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Carrefour to Open in Armenia in 6 Months
French supermarket chain Carrefour will appear in the Armenian market in 6 month, the company's representative in Armenia, Christian Denal, told...Read More »
Armenian Parliament to Collect Signatures to Establish Commission to Study March 1 Tragedy
On Feb. 24, during the regular four-day parliamentary session, the four non-ruling parties will organize a petition, with the aim of initiating a special discussion on creating... Read More »
Yerevan University Rector Failed to Subvert Student Rally: News.am
Attempts by State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA) Rector Ara Avetisyan to subvert the Feb. 20 demonstration against the new mandatory pension system... Read More »
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway to be Completed by Early 2015
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is important for the entire region. It might be launched at the end of 2014 or early 2015, said the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan...Read More »
Price of Public Transportation Fare Won’t be Finalized Before April: Newspaper
A commission to discuss the price of the public transportation fare in Yerevan might convene at the end of February or early March, the commission chair...Read More »
Gazprom Armenia Measures Caloric Value of Gas, Satisfied with Results
There are no problems with the caloric value of the gas supplied to Armenia. The only problem is the high price of gas, concluded the leaders of several NGOs...Read More »
Armenian Prisoner Removes Stitches on Mouth, Ends Hunger Strike
Artur Papikyan, an inmate at Goris Penitentiary who on Feb. 13 sewed his mouth shut and declared a hunger strike, has ended his hunger strike and removed the stitches on his mouth.Read More »
Investigation into Beating and Deaths of Soldiers Completed: Reprimands All Around
According to further orders by Armenia's defense minister, dismissed from his post was chief of the military unit's medical service, Capitain Arman Tadevosyan...Read More »
Armenians Paid 40% More for Electricity in 2014 Than Last Year: Paper
In January 2014, Armenia's population consumed 359 million killowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, which exceeds the figure for last year only by 10%...Read More »
Yerevan Court Rejects Activist’s Appeal, Refuses to Persecute Guilty Party
The Court of First Instance of Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun Administrative Districts of Yerevan on Tuesday rejected activist Karo Yeghnukyan's complaint...Read More »