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Armenian Parliament Adopts Revised Pension Bill
Armenia's National Assembly just now adopted the revised bill on the funded pension with 68 votes in favor; 12, against; and 36, abstentions. Read More »
Voting on Revised Pension Bill Postponed: MPs Running Late
The revised bill on the funded pension system was to have been put to a vote in the National Assembly today; however, National Assembly President Galust Sahakyan said...Read More »
Putin Can Initiate Provocations Against Azerbijan: Guluzade
As long as Russia is not yet neutralized by global economic, diplomatic, and other sanctions, there can be no talk of peace in Karabakh...Read More »
Former Justice Minister Refused Chief of Staff of Armenian Parliament Position: Press
Former Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia (RA) Hrayr Tovmasyan turned down the position of Chief of Staff of the RA National AssemblyRead More »
French President Urged Not to Participate in Ceremony Renaming Yerevan’s Mashtots Park
French President François Hollande is expected to participate in an opening ceremony of Mashtots Park to be named after French national hero, French-Armenian poet Missak Manouchian.Read More »
Contract Soldier Strangled His Wife to Death and Fled
At around 2 am on May 12, resident of the village of Itsakar in Tavush marz (province), contract soldier Meruzhan Harutyunyan, 33, came home and strangled his wife Hermine Chilingaryan...Read More »
Armenian Soldier Called Parents 3 Times Before He Died. Relatives Rule Out Suicide
A criminal case has been launched in connection with rank-and-file soldier Nerses Karapetyan, who was fatally shot on May 10 while serving at a military unit in...Read More »
Non-Ruling Political Parties Divided Over Revised Pension Bill
During a special meeting of the National Assembly on the issue of pension reform, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation faction announced that it will vote in favor of...Read More »
Missing Armenian Officer’s Body Found in Reservoir
After the body of Senior Lieutenant Meruzhan Harutyunyan was discovered in the Tandzik reservoir, a forensic examination of the body was appointed.Read More »
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan Tells Deceived Homeowners to “Go Talk to Hovik”: GALA TV
Bilked owners of the apartments on Buzand Street in central Yerevan today held a protest outside the presidential palace.Read More »