Armenian news

Abandoned farmland in Armenia will be given over to farmers ready to work on them

January 23, 2020

This will be beneficial not only for farmers, but also to the owners of the plots as they will be paid rents

Rallies force Armenian authorities to postpone implementation of law on cattle slaughter

January 23, 2020

The law would make it a requirement to slaughter cattle exclusively in licensed slaughterhouses. Farmers did not know where and to whom to give livestock, and an increase in meat prices was expected

Armenian parliament tackling issue of ‘thieves-in-law’

January 22, 2020

The bill proposes making just the status of ‘thief-in-law’ enough to bring criminal charges

Is Armenia becoming a police state? Police receive right to eavesdrop

January 22, 2020

Previously, only the National Security Service had the right to wiretap

Former Armenian President Sargsyan – criminal or victim of political persecution?

January 22, 2020

Sargsyan’s lawyers say the accusations against him are politically motivated

Ex-President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan may soon find himself in the dock

January 20, 2020

If proven guilty he may be sentenced to a term between four to eight years in prison

Deported from the EU – how Armenians try to stay abroad

January 19, 2020

“People must know that in order to receive the status of refugee, in their homeland there must be a significant threat to their lives”

A change of power and one girl’s dissent. Week in the Caucasus from JAMnews

January 19, 2020

The week of 13-18 January 2020 in just 90 seconds

Sick, corrupt general released from prison in Armenia – activists demand treatment and punishment

Corruption scandals in Armenia

January 16, 2020

A group of activists from Etchmiadzin, the hometown of Manvel Grigoryan, demands he receive treatment – and be punished.

Armenia to use tax payments of working students to cover tuition

January 15, 2020

The bill will only cover master’s and doctor’s students for the time being

Armenia commemorates victims of 1990 pogroms in Baku

January 14, 2020

Accounts of the event that happened 30 years ago from both Armenia and Azerbaijan

Maternity hospitals to be closed en masse in regions of Armenia

January 14, 2020

Employees protest, but the ministry explains its decision by optimizing costs and increasing the level of medical care

Yerevan Zoo facing endless diseases, animal deaths – why?

Armenia

January 13, 2020

Problems have built up at the zoo over the years, and the recent resignation of the zoo director has only added to the uncertainty of the situation

Update – criminal case against ex Armenian president Sargsyan to be taken to trial

January 10, 2020

Sargsyan stands accused of embezzling budget funds to the amount of more than a million dollars

Armenia pushes tourism development – with cleaner toilets

January 09, 2020

The government seriously discussed the proposition of “closing and bankrupting” all restaurants and gas stations that do not have normal bathrooms

Armenia introduces flat income tax – wealthy rejoice, experts concerned

January 08, 2020

The wealthiest group of tax payers in Armenia will now pay 13% less on their income

Festive family photo session – a New Year’s trend in Armenia

Armenia

January 07, 2020

Video from two Yerevan photo studios

New customs tariffs will leave Armenia facing less choice in consumption

January 04, 2020

The tariffs will affect goods not be imported from the Eurasian Economic Union, of which Armenia became a member five years ago

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