Those opposed to the mandatory pension system recently introduced in Armenia organized a car convoy through the streets of Yerevan, using bullhorns to tell passersby about the mass rally/march set for Saturday at Liberty Square.
Yerevan’s State Pantomime Theater launched its new season with a performance of Flowers’ Manuscript.
Those protesting Armenia’s newly introduced mandatory pension system have now gathered outside Yerevan’s Kentron (Central) Police Station.
The other day a group of us photographers visited Araxavan, a village of some 800 souls in Ararat Province a mere 17 kilometers south of Yerevan.
Hundreds of citizens are marching on the Presidential Palace in Yerevan demanding that the government finally expose and prosecute those responsible for the death of ten and wounding of scores of peaceful protesters on March 1, 2008.
While the Armenian parliament was debating a bill to create an ad-hoc committee to review the problems plaguing the Nairit Rubber Plant, outside the gates, angry factory workers were demanding they be paid several months worth of back wages.
“Elsewhere, it’s the driver of the deputy of the deputy that comes out to meet with citizens,” joked one protester.
Scores of Yerevan subway workers have complained to management about the new pension system in Armenia, arguing that participation should be voluntary, not mandatory.
Scores have assembled outside the Ukraine Embassy in Yerevan to pay respects to Sergey (Samvel) Migoyan and the other peaceful protesters killed in Kiev.
Cars and taxis circled Yerevan’s Republic Square this morning to protest the mandatory individual pension system that took effect on January 1, 2014.
Several hundred people marched through the streets in Yerevan today in defense of Shant Haroutyunyan, the political activist who attempted to stage a "revolution" with several followers in November 2013.
Several hundred people assembled outside the gates of Armenia’s National Assembly today in opposition to a natural gas treaty with Russia that was up for ratification by MPs inside.
The special session is scheduled to last until 8pm.
Vahe Hakobyan is a young self-taught Yerevan artist. While he was admitted to the Fine Arts Academy, Vahe had to leave because he couldn’t pay the tuition.
Hundreds braved freezing temperatures to march on the Constitutional Court in Yerevan to protest the mandatory individual pension system scheduled to take effect on January 1.
They handed the flyers to adults and candy to children.
Several hundred citizens braved freezing temperatures to march through Yerevan in commemoration of International Human Rights Day.
Protesters Oppose Launch of Mandatory Individual System
Scores of women freedom fighters gathered outside the Presidential Palace today in Yerevan, demanding the resignation of President Sargsyan.
3.2 million Euros was spent to totally reconstruct the German Embassy in Yerevan, which officially reopened today.
Old and new bands like Vostan Hayots, Bambir and Metaphor sounded the opening salvo in a series of performances conveying an anti-war message.
A few hundred people marched to the National Assembly today to voice their opposition to a new mandatory funded pension system set to begin as of January 1, 2014.
Owners of minivan transit routes marched to the Yerevan Municipality to protest the temporary ban on raising fares from 100 to 150 Drams.
Activists seeking to restore Yerevan’s Pak Shouka (Closed Market) to its original form, today used traditional Armenian dance as a sign of protest.
Akanat, a new café/exhibition space/library opened to the public in Yerevan.
A bearded man getting on in years was sitting opposite me in the trolleybus. He was muttering something under his breath. He told me he had gotten a small role in a musical and was learning the lines.
Activists protesting state sponsored discrimination and intolerance towards women and other minorities in Armenia, greeted participants as they entered Yerevan’s Marriott Hotel this morning for a conference entitled “Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Europe”
Scores of pupils from border villages and towns in northern Armenia travelled to Yerevan to take part in the closing ceremony of the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets’ EU funded SOS Culture project, on October 18 at the Ani Plaza Hotel.
After spending two years in jail, Armenian National Congress (HAK) activist Tigran Arakelyan was released by Armenia’s Court of Appeals under provisions of a general amnesty recently passed into law.
Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals today rejected a motion that ANC activist Tigran Arakelyan be freed from pre-trial detention.
The festival has also expanded its locale with events and wine tasting scheduled in the communities of Rind, Yeghegnadzor, as well as Areni.
This afternoon, on Armenian Independence Day, a few thousand marchers took to the street in Yerevan in a civic initiative to reclaim Armenia’s independence and to voice their opposition to President Sargsyan’s recent announcement that the country intends to join the Russian-led Customs Union.
Kiviryan told reporters gathered outside the Prosecutor’s Office that the entire affair is politically motivated given his active participation in various civic initiatives.
Armenia's Criminal Appellate Court today rejected a motion to replace the pre-trial detention of Armenian National Congress (HAK) activist Tigran Arakelyan with a personal affidavit guaranteeing he would not flee the country.
The father of of Avetik Budaghyan, who was killed in a shoot-out on June 1 near the home of former Syunik Governor Surik Khachatryan, told reporters today that the ensuing criminal investigation was pure window dressing on the part of certain top officials.
Mayhem is probably the best word to describe the clash of interests that took place this afternoon at Yerevan’s Pak Shouka (Enclosed Market).
A modicum of relative calm has returned to 5 Komitas Street in Yerevan, the site of recent clashes between protesters and police over the construction of a controversial high-rise building.
A group of students gathered outside the Government Building in Yerevan to protest tuition hikes that will come into effect in Armenia’s colleges and universities this fall.
Several hundred people marched on the Police Headquarters in Yerevan to protest the heavy-handed tactics of the cops during operations on August 24 to remove citizen activists who blocked traffic on Komitas Street.
Activists converged on the Prosecutor General’s Office in Yerevan today in a show of solidarity for Tigran Arakelyan, a young HAK (Armenian National Congress) member sentenced to six years on charges of hooliganism and resisting arrest dating back to a August 2011 incident with police.
Police were out in force this morning in a Komitas Street courtyard in Yerevan where local residents had attempted to block the entrance to a construction site slated for a high-rise building.
A handful of citizen activists gathered outside the RA Administrative Court in Yerevan today to protest recent gas and electricity rate hikes.
Physicians Knarik Grigoryan and Emma Anakhasyan expressed the hope that Armenia would sign the Minamata Convention on Mercury come this October.
Today, In Yerevan's Mashtots Park, a photo exhibition took place marking the August 14 2007 suicide bombings in the Yazidi towns of Kahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq.
Opposing tuition hikes that will come into effect this fall in some Armenia's public colleges, students and others staged a protest in from of the Government Building in Yerevan. The protestors are demanding that the proposed 30% tuition hikes be suspended.
A research team has returned to Sevan this summer to study the basin of the huge mountain lake, called the blue jewel of Armenia.
Today, the trial of four young political activists got underway at the Armenian Criminal Court of Appeals. The four activists are Tigran Arakelyan, Sarkis Gevorgyan, Davit Kiramijyan and Artak Karapetyan.
A free for all broke out today in front of the Yerevan Municipality as transit fare activists tried to set up some tents and cops rushed in to stop them.
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