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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Almost one in ten women in Armenian has been physically ill-treated by their husbands or partners, according to government research commissioned by a United Nations agency.
Traffic safety in Armenia has improved this year, with the number of both road accidents and deaths caused by them falling significantly, police said on Tuesday.
Authorities in Armenia again seriously restricted transport communication between Yerevan and surrounding regions ahead of a major opposition rally in the capital on Friday.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili insisted that his government is doing its best to address the long-standing grievances of the predominantly Armenian population of Georgia’s Javakheti region as he ended an official visit to Yerevan on Thursday.
Armenia’s parliament approved on Friday President Serzh Sarkisian’s initiative to declare a general amnesty that will lead to the release of most of more than 50 opposition members imprisoned following last year’s disputed presidential election.
In what has become a pattern, the Armenian authorities again seriously restricted transport communication between Yerevan and the rest of the country ahead of an opposition rally in the capital on Friday.
