armenia President, Republican Party of Armenia MP Hermineh Naghdalyan don't...Read More »
Nagorno-Karabakh Airport Preparing for First Flights in Decades
The de-facto Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh's sole civilian airport will reopen in May to operate the first commercial flights between...Read More »
Armenian Defense Minister Responds to Report on Assault in Armenia’s Army
Early this week, conscript Hovsep Rafik Sargsyan was brutally beaten by Stepanakert resident, Junior Sergeant Harutyun...Read More »
‘Let the Guns Fall Silent’: Turkey’s Conscientious Objectors Speak Up
The number of those who are unwilling to serve in the army in Turkey increases day by day, reports Istanbul-based bilingual weekly Agos.Read More »
Who’s Deceiving Whom? Protesting Retailers Meet with Armenia’s Transport Minister
Retailers in Armenia are protesting the increase in fees for importing goods, which has increased from $4 to $8 per 1kg of imported goodsRead More »
US Embassy in Armenia Clarifies Yovanovitch’s Presidential Residence Meeting
Epress.am called the US Embassy in Armenia to find out the reason for the meeting. A US Embassy representative informed...Read More »
Justice Minister Gearing Up to Visit All of Armenia’s Penitentiaries
On Jan. 26, RA Minister of Justice Hrair Tovmasyan paid a visit not only to the Vardashen penitentiary, but also Erebuni and...Read More »
Iranian Workers Stage Protests over Nonpayment of Wages
Workers in Tehran are continuing to stage protests against nonpayment of salaries that, in any case, do not keep pace with inflation, reports RFE/RL’s Radio Farda. The most recent such protest, reported by the ILNA agency, was in Tehran on Jan. 24. Employees of the Pars Metal Company gathered in …Read More »