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Yerevan bus drivers on strike in December. Photo: <em>RFE/RL</em>.

Armenia

Prosecutors reject criminal case over Yerevan bus strike

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•1 min read

The Prosecutor General’s office did not launch any criminal proceedings regarding the Yerevan bus drivers’ strike in early December, following which city authorities submitted a report about the strikers’ alleged crime to the Prosecutor General. The update on the case came on Wednesday, with the Prosecutor General’s office telling RFE/RL that no criminal proceedings have been brought. ‘More simply, the investigator did not see any criminally punishable actions in the drivers’ strike,’ RFE/RL w

Civil Contract mayoral candidate Tigran Avinyan and National Progress candidate Hayk Marutyan.

2023 Elections in Armenia

Ruling party falls short of majority in Yerevan elections

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party has failed to win a majority in the Yerevan City Council elections, despite receiving most votes. Their main challenger, National Progress led by Hayk Marutyan, came in second place. The preliminary result of Sunday’s election gave Civil Contract 24 of 65 seats on the council, with 33% of the vote. This was a dramatic decline from the previous elections in 2018, when Hayk Marutyan led the party’s list, winning 81% of the vote. National Progress, now led

Armenia

Protesters clash with Police outside Armenian PM’s residence

by Ani Avetisyan

•1 min read

Police and protesters have clashed in the Armenian capital Yerevan as anti-government protesters besieged the residence of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. On Friday evening, police deployed stun grenades and batons to disperse protesters gathered near the PM’s residence, making several arrests. The violence errupted as protesters attempted to march to Parliament but were blocked by police. Protests demanding Pashinyan’s resignation and supported by the Armenian opposition have been ongoing

Armenia

Taxes, corruption, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Turkey: Pashinyan’s vision for the ‘New Armenia’

by Shota Kincha

•10 min read

Having swept to power in a landslide electoral victory, the new government of revolutionary leader Nikol Pashinyan is now laying out its vision for a ‘New Armenia’ — with ambitious plans for peace and reform. Following the sweeping victory of his My Step bloc in 9 December’s snap parliamentary elections, Nikol Pashinyan vowed in a Facebook live stream the next day that his government would start to implement all their pre-electoral promises as soon as the new leadership settles in. Ear

Armenia

Armenian former president Kocharyan released on bail

by OC Media

•4 min read

The former President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, was released on bail on Monday after an appeal court ruled his detention was unlawful. Kocharyan was forced to cancel a press conference on Tuesday after protesters chanting ‘murderer’ stormed the venue. The press-conference scheduled for noon was cancelled after a crowd forced their way into the Erebuni Plaza business centre hall, where it was scheduled to take place, occupying the building. Protesters then moved to the General Prosecut

ermənistan

Ermənistanda yaş diskriminasiyası: nə üçün qadınlar iş əldə etmək üçün plastik cərrahiyəyə müraciət edir?

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•7 min read

Ermənistanda işsizlik səviyyəsinin yüksək olması sayəsində sakinlər işə götürənlərin ədalətsiz və istismarçı yanaşmasından əziyyət çəkir. Hüquqi müdafiənin olmaması səbəbindən işəgötürənlər yaş və xarici görünüşə görə qadın ərizəçilərə qarşı ayrı-seçkilik edirlər. Qadınların, iş tapmaq ümidi ilə, öz gəncliyini bərpa etmək və kosmetik prosedurlardan keçməkdən başqa bir çarəsi qalmır. Yerevan küçələrində az miqdarda pulla müəyyən kosmetik prosedurların aparıla biləcəyi gözəllik salonlar

Armenia

Death of the ‘Bread Bringer’ sparks protests in Armenia

by OC Media

•2 min read

Protest rallies erupted in the Armenian capital of Yerevan last week after the death of Artur Sargsyan, who passed away after being on hunger strike for 25 days. Sargsyan was accused of assisting the ‘Daredevils of Sasun’ — an armed group of Karabakh war veterans who stormed a police station in Yerevan in July 2016, taking hostages. Two police officers were killed during the crisis. According to Caucasian Knot, Sargsyan, dubbed the ‘Bread Bringer’, was accused of breaking through the poli