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Armenian Political Prisoner Released From Prison
Tigran Petrosyan, who was sentenced to one year imprisonment in the case of political prisoners Shant Harutyunyan and his friends, was released from prison today...Read More »
Discrimination in Armenia is Encouraged on a State Level: Statement
The statement presents the conviction that such attitudes toward citizens, sponsored on a state level, create an environment of impunity and fertile soil for stronger manifestations of hate crimes in the future...Read More »
Armenia’s Signed International Agreement Conflicts with EEU Treaty
- Armenia is the only CIS country that has really approached European Union standards, and now, we are changing our vector and going toward Russia and Belarus, whose legislation implementation level is much lower...Read More »
Armenia’s EEU Treaty Demanded to be Publicly Discussed by Constitutional Court
The NGO notes that according to the law, international contracts at the Constitutional Court are discussed by written procedures, except for those situations where the contract is presented with large public interests...Read More »
Nagorno-Karabakh Could Join EEU If Part of Armenia says Ryzhkov
“If Karabakh becomes a part of Armenia, then there is no issue. You know the procedure. You can’t enter the union with unresolved territorial and border issues. Once, the Karabakh issue is resolved...Read More »
Air Armenia Halts Flights, Promises to Resume in Winter
“As a result, the proceeds in Armenia came to a critical minimum and at present it is impossible to carry out passenger transportation. In the given situation the airline’s administration... Read More »
Armenia Improves Ranking in Doing Business Report
Azerbaijan is among the top 10 improvers worldwide due to its reforms in starting businesses, registering property, and paying taxes. Georgia is ranked highest within the surrounding region at 15th place...Read More »
Man Arrested and Beaten by Police: Monitoring Group
In the monitoring group’s message it notes that members of the group met with A. Tamaryan and recorded wounds on his body and other issues related to the case...Read More »
Parliament Hearings about New Maternal Benefits Law; Mothers Protest (VIDEO)
The law is foreseen to take effect after January 1. In essence, the law sees positive changes for non-working (stay-at-home) mothers. According to the law...Read More »
“The Case is Left Unrevealed”: 15 Years Since October 27
The trial of Nairi Hunanyan’s group began on October 27, 2001 and lasted nearly 3 years. Everyone that had stormed the National Assembly were sentenced to life imprisonment...Read More »