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Goris Mayoral Elections: How Degree of Pressure on Citizens Changed
"After Tigran Karapetyan recused himself, the pressure in Goris diminished. First, the pro-government candidate's real opponent dropped out of the game...Read More »
“Sorry to the Armenian People”: Karabakh War Veteran Asked to Apologize to the Court
The judge reprimanded a few members of the public, instructing the bailiffs to remove from the room one of Avetisyan's supporters...Read More »
Upcoming Demonstration in Yerevan to Protest Against ‘Feudal’ Employers
The pressure group against pension reform Dem Em's next protest march will begin at 7 pm on June 11 just outside the Matenadaran...Read More »
Where is the $954 Million Allocated for Construction of North-South Highway?
The $954 million allocated for construction of the 500-km North-South Road Corridor is spent and the work has stopped — only a 25 km stretch was built.Read More »
‘If You Had Done Something, I Wouldn’t Have Gone to Court’: Father of Deceased 2-Year-Old to Doctors
In the opinion of Arabkir Joint Medical Center doctors Lilit Vardanyan and Zarine Ayvzyan, accused in the death of 2-year-old Lia Misakyan, they are accused only...Read More »
Yerevan’s Anastas Mikoyan St. Changed to ‘Enver Pasha’
Social activist Vilen Gabrielyan today "renamed" Anastas Mikoyan St. in Yerevan to "Enver Pasha" by spray-painting over the original street name in...Read More »
Justice Ministry Explains Why Requests of Prisoners Asking for Parole are Denied
Artur Baghdasaryan, Karen Paytyan, and Armen Kirakosyan, prisoners in Artik Penitentiary who have declared a hunger strike, have been isolated and are under the supervision of doctors.Read More »
Electricity in Armenia Again to Increase in Price
"...for the financial stability of electricity companies and to ensure the safe and reliable supply of electricity to consumers, additional funds of around...Read More »
Demonstrators in Armenia Deliver Letter of Thanks to Swiss President
"He replied that since Switzerland is one of the countries that supports victims of persecution, they are monitoring the cases of Shant Harutyunyan and the others...Read More »
Construction of a Building in Yerevan: History of a Struggle
Many people participated in the demonstrations protesting the construction of a high-rise residential building at 5 Komitas Avenue in Yerevan in August and September...Read More »