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...
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...
‘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...
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 ...
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,..
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...
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...
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...
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...
Opposition Criticizes Draft 2017 Budget as Ineffective for Fighting Shadow Economy
While presenting the draft budget, finance minister Vardan Aramyan insisted that the foreign loans were needed to ensure that the rate of economic growth in Armenia does not slow. “In 2014-16, Armenia had a 840 million...
Armenians 'Afraid' to Report Corruption, Survey Shows
“Over the past years, there has been a disturbing trend of people becoming scared of reporting corruption cases. 41% of survey respondents said they never reported corruption because they were afraid of the consequences...
Bulk of Money Allocated for Vulnerable Population's Free Treatment Given to State Officials' Hospitals: Press
“23 million drams was allocated to 'Nairi' medical center, which, for its part, belongs to 'ARMAMAX'' LLC, a company with links to former health minister Harutyun Kushkyan....