Businessman Ruben Hayrapetian faced more street protests on Wednesday despite his decision to resign from the Armenian parliament in response to a public uproar sparked by deadly violence at a restaurant belonging to him.
Hundreds of people attended the funeral of an Armenian military doctor on Monday amid continuing public outrage against a government-connected businessman who employed the men accused of beating him to death at a Yerevan restaurant last month.
An Armenian army officer was arrested early on Sunday after reportedly threatening to blow up an expensive restaurant in Yerevan where one of his colleagues was beaten to death by security guards working for an influential government-linked businessman.
Armenian athletes winning gold medals in the upcoming Olympic Games in London would receive $700,000 each from Gagik Tsarukian, an influential businessman heading the National Olympic Committee, it was announced on Friday.
A senior government official downplayed on Thursday the continuing depreciation of Armenia’s national currency, the dram, saying that it reflects a global trend and has not affected living standards in the country.
The Court of Cassation condemned on Tuesday hundreds of Armenian lawyers for going on a one-day strike to protest against what they say are arbitrary decisions routinely made by the country’s highest body of criminal and civil justice.
The Armenian police have ignored hundreds of reports of electoral fraud filed by ordinary citizens through a special website, a civic organization claimed on Thursday.
Voting began on Sunday in Armenia’s parliamentary elections that pose the most serious test yet of President Serzh Sarkisian’s four-year rule and his administration’s declared commitment to democratic reform. (UPDATED)
There may be little love lost between Armenia’s leading opposition forces but they are unanimous in promising massive increases in government spending on social programs in the ongoing parliamentary race.
Riot police used force against environmental campaigners on Wednesday in a continuing standoff over the controversial construction of kiosks in a small public park in downtown Yerevan.
Dozens of young environmental activists confronted riot police for the third consecutive day on Thursday in a renewed standoff over the controversial construction of kiosks in a public park in downtown Yerevan.
Mayor Taron Markarian again defended at the weekend the controversial construction of kiosks in a public park in downtown Yerevan which has sparked protests by environmentalists and other civic activists.
In an unprecedented joint demonstration, Armenia’s leading opposition forces rallied hundreds of supporters in Yerevan on Tuesday as the National Assembly debated their demands for a major reform of the country’s electoral system.
Authorities in Yerevan suspended the construction of large retail kiosks in a municipal park on Wednesday after almost two weeks of daily demonstrations staged by environment protection and other civic groups.
The highly controversial construction of shops in a public park in central Yerevan resumed overnight and continued on Tuesday after riot police returned there to ward off more protests by environmental and civic activists.
More than 100 young environmental activists broke through a police cordon on Monday to reoccupy a public park in downtown Yerevan and again halt the controversial construction of several shops there.
Police used force on Friday against more than a dozen environmental activists who were camped in a public park in downtown Yerevan to protest against the construction of several shops there.
Hayk Gevorgian, a veteran journalist prosecuted on controversial charges, insisted on Tuesday that his arrest last week was government retribution for his critical reports about the chief of the Armenian police.
Facing an uproar from Armenia’s leading press freedom groups and independent media outlets, law-enforcement authorities released on Monday a prominent journalist who was arrested on controversial charges on Friday.
The number of people who died in cars accidents across Armenia rose by about 12 percent last year despite government efforts to improve road safety, the national traffic police said on Thursday.
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