Armenia

December 12, 2016 | 15:38
Nairit Employees Block Road to Demand Unpaid Wages

In an interview with Epress.am, Vrezh Sargsyan, an employee of the Nairit security staff, said the plant's management had promised to pay off the entire debt by December 15th; however, the protesters have been informed...

December 9, 2016 | 12:35
Armenian Lawmaker Insists He Punched Reporter to ‘Teach Him a Lesson’

Hakobyan also commented on the incident before the start of the December 8 National Assembly sitting: the lawmaker apologized to his colleagues, acknowledging that his actions had given rise to criticism...

December 9, 2016 | 12:31
Armenian Grape Farmers Continue Fruitlessly to Demand Pay for Last Year’s Produce

Unconvinced by the deputy minister's promises that the debt would be repaid by the end of December, the protesters continued to demand a meeting with the prime minister...

December 2, 2016 | 12:39
‘The Poor Refuse to Die;’ Anti-Militarist Protest Action in Yerevan

Let all those with a monthly salary contribute 5 thousand drams each and send lawmakers, ministers, generals of the army, the police, and the national security service, judges, prosecutors, investigators, tax officials, the presidential staff...

November 29, 2016 | 12:43
Assault Suspect Stabbed While Partying After Badly Beating Wife

Gevorg Sargsyan is among the three defendants in a trial which concerns the 2014 beating of Nagorno-Karabakh war veteran Vardan Tumanyan, who died in hospital the following day. Several months ago, the assault suspect ...

November 29, 2016 | 11:25
Ex-Soldier Jailed for False Terror Reports Pardoned by Armenian President

Davit Hakobyan, a 27-year-old former contract serviceman who had been sentenced to a year and six months in prison for reporting false bomb threats to police, has been pardoned by Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan,..

November 24, 2016 | 11:33
Oppositionist Accused of Assaulting Police Officer Was Trying to Break Up Fight, Witness Says

After the incident, the witness went on, he was taken to the hospital where he saw the supposed victim, Gegham Khachatryan, without any injury to his face. “I went up to him and told him that his colleagues had beaten...

November 23, 2016 | 14:04
Sacked Vardenis Locksmith Promises to Nail His Feet to Bench if Not Reinstated

I took the PM's letter to company director Anatoly Gogotin yesterday, but he said it meant nothing to him. They did not take Karapetyan's letter into consideration and again refused to reinstate me. I don't know what else to do...

November 21, 2016 | 17:44
Yerevan Prisoners End Hunger Strike

On November 17th, Epress.am had turned to the group of public monitors supervising Armenia's penitentiary institutions to find out whether the hunger-strikers were being treated properly and had received a reply that the monitors...

November 18, 2016 | 16:43
Oppositionist Criticizes Government for Unproportionally High Civil Service Cost

The civil service quite modest up until 1998: there were 260 lawmakers in the National Assembly, each of whom had one assistant. Over time, we were left with fewer MPs and 810 staffers. The presidential office had 130 employees...

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December 12, 2016 | 15:38
Nairit Employees Block Road to Demand Unpaid Wages

December 9, 2016 | 12:35
Armenian Lawmaker Insists He Punched Reporter to ‘Teach Him a Lesson’

December 9, 2016 | 12:31
Armenian Grape Farmers Continue Fruitlessly to Demand Pay for Last Year’s Produce

December 2, 2016 | 12:39
‘The Poor Refuse to Die;’ Anti-Militarist Protest Action in Yerevan

November 29, 2016 | 12:43
Assault Suspect Stabbed While Partying After Badly Beating Wife

November 29, 2016 | 11:25
Ex-Soldier Jailed for False Terror Reports Pardoned by Armenian President

November 24, 2016 | 11:33
Oppositionist Accused of Assaulting Police Officer Was Trying to Break Up Fight, Witness Says

November 23, 2016 | 14:04
Sacked Vardenis Locksmith Promises to Nail His Feet to Bench if Not Reinstated

November 21, 2016 | 17:44
Yerevan Prisoners End Hunger Strike

November 18, 2016 | 16:43
Oppositionist Criticizes Government for Unproportionally High Civil Service Cost

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Armenia

December 12, 2016 | 15:38 Nairit Employees Block Road to Demand Unpaid Wages

December 9, 2016 | 12:35 Armenian Lawmaker Insists He Punched Reporter to ‘Teach Him a Lesson’

December 9, 2016 | 12:31 Armenian Grape Farmers Continue Fruitlessly to Demand Pay for Last Year’s Produce

December 2, 2016 | 12:39 ‘The Poor Refuse to Die;’ Anti-Militarist Protest Action in Yerevan

November 29, 2016 | 12:43 Assault Suspect Stabbed While Partying After Badly Beating Wife

November 29, 2016 | 11:25 Ex-Soldier Jailed for False Terror Reports Pardoned by Armenian President

November 24, 2016 | 11:33 Oppositionist Accused of Assaulting Police Officer Was Trying to Break Up Fight, Witness Says

November 23, 2016 | 14:04 Sacked Vardenis Locksmith Promises to Nail His Feet to Bench if Not Reinstated

November 21, 2016 | 17:44 Yerevan Prisoners End Hunger Strike

November 18, 2016 | 16:43 Oppositionist Criticizes Government for Unproportionally High Civil Service Cost

December 12, 2016 | 15:38
Nairit Employees Block Road to Demand Unpaid Wages

December 9, 2016 | 12:35
Armenian Lawmaker Insists He Punched Reporter to ‘Teach Him a Lesson’

December 9, 2016 | 12:31
Armenian Grape Farmers Continue Fruitlessly to Demand Pay for Last Year’s Produce

December 2, 2016 | 12:39
‘The Poor Refuse to Die;’ Anti-Militarist Protest Action in Yerevan

November 29, 2016 | 12:43
Assault Suspect Stabbed While Partying After Badly Beating Wife

November 29, 2016 | 11:25
Ex-Soldier Jailed for False Terror Reports Pardoned by Armenian President

November 24, 2016 | 11:33
Oppositionist Accused of Assaulting Police Officer Was Trying to Break Up Fight, Witness Says

November 23, 2016 | 14:04
Sacked Vardenis Locksmith Promises to Nail His Feet to Bench if Not Reinstated

November 21, 2016 | 17:44
Yerevan Prisoners End Hunger Strike

November 18, 2016 | 16:43
Oppositionist Criticizes Government for Unproportionally High Civil Service Cost