Elen Chilingaryan

Armenia- Grape growers demonstrate on a highway in Armavir province, 18Sep2015.

սեպտեմբեր 19, 2015

Grape Framers Block Armenian Highways

Hundreds of grape growers blocked two major highways south of Yerevan on Friday to protest against the alleged reluctance of struggling Armenian wine and brandy companies to buy their produce.

Armenia -- Journalist and editor Kristine Khanumian.

հուլիս 21, 2015

Western Media Watchdog ‘Outraged’ By Armenian Criminal Case

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based international media watchdog, condemned Armenian law-enforcement authorities on Tuesday for prosecuting the editor of a media outlet critical of them.

Armenia - Valery Permyakov, a soldier of the 102th Russian military base in Armenia, suspected of shooting and killing seven people in Gyumri.

փետրվար 05, 2015

Gyumri Massacre Suspect ‘Has History Of Mental Illness’

The Russian soldier accused of murdering the seven members of an Armenian family in Gyumri suffered from a mental disorder just months before being sent to Armenia in December, Russian officials reportedly claimed on Thursday.

Armenia - Yeghishe Gevorgian and his wife Ruzanna (L) speak to journalists after their repatriation from Azerbaijan, Yerevan, 12Dec2014.

դեկտեմբեր 12, 2014

Armenian Family Repatriated From Azerbaijan

An Armenian couple and their three young children unexpectedly returned to Armenia on Friday almost five years after fleeing to Azerbaijan in dramatic circumstances.

Armenia -- The Nubarashen prison in Yerevan.

սեպտեմբեր 22, 2014

Armenian Lifers Again On Hunger Strike

Twenty-nine men serving life sentences in Armenia’s largest prison again went on hunger strike on Monday to demand that the authorities review their cases or legally increase their chances of regaining freedom.

Armenia - Tigran Sargsian, a teacher controversially fired from a village school, speaks to RFE/RL, Yerevan, 9Jun2014.

հունիս 09, 2014

Schoolteacher Fired After Pension Reform Dissent

A young teacher has been controversially fired from an Armenian village school in what he considers retribution for his decision to opt out of a new pension system currently introduced by the government.

Armenia - Former Syunik Governor Suren Khachatrian.

մայիս 27, 2014

Regional Clan Again Linked With Violence

Relatives of Suren Khachatrian, a former provincial governor notorious for violent conduct, have been implicated in yet another brutal assault reported in Goris, a town in southeastern Armenia that has long been regarded as their extended family’s fiefdom.

Armenia - Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian speaks at a conference in Yerevan, 18Oct2013.

հոկտեմբեր 18, 2013

PM Still Vague On Economic Merits Of Armenian U-Turn

Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian again declined to elaborate on the economic wisdom of Armenia’s membership in a Russian-led trade bloc on Friday, emphasizing instead its geopolitical significance to official Yerevan.

Armenia - Pro-opposition students demonstrate outside Yerevan State University against official results of the February 18 presidential election, 25Feb2013.

փետրվար 25, 2013

Students Join Opposition Protests Against ‘Vote Rigging’

Authorities tightened security at state-run universities in Yerevan on Monday as more than a hundred students boycotted classes and took to the streets to demand a rerun of last week’s presidential election.

Armenia - President Serzh Sarkisian (C) criticizes the state of public healthcare in Armenia at a meeting with senior government officials in Yerevan, 29Sep2012.

հոկտեմբեր 01, 2012

Sarkisian Decries ‘Disgraceful’ Healthcare

President Serzh Sarkisian deplored what he described as a “disgraceful” state of public healthcare in Armenia and demanded urgent government action to address corruption and incompetence in the sector at the weekend.

Armenia - School supplies sold at a market stall in Yerevan, 22Aug2012.

օգոստոս 28, 2012

School Shopping Too Costly For Some Armenian Families

The approaching start of a new academic year may be a source of excitement for many schoolchildren and their parents, but it also comes as an additional strain on low-income families having to buy clothes, stationery and other school supplies for their kids.