“I saw guys with truncheons; around ten guys. They removed the clubs hidden in their clothes,” said Tigran Mkrtchyan, who witnessed the clashes between demonstrators and cops on July 29, 2106 while on the way to his uncle’s house.
The mining conglomerate Vallex Group issued a statement today saying that a skeleton staff of 300 workers will remain on the payroll of Teghout CJSC, one of its subsidiaries operating the controversial Teghout copper and molybdenum mine in Armenia, after dismissal notices were sent to 85% of employees.
Two members of the Yerkir Tsirani party had brought bottles of sewage water to the session and tried to hand them to Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan as a sign of protest for the continuing sewage system problems in the Noubarashen neighborhood.
Two Yerkir Tsirani council members showed up at the municipality carrying bottles of a murky liquid into the chamber.
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