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If You Can’t Afford New Import Fees, Too Bad: Armenian Government Staff to Protestors
Protesting vendors in front of the Armenian Government building say import fees have doubled: from $4 per 1kg of imported goods to $8.Read More »
Armenian-American Mafia’s Actions Resulted in Tighter Medicare Control
A new regulation issued Monday will allow Medicare officials to stop payment on suspected fraudsters, but will also give law...Read More »
Armenians Among List of Injured in Domodedovo Airport Blast
Russia's Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development and Ministry of Emergency Situations has published the list of victims in the...Read More »
Armenia’s Justice Ministry Responds to Gaspari’s Letter
"Objectively, the postal worker cannot enter a correctional facility and distribute letters to convicted persons personally. The letters are... Read More »
Freedom of Speech, the Press are Priorities for Armenia: PACE
"Since the human rights situation in Armenia after the rigged and tragic 2008 elections has not improved, repression of freedom of speech has...Read More »
Foreign Affairs Ministry to Confirm Whether Armenians Among Domodedovo Victims
Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that it is looking into whether there were Republic of Armenia citizens among those dead or injured in the blast that occurred at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.
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Only Once have Amendments to Armenia’s Sexual Violence Law Been Made, Says Lawyer
A working group of lawyers and experts, upon the initiative of the Women's Resource Center of Armenia, has been studying Chapter 18 of the RA Criminal Code on sexual violence since...Read More »
What’s the Human Rights Situation in Armenia? Human Rights Watch Sums up the Year
Armenian authorities have yet to ensure meaningful investigations into excessive police force during Mar. 2008 clashes in Yerevan when opposition supporters protested alleged fraud in...Read More »
South Sudan Self-Determination Referendum Gives Hope to Karabakh Officials
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, in a statement issued today, welcomes the referendum on the self-determination of South Sudan.Read More »
‘We Could Not Achieve Satisfactory Results in Frozen Conflicts’: PACE President
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) kicked off its winter session in Strasbourg today, where important items such as...Read More »