Citing an “anti-Armenian” statement made by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenia on Wednesday officially announced its decision not to participate in Europe’s most popular song contest that will be held in Baku in May.
Hundreds of traders selling clothing in retail markets in Yerevan rallied outside the Armenian government headquarters on Tuesday to protest against a doubling of transportation and other fees paid by them through private shipping companies.
Armenia’s main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) held simultaneous protests in capital Yerevan and three provinces on Friday demanding the release of its members currently imprisoned for their roles in the 2008 post-election unrest.
A teacher at a public school in Yerevan resigned on Tuesday following the emergence of an Internet video that shows him verbally and physically abusing one of his students.
Almost one in ten women in Armenian has been physically ill-treated by their husbands or partners, according to government research commissioned by a United Nations agency.
Traffic safety in Armenia has improved this year, with the number of both road accidents and deaths caused by them falling significantly, police said on Tuesday.
Authorities in Armenia again seriously restricted transport communication between Yerevan and surrounding regions ahead of a major opposition rally in the capital on Friday.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili insisted that his government is doing its best to address the long-standing grievances of the predominantly Armenian population of Georgia’s Javakheti region as he ended an official visit to Yerevan on Thursday.
Armenia’s parliament approved on Friday President Serzh Sarkisian’s initiative to declare a general amnesty that will lead to the release of most of more than 50 opposition members imprisoned following last year’s disputed presidential election.
In what has become a pattern, the Armenian authorities again seriously restricted transport communication between Yerevan and the rest of the country ahead of an opposition rally in the capital on Friday.
