Thousands of mourners in Gyumri attended on Wednesday the funeral of a six-month-old Armenian boy who died of his injuries one week after a brutal attack that left the six other members of his family dead.
A 6-month-old Armenian infant died in hospital on Monday one week after the six other members of his family were murdered in their home in Gyumri.
The Russian soldier who has confessed to the deadly shooting spree in Gyumri will go on trial in Armenia, Prosecutor-General Gevorg Kostanian insisted late on Wednesday after angry protests against the Armenian authorities’ failure to have custody of the suspect.
Yet another anti-government activist was beaten up in Yerevan late on Saturday one day after publicly defying violent reprisals which a senior Armenian police official has threatened against individuals offending President Serzh Sarkisian.
The Armenian authorities rejected on Monday allegations that they ordered the latest beatings of anti-government activists in an effort to quash an opposition campaign of protests against President Serzh Sarkisian.
A deputy chief of Yerevan’s police department has been cleared of any wrongdoing in an official inquiry into allegations that he illegally interfered in a criminal case involving one of his relatives.
Armenia’s national currency, the dram, has lost over 4.5 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar over the past week in what analysts see as a further sign of spillover effects of the worsening economic situation in Russia.
Health authorities in Armenia have installed fever detectors at the national border crossings, trained medical personnel and provided them with protective equipment in an effort to contain a possible spread of Ebola into the country.
The Armenian government has still not acted to stop scores of young specialists from leaving state-run universities and research institutes because of a controversial pension reform implemented by it.
A pro-government youth activist who led fellow students attacking and verbally abusing journalists last December has been appointed as deputy head of one of Armenia’s leading state-run universities.
Utility regulators formally approved on Tuesday a 10 percent increase in the price of electricity supplied to Armenian households, ignoring protests from the country’s leading opposition groups and angry demonstrators.
Law-enforcement authorities said on Friday that they are investigating reports that a deputy chief of Yerevan’s police department illegally interfered in a criminal case involving one of his relatives.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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