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Hrair Karapetyan Already Knows that Parents of Dead Servicemen Get 9100 Drams of Monthly Allowance
Responding to the www.hra.am question if the monthly allowance of 9100 drams to the families that lost their sons in the army may be raised by the Governemnt decision, Hrair Karapetyan who is the Chairman of the RA...
Dead Soldiers’ Parents Stopped the Protest.
Today on February 3, the dead soldiers' parents, who lost their sons in peace conditions, came to the building of the Government, this time to announce that their protests will temporarily be stopped. One of them said...
The Government Listened to Pregnant Women
On the 1st of February, the Armenian government discussed the draft law on making foreseen changes in the RA law "On Subsidies for Temporary Inability to Work". According to the proposed changes, it is foreseen to...
Gaps in Legislation on Media: the Experts Call to Simplify the Licensing Process
At the conference entitled "Mass Media in Armenia: 2010 Reflections and Trends for the Future" held on January 27, 2011 the existing gaps in RA legislation regulating media and problems of freedom of media were...
Import getting more expensive: Armenian businessmen dismayed at higher “customs clearance” costs
Armenian traders importing nonfood items from Turkey and China have been staging protests near the government house for several days, demanding that what they believed was a hike in customs clearance charges be dealt...
NKR MoD Refutes Recurrent Misinformation by Azerbaijan
The Defense Ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic dismisses Azerbaijani reports on a ceasefire violation by the Armenian side. "As usual, Azeri media circulated false reports saying Armenia violated ceasefire on...
Human Rights Watch: "Armenia's international partners, EU did not fully use their leverage to influence the human rights situation"
Below are selected extracts and headlines from Armenia chapter in Human Rights Watch annual world report reflecting events of 2010.  1 March chapter still wide open 11 political prisoners No thorough investigation into...
Demand of Reparation for Violating the Presumption of Innocence
On January 24 the Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork Marash Administrative District continued the hearing of the suit lodged by Mariam Sukhudyan against the Head of RA Police and Head of the RA Police...
DUNDEE PRECIOUS METALS Meeting with People in Yerevan
On 24 January at the suggestion of Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (owner of 100% shares of DenoGold Mining Company) a meeting was held with public representatives in Yerevan who oppose to open-cast development of Shahumyan...
Youth un_Employment Action Day
AEGEE-Yerevan is happy to announce that training on youth unemployment and employment issues will be held at the Picasso hall of the Congress hotel on the 28th of January. During the training CV & Motivation Letter...