Lambasting President Serzh Sargsyan’s recent last minute announcement that Armenia is planning to join the Russian led Customs Union as “closing the door to Europe, Yerevan-based political analyst Richard Giragosian said there was still time for Yerevan to make sure the door isn’t “locked”.
The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture concluded today its first visit to the Republic of Armenia. The purpose of the visit was to provide advice and technical assistance to the Armenian National Preventive Mechanism.
The fourth legislative session of the Fifth Convocation of Armenia’s National Assembly begins on September 9. Hetq spoke to representatives of the six parliamentary factions regarding the draft bills and other proposals they plan to introduce.
Two civic activists were severely beaten yesterday in Yerevan in what many say was a revenge attack for a protest that took place outside the Presidential Palace earlier in the day.
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