Several hundred citizens braved freezing temperatures to march through Yerevan in commemoration of International Human Rights Day.
Protesters Oppose Launch of Mandatory Individual System
Scores of women freedom fighters gathered outside the Presidential Palace today in Yerevan, demanding the resignation of President Sargsyan.
3.2 million Euros was spent to totally reconstruct the German Embassy in Yerevan, which officially reopened today.
Old and new bands like Vostan Hayots, Bambir and Metaphor sounded the opening salvo in a series of performances conveying an anti-war message.
A few hundred people marched to the National Assembly today to voice their opposition to a new mandatory funded pension system set to begin as of January 1, 2014.
Owners of minivan transit routes marched to the Yerevan Municipality to protest the temporary ban on raising fares from 100 to 150 Drams.
Activists seeking to restore Yerevan’s Pak Shouka (Closed Market) to its original form, today used traditional Armenian dance as a sign of protest.
Akanat, a new café/exhibition space/library opened to the public in Yerevan.
A bearded man getting on in years was sitting opposite me in the trolleybus. He was muttering something under his breath. He told me he had gotten a small role in a musical and was learning the lines.
Activists protesting state sponsored discrimination and intolerance towards women and other minorities in Armenia, greeted participants as they entered Yerevan’s Marriott Hotel this morning for a conference entitled “Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Europe”
Scores of pupils from border villages and towns in northern Armenia travelled to Yerevan to take part in the closing ceremony of the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets’ EU funded SOS Culture project, on October 18 at the Ani Plaza Hotel.
After spending two years in jail, Armenian National Congress (HAK) activist Tigran Arakelyan was released by Armenia’s Court of Appeals under provisions of a general amnesty recently passed into law.
Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals today rejected a motion that ANC activist Tigran Arakelyan be freed from pre-trial detention.
The festival has also expanded its locale with events and wine tasting scheduled in the communities of Rind, Yeghegnadzor, as well as Areni.
This afternoon, on Armenian Independence Day, a few thousand marchers took to the street in Yerevan in a civic initiative to reclaim Armenia’s independence and to voice their opposition to President Sargsyan’s recent announcement that the country intends to join the Russian-led Customs Union.
Kiviryan told reporters gathered outside the Prosecutor’s Office that the entire affair is politically motivated given his active participation in various civic initiatives.
Armenia's Criminal Appellate Court today rejected a motion to replace the pre-trial detention of Armenian National Congress (HAK) activist Tigran Arakelyan with a personal affidavit guaranteeing he would not flee the country.
The father of of Avetik Budaghyan, who was killed in a shoot-out on June 1 near the home of former Syunik Governor Surik Khachatryan, told reporters today that the ensuing criminal investigation was pure window dressing on the part of certain top officials.
Mayhem is probably the best word to describe the clash of interests that took place this afternoon at Yerevan’s Pak Shouka (Enclosed Market).
A modicum of relative calm has returned to 5 Komitas Street in Yerevan, the site of recent clashes between protesters and police over the construction of a controversial high-rise building.
A group of students gathered outside the Government Building in Yerevan to protest tuition hikes that will come into effect in Armenia’s colleges and universities this fall.
Several hundred people marched on the Police Headquarters in Yerevan to protest the heavy-handed tactics of the cops during operations on August 24 to remove citizen activists who blocked traffic on Komitas Street.
Activists converged on the Prosecutor General’s Office in Yerevan today in a show of solidarity for Tigran Arakelyan, a young HAK (Armenian National Congress) member sentenced to six years on charges of hooliganism and resisting arrest dating back to a August 2011 incident with police.
Police were out in force this morning in a Komitas Street courtyard in Yerevan where local residents had attempted to block the entrance to a construction site slated for a high-rise building.
A handful of citizen activists gathered outside the RA Administrative Court in Yerevan today to protest recent gas and electricity rate hikes.
Physicians Knarik Grigoryan and Emma Anakhasyan expressed the hope that Armenia would sign the Minamata Convention on Mercury come this October.
Today, In Yerevan's Mashtots Park, a photo exhibition took place marking the August 14 2007 suicide bombings in the Yazidi towns of Kahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq.
Opposing tuition hikes that will come into effect this fall in some Armenia's public colleges, students and others staged a protest in from of the Government Building in Yerevan. The protestors are demanding that the proposed 30% tuition hikes be suspended.
A research team has returned to Sevan this summer to study the basin of the huge mountain lake, called the blue jewel of Armenia.
Today, the trial of four young political activists got underway at the Armenian Criminal Court of Appeals. The four activists are Tigran Arakelyan, Sarkis Gevorgyan, Davit Kiramijyan and Artak Karapetyan.
A free for all broke out today in front of the Yerevan Municipality as transit fare activists tried to set up some tents and cops rushed in to stop them.
Late last night, a group of activists gathered outside the Yerevan Municipality for a strategizing session. The activists announced that another such public discussion regarding future tactics would take place on Saturday at 8pm at Mashtots Park.
Scores of activists gathered in front of the Yerevan Municipality this afternoon to demand the resignation of Transportation Department Head Henrik Navasardyan and Misak Hambardzoumyan, Director of Yerevan Trans Ltd.
Activists Converge on Government Building; Mayor to Address Secret Session
Citizens, young and old alike, once again staged a protest at the Yerevan Municipality, demanding that the recent 50% hike in transit fares be rolled back.
This morning a score of protesters pushed past police to sit down on the steps leading to the Yerevan Municipality to oppose transportation price hikes that go into effect tomorrow, Commuters using buses and minivans will have to pay 150 (36 U.S. cents) as opposed to 100 AMD, while trolleybus passengers will pay 100 (24 cents) as opposed to 50 AMD.
Yerevan commuters will have to pay more to get around town starting July 20.
The playwright and artist Vardan Bedrosyan has come up with a new stage play called “Every Monday” that will be performed at Yerevan’s Hagop Baronian Theatre next week.
Residents of Yerevan’s Komitas Street have won a temporary victory in their battle to stop the construction of a 13 story building smack dab in the middle of their backyard.
Gagik Ginosyan, director of the Garin folk dance ensemble, told reporters today that Armenians should be more concerned with displaying their national customs and traditions, rather than giving priority to building hotels, if it wants to promote tourism.
At a discussion today in Yerevan, de Waal said that while certain things are taking place around the conflict, sadly, internally nothing is being resolved and the process is even heading in the wrong direction.
Naregatsi Art Institute and Melos LLC organized the unprecedented free admission event, its aim being to present the works of visual artists living in Armenia and Armenian contemporary music on its broad spectrum, from traditional art to folk songs, dances, spiritual songs, contemporary academic music, and jazz.
Zarafyan called on the government to take practical and immediate steps before the water supply situation becomes irreversible in the valley, an area where much of the country’s fruits and vegetables are grown.
Former Armavia Airlines employees have been periodically showing up at offices of the now bankrupt national carrier of Armenia ever since management promised to pay their back wages starting this past Monday.
Association President Vahagn Levonyan, referring to the environmental aspects of the race, noted that the competition was dedicated to World Environment Day, which is celebrated every year on 5 June to raise global awareness of the need to take positive environmental action.
Irate vendors from the Hrazdan mall gathered today outside the Government Building in Yerevan to protest the fact that they have been forced to move from their former place of business and are banned from setting up shop elsewhere.
Kalashyan stated that the plan had only been discussed twice by the Municipality’s 15 member Architectural Committee of which he is a member as well.