Narine Ghalechian

Ստեղծվել է Narine Ghalechian

• Հունիս 24, 2014

  Police Criticized For Breaking Up Yerevan Protest

  Armenia’s state human rights ombudsman, Karen Andreasian, on Tuesday condemned police in Yerevan for breaking up a demonstration against an imminent rise in electricity prices with violence and mass detentions.

• Հունիս 11, 2014

  Government Denies Bullying Over Pension Reform

  The Armenian government on Wednesday denied growing allegations that it has ordered employers to ensure that their workers do not exercise their legal right to opt out of a new and controversial pension system.

• Հունիս 06, 2014

  Armenian Energy Tariff Set For Further Rise

  Armenia’s state utility regulators have announced plans to raise the price of electricity for households by more than 10 percent one year after sanctioning an even sharper increase in the key energy tariff.

• Օգոստոս 12, 2013

  Students Protest Against Higher Tuition Fees

  More than a 100 students of state-run Armenian universities rallied outside key government buildings in Yerevan on Monday in protest against a sizable increase in tuition fees paid by them.

• Հուլիս 25, 2013

  Yerevan Fare Hikes ‘Suspended’

  Yerevan Mayor Taron Markarian reversed his controversial decision to significantly raise the prices of public transport in the Armenian capital on Thursday, bowing to pressure from scores of mostly young activists who demonstrated against it for almost a week.

• Հուլիս 18, 2013

  Public Transport Fares Soar In Yerevan

  In a move reflecting the higher price of Russian natural gas imported to Armenia, the municipal authorities announced on Thursday a more than 50 percent surge in the cost of public transport in Yerevan.

• Հուլիս 03, 2013

  Balloon Blast Victims Again Treated By German Doctor

  A German surgeon has again arrived in Armenia to operate on young people still suffering from serious burns sustained in the explosion of hundreds of gas balloons during an election campaign rally in Yerevan last year.

• Հունիս 21, 2013

  Oppositionist Condemns Possible Gas Deal With Russia

  A senior representative of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Friday strongly condemned the possible sale of more Armenian energy assets to Russia’s Gazprom gas monopoly.

• Հունիս 18, 2013

  Farmers Demand Higher Fruit Prices

  About two thousand apricot farmers blocked a major highway in Armenia’s southern Ararat province on Tuesday to demand that wholesale buyers raise the price of their produce.

• Մայիս 03, 2013

  Ruling Party Confident As Yerevan Election Campaign Ends

  The mayoral election campaign in Yerevan officially drew to a close on Friday, with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and its opposition challengers making the last pitch for votes in various parts of the capital.

• Ապրիլ 26, 2013

  Dashnaks Hopeful About Opposition Win In Yerevan

  Armenia’s main political groups challenging the government can win the forthcoming municipal elections and appoint an opposition-affiliated mayor of Yerevan, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) claimed on Friday.

• Ապրիլ 23, 2013

  Opposition Youths Attacked In Yerevan

  Several young activists of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) were assaulted by a larger group of men while campaigning for the opposition party led by former President Levon Ter-Petrosian in Yerevan late on Monday.

• Հունվար 29, 2013

  Presidential Candidate Continues Hunger Strike

  One of the eight candidates in the Armenian presidential race remained on hunger strike for a ninth consecutive day on Tuesday, insisting on his demands for President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation.

• Սեպտեմբեր 28, 2012

  Ex-Minister Again Denies U.S. Bribery Claims

  Former Environment Minister Vartan Ayvazian insisted on Friday that he did not demand a hefty kickback from a U.S. mining company and was unjustly fined by a U.S. federal court.

• Հուլիս 06, 2012

  Ombudsman Defends ‘Neutrality’ In Deadly Violence Scandal

  Armenia’s state human rights ombudsman, Karen Andreasian, on Friday defended his cautious reaction to deadly violence at a restaurant in Yerevan that has sparked a public outcry and led to the resignation of an influential pro-government parliamentarian.

• Ապրիլ 06, 2012

  Justice Minister Praises, Warns Yerevan Park Protesters

  Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasian on Friday praised environmental activists campaigning for the preservation of a public park in Yerevan but warned them against attempting to dismantle kiosks controversially built there.

• Մարտ 07, 2012

  Armenia To Boycott Eurovision Show In Baku

  Citing an “anti-Armenian” statement made by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenia on Wednesday officially announced its decision not to participate in Europe’s most popular song contest that will be held in Baku in May.

• Հունվար 26, 2011

  Yerevan Traders Protest ‘Higher Customs Duties’

  Hundreds of traders selling clothing in retail markets in Yerevan rallied outside the Armenian government headquarters on Tuesday to protest against a doubling of transportation and other fees paid by them through private shipping companies.

• Դեկտեմբեր 18, 2010

  Armenian Opposition Holds Protests in Yerevan, Provinces

  Armenia’s main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) held simultaneous protests in capital Yerevan and three provinces on Friday demanding the release of its members currently imprisoned for their roles in the 2008 post-election unrest.

• Հոկտեմբեր 12, 2010

  Yerevan School Teacher Quits Over Abuse Video

  A teacher at a public school in Yerevan resigned on Tuesday following the emergence of an Internet video that shows him verbally and physically abusing one of his students.

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