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Does Parliamentary Speaker Need Over a Dozen Aides and Assistants? Newspaper
Sahakyan has 7 advisors, 6 assistants, and 4 aides, whose salaries are paid from the state budget but, as the newspaper reports, who do nothing...Read More »
Why Number of Istanbul-Yerevan Flights Reduced: Newspaper
The frequency of flights from Istanbul to Yerevan has decreased, owner of Tower airline company, prominent Armenian businessman based in Turkey Tigran Altun...Read More »
“There Can be No Cooperation with Sargsyan’s Regime”: Opposition MP Levon Zurabyan
"What cooperation are we talking about? Has there ever been cooperation? There can be no cooperation with this regime. And [those] 12 points are demands to...Read More »
Armenia Leader in CIS in Mobile Internet Penetration: Study
Armenia was ranked first among the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in mobile internet penetration.Read More »
HAK Raises Political Prisoners Issue at Meeting with PACE Delegates Though Not Sure If Political Prisoners in Armenia
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) raised 5 issues in its meeting with Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs for monitoring Armenia...Read More »
Serzh Sargsyan Asks His Critics Not to Protect Him from Artsakh
Armenia has not recognized the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic for certain political considerations and that is the right move...Read More »
Prosperous Armenia Party Again Silent on its Position on Amended Pension Bill
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), breaking its promise, did not declare its position on the new pension program presented by the government after its meeting on...Read More »
MPs Complain of High Salaries at Electric Networks of Armenia
Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) in 2013 had a profit of 13 billion AMD (about $31.5 million USD), the inspector's monthly salary is 90,000 AMD (about $218), while...Read More »
Serzh Sargsyan Not Addressing Homeless Problem in Gyumri Because He’s Seeking Revenge: Opinion
Not solving the homeless problem in Gyumri, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is seeking revenge on Gyumri inhabitants for not voting for him...Read More »
Armenia, Azerbaijan ‘Friends’ of Russia, While US, Georgia, Estonia are ‘Enemies’
Among Russia's friends are those countries that have low living standards and lack of political freedoms, while in those countries that are unfriendly to Russia, the...Read More »