Authorities Imposing Their Duties on Citizens; Armenian Parliament Continues Debates on '1000 Drams' Bill
Before her speech, Postanjyan had a brief altercation with ANC lawmaker Nikol Pashinyan, who had voted for the bill during the first reading and spoke positively of the initiative again during the debate today...
Military Benefits Bill Passed by Parliament
The three oppositionists voting against the bill were members of the Armenian National Congress faction Aram Manukyan and Levon Zurabyan, and Heritage representative Zaruhi Postanjyan. During the parliament's three-day ...
Armenian Government's New Military Benefits Tax Aims to Rip Off Citizens, Protesters Claim
Several opposition lawmakers, in turn, spoke against the bill from the parliament floor. Heritage faction representative Zaruhi Postanjan, namely, urged her colleagues to vote against the discussion of the bill because...
Low Wholesale Prices Could Lead Armenia's Potato Farmers to Bankruptcy, Opposition MP Says
Speaking from the floor of the National Assembly today, opposition Armenian National Congress faction member Nikol Pashinyan, who went to meet with the demonstrators on Friday, stated that Armenia's potato farmers have ...
Demonstrators Gather Outside Armenian Parliament to 'Find Out What Lawmakers Do'
“Looks like the MPs I voted for have forgotten about the March 1 murders [a reference to the 2008 post-election events]. I don't recall them condemning the casualties of the April war either,” the activist said, adding...
Former ARF Member Expresses Serious Issues In Party In Light of Newly Elected Bureau
The ARF’s elite have been dealing with personal quotas, resolving personal issues, and its turned out that us, ordinary members who’ve left, have become the advocates of ARF and its ideology...
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Doesn't Know of Any Political Prisoners in Armenia
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs for monitoring Armenia are in Yerevan, where they are meeting with parliamentary factions.
'Tsarukyan is Not the Kind of Man who Presses Buttons': WikiLeaks
"Gagik Tsarukyan is, without doubt, one of the most colorful figures in Armenia's political landscape," writes then US Ambassador to...