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It Will be Harder for People with Disabilities in Armenia to Find a Job
The Armenian government on January 1 temporarily suspended and made changes to a program that provides partial wage compensation to employers who...Read More »
Back to USSR: Armenian Communists Want to Join Customs Union (PHOTOS)
Members of the Armenian Communist Party today, in connection with May 1, International Workers' Day, organized a march toward the Russian Embassy and...Read More »
May 1 in Yerevan: International Workers’ Day Events Planned
On May 1, 1886, an estimated more than 300,000 workers went on strike throughout the US, demanding the 12–14 hour workday be reduced to 8 hours with no cut in pay.Read More »
Activist Tells the Court Why ‘Dastard’ and ‘Criminal’ Should Not be Offensive to Police
Presenting evidence, the activist described a few cases in which the behavior of the police is enough to prove that police officers are criminals and...Read More »
Armenia Can’t Give Tax Preference to Wine Over Vodka Because of Threats from Russia?
Armenian National Congress MP Hrant Bagratyan in parliament today proposed a legislative amendment to eliminate the excise tax on wine production to...Read More »
Bill on Draining Water from Lake Sevan Passed
At the April 29 meeting of the National Assembly, the Armenian government proposed making the following amendment to the bill to increase by 40% annually the water... Read More »
Is MP Vardan Ayvazyan Concerned About Villagers or His Business?
"Fish farming companies in an uncontrolled manner have opened wells, poured the water into their fish farms, sold the fish, made profit. They...Read More »
Today’s Protest March to Russian Embassy in Yerevan Failed
The "Liberation March," as it was referred to in a statement issued last week by a youth initiative called Ararum Em ("I Create"), did not take place today due to the organizers' absence.Read More »
Demonstrators Protest Lake Sevan Proposal Outside Parliament
The initiative SOS Sevan held a protest today outside the National Assembly building, urging MPs to vote against a government proposal that environmentalists say...Read More »
Armenian Prisoners Tell Prison Monitoring Group How Police Beat Them to Extort Confessions
He claims that during he interrogation, police employees uttered curses of a sexual nature in his and his mother's name and used force, harming his dignity.Read More »