Stories from Armenia

Demolition of cafes in downtown Yerevan gives rise to protest

March 14, 2019

Protesters blocked one of the central streets of the capital but the police managed to push them aside, arresting sixteen in the process

Armenia holds security meeting in Karabakh, Azerbaijan flexes its muscles with large military exercises

Azerbaijan-Armenia

March 13, 2019

The Armenian Security Council has held its first ever meeting in Nagorno-Karabakh. Why?

Armenian businesses protest tax hike on soda beverages

March 12, 2019

Protestors stood outside the Armenian government building in Yerevan claiming that the tax would destroy their businesses and leave people without jobs

Cigarette prices to skyrocket in Armenia

March 09, 2019

The Armenian minister of health says a 45 per cent price hike in cigarettes will prevent 88,000 early deaths

Female photographers compare themselves to firefighters and policemen

March 08, 2019

They believe they are trusted more than their male colleagues

Armenia to allow draft-dodgers to avoid prosecution by paying a fine

March 07, 2019

The bill aims to allow young Armenian men who are 27 or older to return home without facing criminal prosecution

Armenia defends position in post-Soviet military organisation

March 06, 2019

“It is impossible for a secretary-general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to be appointed without Armenia’s agreement.”

Berkaber: Armenia's 'fertile crescent' turned combat zone

March 05, 2019

"We sleep like hares, with our eyes open, in order to scoop up the kids and run to the basement if they start shooting"

New thermal energy plant in Yerevan to work on Iranian gas

March 05, 2019

The plant will produce energy cheap enough to reduce electricity tariffs across the country

Armenia changing its approach to settlement of Karabakh conflict

Azerbaijan-Armenia

March 01, 2019

The Armenian defence minister says the idea of a counteroffensive is not impossible to imagine

Armenian PM holds mass rally dedicated to victims of 1 March case

March 01, 2019

One of the most painful episodes in Armenia’s recent history went uninvestigated for more than 11 years

‘Not an inch of land to Azerbaijan’ – demonstrators protest in Yerevan

Azerbaijan-Armenia

February 27, 2019

The reason for the rally was the thirty-first anniversary of the pogroms in the Azerbaijani city of Sumqayit

Armenian woman robbed of son in hospital, fighting to get him back

February 11, 2019

Human rights advocates say that there is an issue of child trafficking in the country

The lemurs and other inhabitants of Yerevan Zoo – photos and video

November 12, 2018

Animals are placed in habitats which closely resemble conditions they might have in the wild

Residents of Armenia’s "Siberia" using alternative heat sources

Armenia

November 06, 2018

The curious alternatives to gas and electricity in Shirak, the country’s coldest region

Armenian-made organic products try to find markets

March 31, 2018

“The government’s support for organic farming is manifested only during negotiations, but otherwise there is no actual assistance”

Five most common violations of the labor law in Armenia

January 18, 2017

Everyone knows about these violations, but not everyone fights against them

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