Dozens Gather in Yerevan in Solidarity with Turkish People
The majority of the victims were members of Federation of Socialist Youth Association and other left-wing groups, including anarchists that had gathered in Suruc to transport humanitarian aid to the war-torn Syrian city...
Armenian Businessman Escaped Taxes By Constructing Apartment Building 'At Citizens' Request'
According to the project, the spokesperson stressed, the building should have had 12 stories; instead, 14 floors were built, while some of the residents were dissatisfied with the housing conditions and did not want...
Prosecutors to Drop Charges Against Armenian Man Accused of Murder, Lawyer Says
The lawyer recalled that the witness had written in his preliminary testimony that he had seen Kungortsev at the crime scene, and later repeated the same statement in a court hearing in January: “However...
NSS Employee Who Had Tried to Recruit Journalist Appointed RA President's Press Secretary
Representative of Heritage Party’s interests, lawyer Harutyun Baghdasaryan told Epress.am late last year, that the Prosecutor’s office did not have the right to reject Hrayr Manukyan’s recording as material...
Mass Media Should Not Be Prosecuted for Protecting Their Sources, Expert Says
Another reason is that [before demanding anonymous sources be disclosed] all other possible sources, ways of solving the crime must be exhausted, Melikyan said, claiming that "that's not true either,” since the entire Gyumri was talking about...
Armenian Family Caught in Gas Explosion Demands Compensation from Gazprom-Armenia
They have not even initiated criminal proceedings yet; those guilty have not been charged. […] The Government has given us rent money a few times, but that's not a solution. [The Government] can rein Gazprom-Armenia...
'Priority Problems of Utmost Importance:' Parliamentary Official Responds to Parents of Dead Armenian Soldiers
After years of futile protests, the parents have been heartened by the response from the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Hovhannes Sahakyan: “The interpellations brought on by you are...
Armenian Protesters Address Message to “Republican Party Chairman Serzh Sargsyan”
“In the second phase [of the fight], we will block the main streets in Yerevan and other cities. Then it will become clear to everyone that police brutality is powerless against the peaceful rallies of citizens. In the third phase...
Armenian Government Still Unsure How to Subsidize Electricity Price Hike: NGO
In the event that the Executive subsidizes all types of consumers (industrial enterprises, organizations, and residential customers), as stated by the organization, it will cost around AMD 3 billion per month (USD 6 million)...
Cancer Patients in Armenia Suffer Severe Pain Because of Lack of Medications: HRW
The severe obstacles to good palliative care in Armenia deny patients adequate medical treatment, and violate the right to health, Human Rights Watch said. Armenia’s lack of action to improve access to essential...
Employees Will Receive Overdue Wages if They Renounce Claim to Penalty Wages, Nairit CEO Says
Anush Harutyunyan, former spokesperson of "Nairit," recounted the meeting to Epress.am. According to RA Labor Code “Nairit” employees, as stated by Harutyunyan, would receive almost double the employees' unpaid wages if they went to court...
Armenian Convict Denied Medical Care, Goes on Hunger Strike
Gevorgyan was unable to walk; he was emaciated and had difficulties talking. He complained that [prison administration] ignores his [health problems] and calls him a ‘malingerer.’ They claim that Gevorgyan only has...