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Protests Against Pension Reforms Continue with 'March of Lights' (VIDEO)

Protests Against Pension Reforms Continue with 'March of Lights' (VIDEO)

Several thousand residents protesting the new funded pension system introduced in Armenia on Jan. 1, 2014, held a "March of Lights" on Friday night.

Youth Protesting Funded Pension in Armenia Disrupted Conference (VIDEO)

Youth Protesting Funded Pension in Armenia Disrupted Conference (VIDEO)

Members of the initiative Dem Em ("I am against") tried to disrupt the third annual pension conference today organized by the Pension System Awareness Center in...

US Supports Armenian Government's Controversial New Pension Reform

US Supports Armenian Government's Controversial New Pension Reform

The United States supports the policy adopted by Armenia's authorities in the pension system, said US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern...

Missing: Signs Renaming Yanukovych Square in Armenia to Slain Maidan Activist Sergei Nigoyan Square

Missing: Signs Renaming Yanukovych Square in Armenia to Slain Maidan Activist Sergei Nigoyan Square

All evidence of renaming a square in the Armenian city of Spitak in honor of deceased Ukrainian opposition activist of Armenian descent Sergei Nigoyan...

Opposition MP Explains Why Faction Refuses to Debate Gas Contracts with Russia

Opposition MP Explains Why Faction Refuses to Debate Gas Contracts with Russia

The Armenian National Congress (HAK) parliamentary faction is withdrawing from the process of discussing the creation of a "gas commission" initiated by...

Family of Accused in 'Gang Case' to Appeal to European Court of Human Rights

Family of Accused in 'Gang Case' to Appeal to European Court of Human Rights

Ira Davtyan, mother-in-law of David Galstyan (pictured), one of the accused in the "gang case," informed local daily Zhoghovurd today that...

Carrefour to Open in Armenia in 6 Months

Carrefour to Open in Armenia in 6 Months

French supermarket chain Carrefour will appear in the Armenian market in 6 month, the company's representative in Armenia, Christian Denal, told...

Almost 300 Million Demanded from Accused in Military Doctor's Death in Harsnaqar

Almost 300 Million Demanded from Accused in Military Doctor's Death in Harsnaqar

The plaintiff is demanding 5 million AMD (about $12,122) each in compensation from victims Artak Bayadyan and Garik Soghomonyan, and...

Armenian Parliament to Collect Signatures to Establish Commission to Study March 1 Tragedy

Armenian Parliament to Collect Signatures to Establish Commission to Study March 1 Tragedy

On Feb. 24, during the regular four-day parliamentary session, the four non-ruling parties will organize a petition, with the aim of initiating a special discussion on creating...

Prisoner on Hunger Strike Promised to be Treated in Civilian Hospital

Prisoner on Hunger Strike Promised to be Treated in Civilian Hospital

"Voskanyan said that he has health issues, and so that they are properly treated, he wants to be moved to a civilian hospital and he is willing to pay for it...

Yerevan University Rector Failed to Subvert Student Rally: News.am

Yerevan University Rector Failed to Subvert Student Rally: News.am

Attempts by State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA) Rector Ara Avetisyan to subvert the Feb. 20 demonstration against the new mandatory pension system...

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway to be Completed by Early 2015

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway to be Completed by Early 2015

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is important for the entire region. It might be launched at the end of 2014 or early 2015, said the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan...