The criminal investigation into the case of jailed investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova has been completed by Azerbaijani prosecutors.
Hope died over the course of several years and after several developments. I might say over a few decades. But we will restore it. It will return. I am sure.
Rain hasn’t dampened the spirit of activists in Gyumri who continue to protest the electricity rate hike.
“I am not there physically, but in this way I can express my solidarity with all those participating in the protest,” Petrosyan conveyed.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will leave for Belgium this evening to attend a summit of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Brussels.
The initiative declares that the street protest will continue until the rate hike decision is nullified, and states that the presence of everyone is imperative.
Residents of Kornidzor, a village of some 1,300 souls in Armenia’s southern Syunik Province, say they had bountiful fields in the Soviet era and that agriculture was their main source of income.
Khadija Ismayilova knew she didn’t have to go to prison. But in her mind, her only other option was to exile herself from her native Azerbaijan.
Yerevan’s electricity rate hike protest, which started two days ago and drew a few thousand people to the streets, seems to be fizzling out.
3.157 billion kilowatts of electricity were produced in Armenia during the first five months of this year; 2.9% less than the same period last year.