Residents of Gyumri ran into the streets and stayed there for hours after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck northwestern Armenia late on Tuesday.
The government has announced plans to set up a free economic zone in Gyumri, a move welcomed by the mayor of Armenia’s second largest city.
The Armenian government has approved a project to move the customs house for vehicles from Yerevan to Gyumri. The executive on Thursday also allocated an equivalent of about $380,000 for the purpose.
Government inspectors raided on Wednesday a textile factory in Gyumri which halted its operations two weeks ago after its workers protested against meager wages and poor working conditions.
The Russian soldier charged with beating an Armenian woman to death will remain in custody at the Russian military base in Gyumri, according to a local court.
Authorities in Turkey have found and transported back to neighboring Armenia a tractor that was stolen from an Armenian farmer in September.
A soldier serving at a Russian military base in Armenia has reportedly been charged with beating an Armenian woman to death.
A soldier serving at a Russian military base in Armenia has been detained on suspicion of killing an Armenian woman, law-enforcement authorities in Yerevan said on Tuesday.
Only 39 percent of eligible voters in Gyumri cast ballots in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, the lowest turnout in Armenia reported by the Central Election Commission (CEC).
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian on Thursday criticized as too negative a landmark televised debate between the leaders of 11 Armenian political forces running for parliament.
Campaigning officially kicked off on Monday for Armenia’s snap parliamentary elections which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his political allies are expected to win by a landslide.
Armenian officials are also to blame for a Russian military exercise that scared residents of a village in the northwestern Shirak province, Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan said on Sunday.
The Russian military base in Armenia on Wednesday pledged to investigate an unexpected exercise which was conducted by its soldiers in an Armenian village and caused panic among local residents.
Gyumri’s municipal council voted on Monday to strip former Presidents Serzh Sarkisian and Robert Kocharian of the titles of honorary citizens of Armenia’s second largest city.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian and his associates began touring Armenia’s northern and central regions on foot at the weekend in preparation for street demonstrations in Yerevan aimed at preventing President Serzh Sarkisian from extending his rule.
Dozens of dentists in Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri held a protest in front of the Shirak provincial administration’s office on Monday against the introduction of a new order of registering visitors online that is due to take effect on March 6.
The European Parliament is planning to allocate around 40 million euros ($50 million) for development projects that will be launched in three regions in northern Armenia this year, according to a senior EU diplomat.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian said on Thursday that his political alliance will not nominate a candidate for the post of Armenia’s next president who will be elected by parliament in March.
The Russian ambassador to Armenia downplayed on Wednesday harsh criticism of Armenia’s pursuit of closer ties with the European Union that has been voiced during talk shows hosted by Russia’s state-controlled television.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian promised to improve the dire socioeconomic situation in Gyumri on Thursday as Armenia marked the 29th anniversary of a catastrophic earthquake that ravaged the city and other parts of the country.
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