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Doctors Confirm Protesting Yerevan Students Refusing Food
Note, in conversation with Tert.am, Yerevan State University rector Aram Simonyan had doubted that the students were actually refusing to eat any food...Read More »
Students Go on Fresh Hunger Strike Against Abolishment of Military Deferments
The month-long negotiations have no results. Provision 22.5 of the law [envisages deferments only for students] who will be deemed ‘exceptional’ or ‘genius.’ Note, that...Read More »
Students Convinced Their Alternative Deferment Proposal ‘Realizable and Benefits State’
We have proposed to introduce a new set of standards making it possible to track the students’ progress and see whether they are eligible for a deferment...Read More »
19-Year-Old Soldier Pleads Guilty to Murder of Fellow Serviceman
Forensic examinations also found that Khudaverdyan was conscious at the time of the murder and all his actions were a product of his own volition. Syunik district court judge...Read More »
Military Officials Demand Newspaper Reveal Identity of Soldier Who Talked About Army Problems
The aim here is to ensure that no soldier leaks this type of information to the media in the future...Read More »
Students Propose Alternative Form of Military Service
This step, according to Petrosyan, would replenish the army with literate and educated people, and would allow students to get familiar with the problems of the army...Read More »
Three Soldiers Killed, One Wounded in Karabakh
Three servicemen of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense army were killed and another one was seriously wounded at around 7pm on Tuesday in a mine explosion...Read More »
Monetization of Soldiers’ Lives and Society’s Militarization: Discussion on ‘Nation -Army’ Concept
We need to do our best to abolish the ‘nation-army’ concept in Armenia. Armenia should be developing, combat-ready and so on, but it should not be possessed with the terrible...Read More »
Why Armenian Youth Are Not Particularly Enthusiastic About Military Service
That's what we should talk about, not about education and science. We should come out and demand that before taking all and everyone to the army, they prosecute...Read More »
Government Armenia’s Largest ‘Grant Eater,’ Opposition MP Says
This list does not include the grants allocated by the OSCE, the Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank, and a number of Indian, Ukrainian, Russian structures...Read More »