Protests against the Armenian government’s controversial pension appeared to be gaining momentum on Monday as they were joined by scores of opera singers and musicians and railway workers.
Hundreds of mostly young people rallied in Yerevan on Thursday to demand that the Armenian authorities stop enforcing a controversial reform of the national pension system that was suspended by the Constitutional Court late last month.
Armenian tax authorities have been accused of putting pressure on employers to comply with the new pension law despite last week’s decision by the Constitutional Court to suspend the controversial reform.
The Constitutional Court suspended on Friday the controversial reform of the national pension system pending a ruling on an appeal lodged by Armenia’s leading opposition parties.
The Armenian government ruled out on Tuesday any reversal or suspension of a controversial reform of the national pension system despite growing protests from mostly young workers affected by it.
In a rally joined by Armenia’s leading opposition parties, thousands of people took to the streets of Yerevan at the weekend to protest against a controversial pension reform that has increased social security deductions from many workers’ wages.
The Armenian government has abandoned plans to introduce a new state duty for lawyers which have prompted strong objections from them.
Membership in a Russian-led union of former Soviet republics will not jeopardize Armenia’s national independence and sovereignty, President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) insisted on Thursday.
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Yerevan on Tuesday as the opposition minority in Armenia’s parliament asked the Constitutional Court to scrap a controversial pension reform that would force them to pay more taxes.
The government plans to put in place a nationwide system of mandatory medical insurance that should make healthcare far more accessible to Armenians, a senior official in Yerevan announced on Monday.
The Armenian parliament rejected on Wednesday an opposition proposal to freeze a controversial reform of the national pension system that will force workers under the age of 40 to pay more social security taxes.
The Armenian Court of Appeal on Monday upheld the lengthy prison term passed by a lower court on a former presidential candidate convicted of plotting to assassinate a rival.
Hundreds of mostly young Armenians again took to the streets of Yerevan on Thursday to protest against a controversial pension reform that will effectively lower their wages.
The government made clear on Monday that it will not roll back a controversial reform of the national pension system that has sparked protests by Armenia’s leading opposition groups and many young professionals.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) thwarted on Friday an opposition-initiated parliament debate on the government’s controversial reform of the national pension system fiercely opposed by many young and well-paid professionals.
Armenia still hopes to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union after deciding to join the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, a senior Armenian diplomat said on Friday. (UPDATED)
An indoor market situated in a central Yerevan boulevard reopened on Monday after undergoing reconstruction described by many local architects and urban conservation activists as illegal.
An Armenian opposition lawmaker who posed a question to President Serzh Sarkisian about his alleged gambling habit at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly earlier this week was greeted as a hero by her supporters as she returned to Yerevan on Saturday.
Armenia officially launched on Friday the construction of a new checkpoint at its border with Georgia as part of a $80 million modernization program which is mostly financed by the European Union and aimed at facilitating cross-border travel and commerce.
Vartan Sedrakian, a former Armenian presidential candidate, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday for allegedly plotting to assassinate Paruyr Hayrikian, a veteran politician who also ran in the February 18 election.
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