Deputies from Armenia’s leading opposition parties scuttled on Wednesday a parliament session that was expected to result in a relaunch of the government’s controversial pension reform.
More than 100 employees of the Finance Ministry have reportedly been laid off as a result of its recent controversial merger with the Armenian government’s tax collection agency.
The Armenian government on Wednesday denied growing allegations that it has ordered employers to ensure that their workers do not exercise their legal right to opt out of a new and controversial pension system.
An Armenian pressure group campaigning against a highly unpopular pension reform on Wednesday accused the government of forcing public sector employees not to opt out of a new national retirement plan which is being introduced by it.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) has added its voice to condemnations of government plans to erect a monument in Yerevan to Anastas Mikoyan, an Armenian-born Soviet leader who played a part in Joseph Stalin’s massive purges.
The four main parliamentary parties challenging President Serzh Sarkisian reportedly agreed over the weekend to continue their joint political activities after the formation of a new Armenian government.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian scoffed at various reforms implemented or promised by the Armenian authorities at the weekend, saying that they are only leading the country to ruin.
Opposition leaders accused the Armenian government on Tuesday of backtracking on its pledge to stop enforcing an unpopular pension reform that was effectively overturned by the Constitutional Court almost a month ago.
Prime Minister Abrahamian announced on Wednesday a “de facto suspension” of the ongoing reform of Armenia’s national pension system that has met with fierce resistance from many workers covered by it.
In a surprise public appearance, former Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian addressed on Wednesday hundreds of young people who again rallied in Yerevan to protest against a controversial pension reform initiated by his government.
A controversial pension reform will continue to be enforced for now despite being declared unconstitutional by Armenia’s highest court, the government made clear on Thursday amid a renewed uproar from the opposition.
In a surprise verdict, Armenia’s Constitutional Court overturned on Wednesday a controversial reform of the national pension system that has triggered angry street protests by young workers affected by it. (UPDATED)
The Armenian government has acknowledged “shortcomings” in its controversial reform of the national pension system and offered to embark on a dialogue with a pressure group leading a vocal campaign against it.
Hundreds of furious farmers in central Armenia again blocked a major highway on Wednesday in continuing protests against the construction of a hydroelectric plant which they say would ruin local agriculture.
Hundreds of mostly young people scuffled with riot police in Yerevan on Friday in continuing protests against a controversial reform of Armenia’s pension system initiated by the government.
The Armenian authorities remain convinced that their controversial pension reform is necessary but are ready to reconsider some of its details, parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian said on Tuesday.
The director of Armenia’s National Opera and Ballet Theater resigned on Tuesday one week after its artists and musicians went on strike in protest against a controversial pension reform implemented by the government.
Three employees of Yerevan’s underground metro system were sacked on Friday two days after actively participating in a demonstration against its management’s enforcement of a controversial pension reform.
Dozens of employees of Armenia’s national electric utility joined continuing protests against a controversial reform of the national pension system with a rally held in Yerevan on Thursday.
Employees of Yerevan’s underground metro system demonstrated outside its administration building on Wednesday to add their voice to continuing protests against a controversial pension reform.
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